Sell plastic pallets in South Carolina
South Carolina had 27,150 warehousing jobs in 2025, 21st among the states, and its most concentrated pallet-using industry is motor vehicle manufacturing. Send the lot with its ZIP; the desk reads size, style, grade and marks, and rules it sold, returned or scrapped.
Last reviewed November 12, 2026
South Carolina in numbers
- Warehousing and storage jobs, 2025
- 27,150 (21st of 50 states)
- Warehousing establishments
- 527 (16th of 50); about 52 jobs each
- Share of US warehousing jobs
- 1.43%
- Food manufacturing jobs
- 17,789 (33rd of 50)
- Most concentrated pallet-using industry
- motor vehicle manufacturing, 3.7x the national share of employment
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing jobs
- 6,517
- Motor vehicle assembly jobs
- 15,531
- Auto parts jobs
- 21,585
Reading a South Carolina lot
Count the warehouses and South Carolina comes 16th; count the jobs in them and it comes 21st. It sits in the middle of the fifty by warehousing jobs. With about 52 people a site against a national 82, a lot is often a few stacks from one of many small docks.
South Carolina has 0.7 food manufacturing jobs for every warehousing job, against 0.9 across the fifty states. Distribution carries more weight than food production, and a dock that receives from many suppliers collects many marks. Among the other industries counted here, auto parts (21,585 jobs) is 3.3 times the size of pharmaceutical manufacturing (6,517).
Lexington County holds 20.2% of South Carolina's warehousing jobs, and the top 3 listed hold 41.8%. The jobs are spread across the state, so no one county sets the route. The dossier follows 2 metros in South Carolina: Charleston-North Charleston and Greenville-Anderson-Greer.
The October 2025 USDA table used here gives no separate figure for South Carolina, so cold-chain lots are read on their photos and what they carried.
Where South Carolina's warehousing jobs sit
| County | Warehousing jobs | Share of the state's total |
|---|---|---|
| Lexington | 5,481 | 20.2% |
| York | 3,009 | 11.1% |
| Greenville | 2,870 | 10.6% |
What South Carolina's industries put on the dock
- Motor vehicle manufacturing: 15,531 jobs, 2025
- Motor vehicle parts manufacturing: 21,585 jobs, 2025
- Chemical manufacturing: 22,678 jobs, 2025
- Plastics product manufacturing: 13,499 jobs, 2025
- Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing: 6,517 jobs, 2025
By location quotient motor vehicle manufacturing leads in South Carolina, with 3.7 times the national share of employment. The page on automotive plants shows what that industry sets down on a dock.
Metros and freight clusters in South Carolina
Charleston-North Charleston. Charleston-North Charleston: 3 counties (Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester). 3,242 private jobs in warehousing and storage in 2025 (0.17% of the US total; 1.0% of local private jobs). Largest warehousing counties: Dorchester (1,319), Berkeley (1,107), Charleston (816). Most concentrated: warehousing and storage at 0.7x the national share of employment. ZIPs with the most warehousing establishments (Census ZBP 2023): 29456 Ladson (16), 29483 Summerville (13), 29405 North Charleston (11), 29492 Charleston (9), 29418 North Charleston (9).
Greenville-Anderson-Greer. Greenville-Anderson-Greer: 4 counties (Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Pickens). 4,575 private jobs in warehousing and storage in 2025 (0.24% of the US total; 1.2% of local private jobs), disclosed counties only. Largest warehousing counties: Greenville (2,870), Laurens (986), Anderson (719). Most concentrated: motor vehicle parts manufacturing at 2.8x the national share of employment. ZIPs with the most warehousing establishments (Census ZBP 2023): 29651 Greer (20), 29673 Piedmont (9), 29611 Greenville (8), 29650 Greer (7), 29605 Greenville (7).
Where South Carolina sits among the fifty
| Measure, 2025 | South Carolina | Next state above | Next state below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warehousing jobs | 21st: 27,150 | Maryland, 29,966 (+2,816) | Missouri, 26,726 (-424) |
| Warehousing establishments | 16th: 527 | Virginia, 529 (+2) | Missouri, 523 (-4) |
| Food manufacturing jobs | 33rd: 17,789 | Maryland, 19,600 (+1,811) | Louisiana, 16,970 (-819) |
States next to South Carolina
| State | Warehousing jobs | Largest county for warehousing | Food manufacturing jobs | Top concentration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 54,551 | Mecklenburg (12,290) | 61,441 | pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing |
| Georgia | 84,730 | Fulton (18,317) | 74,165 | meat and poultry processing |
South Carolina has fewer warehousing jobs than each of these. The largest of them, Georgia, has 3.1 times South Carolina's 27,150. A lot near a state line can be read against either side, so give the exact ZIP.
More on South Carolina from the sources
- Counties with the most private motor vehicle parts manufacturing jobs (NAICS 3363) in 2025, BLS QCEW, counties with disclosed data only: Wayne County, Michigan (20,888), Macomb County, Michigan (20,279), Oakland County, Michigan (16,970), Kent County, Michigan (8,688), Spartanburg County, South Carolina (6,496), Cook County, Illinois (6,273). (data.bls.gov)
Other pallet-using industries counted in South Carolina
| Industry | Jobs, 2025 | Against warehousing jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmaceutical manufacturing | 6,517 | 0.2 to 1 |
| Motor vehicle assembly | 15,531 | 0.6 to 1 |
| Auto parts | 21,585 | 0.8 to 1 |
Sending a lot from South Carolina
Count the stacks, give the ZIP where they stand, and use the sorter or the form below. If the dock holds a retired container footprint, say so in the message.
How many warehousing jobs does South Carolina have?
27,150 private-sector jobs across 527 establishments in 2025, 1.43% of the US total, which ranks South Carolina 21st of 50.
Do you take plastic pallets from South Carolina?
Yes. The desk reads lots from every state, and the ZIP lets it read the route in South Carolina. This site states no price or pickup date.
Which South Carolina industry is most concentrated?
Motor vehicle manufacturing, at 3.7 times the national share of employment in the 2025 federal data used here.
Who asks, and what they need
- Automotive plants and suppliers
- 48 x 45 pallets that match bulk containers; closed-loop reuse; heavy dynamic and static loads.
- Distribution centres with surplus pallets
- Sell or recycle excess lots, mixed makers and colours, broken pallets.
- Retailers that collect pooled or one-way pallets
- Stacks of marked and unmarked pallets left by suppliers; need to know which can be sold and which belong to a pool.
What the sources say
- Counties with the most private motor vehicle parts manufacturing jobs (NAICS 3363) in 2025, BLS QCEW, counties with disclosed data only: Wayne County, Michigan (20,888), Macomb County, Michigan (20,279), Oakland County, Michigan (16,970), Kent County, Michigan (8,688), Spartanburg County, South Carolina (6,496), Cook County, Illinois (6,273). (data.bls.gov)
- Counties with the most private motor vehicle manufacturing jobs (NAICS 3361) in 2025, BLS QCEW, counties with disclosed data only: Wayne County, Michigan (24,188), Bexar County, Texas (6,165), Cook County, Illinois (5,473), Eaton County, Michigan (4,432), Oakland County, Michigan (735), Los Angeles County, California (643). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 350,886 jobs across 7,786 establishments in pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing (NAICS 3254) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (42,575), New Jersey (30,062), North Carolina (26,998), New York (25,087), Illinois (24,257). (data.bls.gov)
- EPA's 2018 municipal solid waste data: plastics generation was 35.68 million tons, of which 3.09 million tons (8.7 percent) were recycled and 26.97 million tons landfilled; natural HDPE bottles were recycled at 29.3 percent. The page gives no pallet-specific or polypropylene figure. (epa.gov)
- Counties with the most private pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing jobs (NAICS 3254) in 2025, BLS QCEW, counties with disclosed data only: Lake County, Illinois (16,883), Marion County, Indiana (16,292), Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (11,878), Suffolk County, New York (10,760), Los Angeles County, California (8,300), San Diego County, California (8,028). (data.bls.gov)
- Plastic pallets are often described as lasting 100 trips or more, and can cost roughly 10 times as much as hardwood pallets. (en.wikipedia.org)
- ISO 6780 lists 1016 x 1219 mm for North America, 1000 x 1200 mm for Europe and Asia and 800 x 1200 mm for Europe. (en.wikipedia.org)
- In April 2017, HDPE HMW regrind from drums and IBCs was 24 to 27 cents per pound picked up in the US South (historical, not current). (resource-recycling.com)
- That used pallet is listed as pharma and food safe but not approved for direct food contact, in colours that vary. (nelsoncompany.com)
- Freezing can make some pallet materials brittle and reduce performance. (nelsoncompany.com)
- PHS lists a 48 x 48 stackable pallet (STK 207) at 4,000 lb dynamic and 30,000 lb static. (phsinc.com)
- PHS lists a 56 x 44 beverage pallet (STK 285) at 2,500 lb dynamic and 30,000 lb static. (phsinc.com)
- PHS lists a 48 x 32 stackable pallet (STK 783) at 3,500 lb dynamic and 15,000 lb static. (phsinc.com)
- An ICC article says unlisted plastic pallets may require raising the commodity hazard class by two classes, and gives an example needing about 55 percent more sprinkler water. (iccsafe.org)
- iGPS announced FM approval in 2008 for its all-plastic RFID-tagged pooled pallet, which had UL 2335 certification from 2007. (freightwaves.com)
- HDPE is the most common resin in plastic pallets; PP is more rigid and the page recommends it for unsupported racking. (nelsoncompany.com)
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