Automotive
Colleton County is an ideal location for automotive companies due to its strategic placement along the I-95 corridor, low operating costs, and close proximity to major ports and regional automotive hubs. It also provides a ready pipeline of skilled talent drawing from two major labor sheds and has an available megasite suitable for major OEM investment.
A Production-Ready Labor Pool
Colleton’s workforce is already automotive-adjacent — production and manufacturing experience built up commuting to plants in neighboring counties. A local employer converts that commute into a career, backed by regional training infrastructure built for exactly this kind of ramp-up.
Training partners: Technical College of the Lowcountry · SC PowerTeam · ReadySC · Advanced Manufacturing Skills Training Program
Affordability
Industrial land near neighboring counties’ OEM plants keeps getting more expensive. Colleton offers the same I-95 access to those plants at a fraction of the site cost.
Site-Ready Options, When You’re Ready
Colleton County sites for every tier of the automotive supply chain, from a megasite ready for OEM investment to supplier buildings, with I-95 access, rail and two major labor sheds.
Colleton Mega Site
Colleton Industrial Campus
Stokes Tract
Getting Started is Easy
Three steps stand between where you are now and a fully operational automotive plant or supplier facility in Colleton County.
Reach out through our contact form or call us directly. Tell us what you’re looking for — site size, supplier tier, timeline — and we respond fast. No gatekeepers, no runaround.
We’ll arrange a call and — when you’re ready — a visit to Colleton County. Walk the land. Meet the team. See the infrastructure. Face-to-face is where partnerships begin.
We walk you through every available incentive, expedite your permitting, and stay with you all the way to ribbon-cutting. You came here to grow — and that’s exactly what happens.
Our Commitment
OEM-Ready Land. Rail on Site.
Skilled Hands.
The 1,481-acre Colleton Mega Site is one of only four Mega Sites remaining in South Carolina, four miles off I-95 Exit 57 with on-site Palmetto Railways service. Local programs in automotive technology, welding and CNC prepare the workforce your OEM or supplier plant needs.