2025 By the Numbers

Spartanburg's Economic Metrics

$3.5B Investment, 1,024 New Jobs

Economic Development in 2025

Downtown Spartanburg 's Growth

Benefits All of Spartanburg County

Talent Gap Analysis 2.0

Building Our Talent Pipeline

Spartanburg: By the Numbers

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Small Metro for Economic Growth

Leading Metro
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Job Market in the U.S.

Job Growth
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Best Place to Live in SC

Livable Community

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Nintendo, Sony, Capcom, and FromSoftware have shaped global gaming. Franchises like Final Fantasy , Pokémon , and Elden Ring show Japan’s mastery of storytelling and gameplay innovation.

Japan’s entertainment industry is a beast unlike any other. For decades, economists and cultural critics referred to it as a "Galápagos" environment—a closed ecosystem that evolved unique traits found nowhere else, often rendering Japanese products incompatible with global markets. But in the 2020s, that isolationist model has paradoxically become its greatest export.

The Japanese film industry, also known as "Nihon Eiga," has a long history and has produced many world-renowned directors, including Akira Kurosawa, Hayao Miyazaki, and Takashi Shimizu. Japanese cinema is known for its unique genres, such as anime, horror, and action films. Studio Ghibli, founded by Hayao Miyazaki, is one of the most famous animation studios in the world, producing critically acclaimed films like "Spirited Away" and "Princess Mononoke."

Nintendo, Sony, Capcom, and FromSoftware have shaped global gaming. Franchises like Final Fantasy , Pokémon , and Elden Ring show Japan’s mastery of storytelling and gameplay innovation.

Japan’s entertainment industry is a beast unlike any other. For decades, economists and cultural critics referred to it as a "Galápagos" environment—a closed ecosystem that evolved unique traits found nowhere else, often rendering Japanese products incompatible with global markets. But in the 2020s, that isolationist model has paradoxically become its greatest export.

The Japanese film industry, also known as "Nihon Eiga," has a long history and has produced many world-renowned directors, including Akira Kurosawa, Hayao Miyazaki, and Takashi Shimizu. Japanese cinema is known for its unique genres, such as anime, horror, and action films. Studio Ghibli, founded by Hayao Miyazaki, is one of the most famous animation studios in the world, producing critically acclaimed films like "Spirited Away" and "Princess Mononoke."