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• U.S. subsidiaries in South Carolina play a vital role in supporting jobs. They now employ 114,300 South Carolinians.
• South Carolina has proven to be an attractive location for international employers, ranking 16th in the United States in the number of employees supported by U.S. subsidiaries.
• In fact, the relative portion of jobs in the state supplied by U.S. subsidiaries remains significant. They provide the livelihood for over 7% of South Carolina’s private-sector workforce.
• South Carolina is tied with Connecticut as 1st in the country in the share of its workforce supported by U.S. subsidiaries.

• U.S. subsidiaries support 55,800 manufacturing jobs in South Carolina. Manufacturing companies tend to have a strong “multiplier” effect on the economy—stimulating a substantial amount of activity and jobs in other sectors through their demand for inputs from other suppliers.
• Almost 22% of manufacturing jobs in South Carolina are supported by U.S. subsidiaries.
• U.S. subsidiaries’ employment in South Carolina is heavily concentrated in manufacturing. Nearly 50% of these jobs are in manufacturing industries.

• U.S. subsidiaries consistently support millions of American jobs. They now employ 5.3 million Americans-or 4.5% of private sector employment.
• U.S. subsidiaries support an annual payroll of $364.2 billion.
• U.S. subsidiaries provide an average compensation per U.S. worker of $68,317; this is 32% higher than compensation at all U.S. companies.
• U.S. subsidiaries also spent $160 billion on plant construction and new equipment.
• U.S. subsidiaries' share of U.S. manufacturing employment represents almost 11% of American manufacturing jobs.

Food Lion, a U.S. subsidiary of the Belgium-based Delhaize Group which operates in more than 1,200 supermarkets, began development and construction of four new stores in Anderson, Woodruff, Greer, and Union, SC. Each store will include a 35,000-square foot Food Lion store and 8,400-square feet of retail shops. The shopping centers and the opening of the Food Lions occurred at the end of 2007, with over 350 jobs being created at each site.