HEAR HERE: OneSpartanburg says it landed 20 economic development projects in 2025, totaling $3.5 billion in capital investment and the creation of 1,024 new job opportunities for Spartanburg County.
What the headline numbers mean for the 2026 pipeline
OneSpartanburg also framed the total as roughly $9.6 million invested per day across the year — a useful benchmark as Spartanburg watches which 2026 deals are brand-new landings versus expansions already in motion.
It’s also worth noting the organization’s methodology: OneSpartanburg says it only counts projects the group had a hand in recruiting. That makes the tally a strong proxy for active recruiting wins, but not necessarily a complete census of every capital project in the county.
Examples of deals behind the $3.5B figure
In its year-end rundown, OneSpartanburg highlighted several projects that were either new to Spartanburg County or expansions of existing operations. One of the biggest: NorthMark Strategies’ planned high-performance computing center, which OneSpartanburg described as a $2.8 billion investment.
State-level economic development officials described that same NorthMark project as selecting Spartanburg County for its first South Carolina operation and said the investment would create at least 27 new jobs — a detail that helps triangulate the scale and timing of one of the county’s largest recent announcements.
What local businesses should watch
For contractors, logistics providers, staffing firms, and service businesses in the Upstate, the practical takeaway is that a recruiting year with over 1,000 jobs can ripple into supplier demand well before ribbon cuttings. The next signal to monitor is not just new announcements, but permitting activity, site work, and vendor solicitations tied to these larger projects.
If you’re hearing about equipment moves, subcontract bids, or early hiring waves connected to any of the 2025 deals (or the 2026 pipeline), that’s the kind of on-the-ground intel that usually shows up weeks before a formal press conference.
