Used plastic pallets in Greenville-Spartanburg

Where the warehouses are in Greenville-Spartanburg

Greenville-Anderson-Greer spans 4 counties (Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Pickens). In the counties where the Bureau of Labor Statistics can publish, private employers had 4,575 warehousing and storage jobs in 2025, 1.2% of local private jobs.

Greenville-Spartanburg against South Carolina

The metro's disclosed-county total set beside the state's whole count, so the two can be read together.

Greenville-Spartanburg ZIPs to name on a request

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns for 2023 list 5 ZIPs here with the most warehousing establishments, 51 between them. 29651 (Greer) leads with 20, 39% of the listed total.

• 29651 Greer: 20 warehousing establishments, 2.2 times 29673.
• 29673 Piedmont: 9 warehousing establishments, 45% of the count in 29651.
• 29611 Greenville: 8 warehousing establishments, 40% of the count in 29651.
• 29650 Greer: 7 warehousing establishments, 35% of the count in 29651.
• 29605 Greenville: 7 warehousing establishments, 35% of the count in 29651.

What the ratios say

County totals for Greenville-Anderson-Greer are floors, since the BLS hides counties with too few employers to publish; the 4,575 jobs are the disclosed part.

• Greenville-Spartanburg ranks 47th of the 60 metros in the data by disclosed warehousing jobs, with 4,575 against a median of 13,652.
• Spread across 4 counties, that is 1,144 warehousing jobs per county on average.
• Greenville County holds 63% of the metro's jobs and Laurens County 22%; the gap between them is 1,884 jobs.
• 29651 has 20 warehousing establishments, 2.9 times as many as 29605 (7) at the other end of the list.
• South Carolina has 27,150 warehousing jobs in all, so the disclosed counties of Greenville-Spartanburg are 17% of the state.
• Warehousing is 1.2% of private jobs in these counties; where it is higher than average, pallets are a daily cost and sellers of surplus are common.
• One Interstate in the data serves the metro, and it carries 72,718 warehousing jobs along the route.
• The metros closest in size are Fresno (5,006, 431 above) and Des Moines (4,393, 182 below).
• The top three ZIPs, 29651, 29673, 29611, hold 37 of the 51 establishments in the ZIP list, or 73%.
• The ZIP list spans 3 towns, led by Greer (27) and Greenville (15).
• The ZIP list averages 10.2 warehousing establishments per ZIP across 5 ZIPs, and the quietest, 29605 Greenville, has 7.
• Of the 4 counties in the metro, the BLS discloses 3 for warehousing, which together account for 4,575 of the 4,575 jobs counted.
• Reaching the median metro would take 3.0 times the disclosed warehousing jobs Greenville-Spartanburg has now.
• For every warehousing job in these counties there are about 82 other private jobs, so pallet-using work is spread thinly across 4 counties.

Where Greenville-Spartanburg ranks

Greenville-Spartanburg is one of the 14 smallest of the 60 metros by disclosed warehousing jobs. The largest, Inland Empire, counts 118,368, which is 26 times as many.

Highways around Greenville-Spartanburg

Interstate 85 is the Interstate in our data that serves Greenville-Spartanburg.

Other metros nearby

Metros that share a corridor with Greenville-Spartanburg, and the other metros in South Carolina, with their disclosed warehousing jobs.

The ladder around Greenville-Spartanburg

Metros ranked by disclosed warehousing jobs: Greenville-Spartanburg with the two above it and the two below.

Who buys pallets around Greenville-Spartanburg

Against the national share of employment, motor vehicle parts manufacturing is the most concentrated pallet-using line in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, at 2.8x. Automotive plants reuse pallets in a loop and load them heavily, so ask for static and dynamic ratings and for one maker.

• Motor vehicle parts manufacturing: 4,058 jobs in the disclosed counties, 0.8% of the 521,212 across the US, or 0.89 for every warehousing job here.
• Chemical manufacturing: 6,048 jobs in the disclosed counties, 0.7% of the 892,426 across the US, or 1.32 for every warehousing job here.
• Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing: 2,140 jobs in the disclosed counties, 0.6% of the 350,886 across the US, or 0.47 for every warehousing job here.

Planning around the seasons

• Cold months bring brittle resin, so handle gently and avoid sharp drops.
• Warm months soften decks, so shorten stacks and keep loads in shade.
• Harvest, holiday and promotion peaks use pallets faster, so order earlier.
• Wet seasons add weight in the ribs, so allow a drying day before indoor use.
• Plan returns and exports for the weeks when dock space is free.

What to send for a Greenville-Spartanburg lot

• Footprint: 48 x 45 in to match heavy-duty bulk containers
• Grade: a uniform closed-loop lot
• Dock ZIP, for example 29651 or 29673
• Quantity band

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