Commerce | The Strand’s largest employers

Horry County

The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce compiles the list of a county’s largest employers, but does not provided the number of workers at each company. Below are the top employers in Horry County, listed alphabetically.

▪ City of Myrtle Beach

▪ City of North Myrtle Beach

▪ Coastal Carolina University

▪ Conway Hospital

▪ Food Lion

▪ Grand Strand Medical Center

▪ Hilton Worldwide

▪ Horry County Council

▪ Horry County Department of Education

▪ Horry-Georgetown Technical College

▪ Horry Telephone Cooperate

▪ Kmart*

▪ Loris Community Hospital

▪ Lowes Foods

▪ Lowes Home Centers

▪ OS Restaurant Services

▪ Southeast Restaurants Corp.

▪ Wal-Mart

▪ Wyndham Vacation Ownership

*Kmart in Myrtle Beach, with 59 employees, closed its doors in December.

Source | S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce, 4th quarter 2014

Georgetown County

The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce compiles the list of a county’s largest employers, but does not provied the number of workers at each company. Below are the top employers in Georgetown County, listed alphabetically.*

▪ 3V Inc.

▪ Agru/America

▪ Bi-Lo Inc.

▪ Brookgreen Gardens

▪ Carolina Labor Group

▪ City of Georgetown

▪ County of Georgetown

▪ Food Lion

▪ Georgetown County Department of Education

▪ Georgetown Hospital System

▪ Georgetown Physician Services

▪ International Paper

▪ KBR Construction Co.

▪ National Golf Management

▪ Pierce Hardy Real Estate

▪ Resort Employee Staffing

▪ Safe Rack LLC

▪ Santee Cooper

▪ Wal-Mart

*One of Georgetown’s largest employers, ArcelorMittal steel mill, shut down in August.

Source | S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce, 4th quarter, 2014

This story was originally published September 24, 2015 at 3:04 PM with the headline "Commerce | The Strand’s largest employers."