BUSINESS RESOURCE LINKS

South Carolina Business One Stop
Almost all the government information you need to start a business anywhere in South Carolina.  The online registration of new businesses and applications for licenses, permits, and registrations.

SCORE
Provides small business mentoring and advice on the full range of business topics at no charge.

Business Licensing
– City of Orangeburg
– County of Orangeburg 
Find the resources you need to apply for a business license in Orangeburg.  You can download the business license application form and find answers to your licensing questions.

South Carolina State University-Small Business Development Center
The SBDC offers numerous services to small businesses.  These services include free expert consulting services, concentrated training, and information resources. The SBDC is dedicated to the success of small business persons and entrepreneurs in the following counties:  Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Colleton, Hampton and Orangeburg.

SC Department of Labor Licensing and Regulation
The SCLLR has the phone numbers of professional and occupational licensing boards (39 boards include nursing, cosmetology, real estate, therapy, contracting, medical examiners, building, etc.) plus the Divisions of Labor, the SC Fire Marshal and the Fire Academy.

The South Carolina Statewide Minority Business Development Center
Part of a national network that was established to increase the growth of new minority owned business and strengthen existing ones.

The South Carolina Women’s Business Center
Provides women in manufacturing with the free assistance they need to launch new companies and improve exiting ones.

The South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Headquartered in Columbia, SC, they are a not-for-profit organization that focuses on helping manufacturers throughout the state by solving business and supply chain process problems.

FastTrac South Carolina
FastTracSC offers comprehensive business training programs that address the needs of entrepreneurs refining and writing their business plans and seeking to grow sustainable high-impact companies. These programs combine one-on-one coaching, peer learning, guest speakers from the entrepreneurial, corporate, angel, venture capital, legal, and financial communities and comprehensive tools to help entrepreneurs produce solid business plans and strategies.

Apprenticeship Carolina
Registered Apprenticeships are a nationally recognized and effective training system for businesses that produces highly skilled workers who meet the demands of employers competing in a global economy. A proven strategy for businesses to grow their own skilled workforce that combines on-the-job training with related theoretical and practical classroom instruction.

Business Carolina
A not-for-profit, statewide development finance institution that complements private-sector activities through a variety of lending programs designed to fill gaps in funding especially for businesses in rural and distressed areas of South Carolina.

The U.S. Small Business Administration
Provides no-fee financial, technical and management assistance to help Americans start, run, and grow their businesses.

USC Business Link
Portal to the University of South Carolina’s economic development and research resources for businesses.