Top Charleston Businesses that  Employ Large numbers of people


HELENE SETTLE
DANIEL RAVENEL REAL ESTATE
33 BROAD STREET
CHARLESTON, SC 29401

Scenic Imagery courtesy of
Margaret Petterson

Big Employers in Charleston, SC

People Often Ask Me Who Our Big Employers Are in Charleston.  The top 12 are listed here together with number of their local employees as of Nov 2008:

Company No. of local employees
   
Naval Weapons Station Charleston 17,000
The InterTech Group 16,000
Medical University 9,520
US Dept of the Air Force                7,509
Charleston County School District   5,508
Berkeley County School District      3,636
Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co. Inc        2,900
Trident Health System - Business     2,500
City of Charleston                1,753
College of Charleston                       1,654
Force Protection Industries               1,300
Blackbaud, Inc              1,200

Many of the people who move to the Historic District or the beaches come from other states to buy their second, third or even fifth home where the climate is kind, where the arts play a leading role, where beaches abound and where they can absorb the magic of our 4,000 homes and other buildings on the Peninsular that are on the National historic register.