Industries › Consulting Firms › Charleston, SC
1,089 mid-size companies operate in the Charleston, SC metro, out of 22,892 business locations in 3 counties. Sapper picks the ones that match your consulting offer, gets the right person on the phone and puts the meeting on your calendar.
| Sector | Locations | Jobs | 50–499 employees | 500+ employees | Change since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care | 2,309 | 45,879 | 118 | 7 | +95 |
| Manufacturing | 546 | 29,842 | 79 | 8 | +9 |
| Construction | 2,367 | 19,827 | 69 | 0 | +88 |
| Wholesale trade | 806 | 10,413 | 38 | 0 | −17 |
| Finance & insurance | 1,321 | 8,698 | 22 | 0 | −1 |
| Information | 350 | 8,211 | 21 | 0 | +3 |
| Corporate HQs & management offices | 100 | 3,125 | 10 | 0 | −7 |
Where to start: In Charleston, SC, the second-deepest mid-size list is manufacturing (79), after health care (118). Health care grew most: +95 locations from 2022 to 2023, ahead of construction (+88).
| County | All locations | Finance | Health care | Prof. services |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston, SC | 15,801 | 901 | 1,613 | 2,285 |
| Berkeley, SC | 4,230 | 243 | 391 | 450 |
| Dorchester, SC | 2,861 | 177 | 305 | 280 |
Where the market sits: Charleston County and Berkeley County hold 87.5% of the metro’s business locations across 3 counties. Berkeley County has 243 finance and 450 professional services locations.
The metro has 611 management, scientific and technical consulting locations. That is a lot of outreach competing for the same attention, so the first message has to be specific.
What wins: naming the buyer’s problem in their words, then asking one question. A list of services sounds like everyone else in Charleston, SC.
1. We agree on the accounts firstYou approve the target list. It is exclusive to you.
2. We introduce you, then keep goingPhone first, backed by email, LinkedIn and mail.
3. We qualify before we bookNeed, timing and who else is involved, confirmed.
4. You walk into a warm conversationWith the account history and a confirmed time.
For a consulting firm, we build the list around the problems you solve, the sectors you know and the company sizes your engagements fit. The Charleston, SC data points to health care first, with 118 locations of 50–499 employees, and the largest share of locations in Charleston County. How appointment setting works →
The 3-county Charleston, SC metro has 22,892 business locations. 1,089 have 50–499 employees and 34 have 500 or more (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
The most mid-size locations are in health care (118), followed by manufacturing (79).
Titles to test first include general and operations managers. The metro has 6,000 of them, plus 2,560 management analysts. The final titles depend on what you sell, and you approve the list before anyone calls.
Nearby markets: Consulting Firms in Columbia (106 mi), Consulting Firms in Charlotte (177 mi) and Consulting Firms in Jacksonville (197 mi).
Selling to contractors or home-service companies instead? See Abstrakt’s Charleston, SC page.
