Best Startup
This article showcases our top picks for the best South Carolina based Sports companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Sports industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top South Carolina Sports Startups
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Surfworks
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Surfworks is a surf park resort developed by the American Surf Parks.
Mainstage Gaming Network
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Mainstage Gaming Network creates gaming events, tournaments, and leagues for gamers.
BMW Manufacturing Co.
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BMW Manufacturing employs 8,000 people to produce the X3 and X5 Sports Activity Vehicle and the X4 and X6 Sports Activity Coupe.
Rock Hill Herald Online
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Rock Hill Herald Online is a news provider that features news and insights related to several categories.
Football Ventures
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Football Ventures was founded by Michael Douglas Smith and is wholly owned by midosm.
The Yoga House
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The Yoga House offers yoga classes with internationally trained instructors.
OOBE
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OOBE is an apparel & fashion company offering men’s and outdoor lifestyle clothing.
Innova Disc Golf
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Innova Disc Golf is a golf manufacturer since it invented the modern disc and it helps disc golf grow and brought it to the masses.
WLTX 19
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WLTX 19 is a CBS-affiliated television station that broadcasts breaking news, weather updates, and sports from Columbia, South Carolina.
Confluence Outdoor
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Confluence Outdoor is a one-stop-shop for watersports equipment.
Select Health of South Carolina
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A subsidiary within AmeriHealth Caritas, seeks talented associates to join their team.
Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort
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Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort is a travel & tourism company that offers golf, tennis, entertainment, and spa services.
Disc Golf United
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Disc Golf United is a retail store of Innova discs that offers disc golf bags, courses, golf sets, and disc golf baskets for players.
Runner Box
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Runner Box is a firm that offers nutrition products for athletes.
Ellett Brothers Inc
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Ellett Brothers is a sporting goods company that provides marine, shooting accessories, hunting supplies, and camping equipment.
South Carolina Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Center
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South Carolina Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Center provides team physicians for professional, colleges and high school sports teams.
Kiawah Island Golf Resort
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Kiawah Island Golf Resort is one of America’s top golf and family vacation destinations.
Palmetto Sports Fundraising
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Palmetto Sports Fundraising provides the best customer service and product quality while generating money for athletics.
Baseball Almanac
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Baseball Almanac is a sporting and outdoor retailer with an online presence and sells team sports-related products.
Professional Pickleball Registry
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Professional Pickleball Registry is an official education and certification partner of USA Pickleball.
Spartanburg Herald-Journal
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Spartanburg Herald-Journal is a newspapers company offering local news, sports, and entertainment news in Spartanburg, SC.
South Carolina Stingrays
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South Carolina Stingrays is an ice hockey team.
Turf Assistant
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Turf Assistant is a golf course maintenance software that helps ownerships and superintendents manage the grounds operations for a course.
Chechessee Creek Club
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Chechessee Creek Club is a sports company that provides golf facilities, membership services, accommodations, and recreational activities.
Haig Point Club and Community Association
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Haig Point Club And Community Association provide amenities, empty beaches, outdoor recreation, an equestrian center and a golf course.
Greenville Country Club
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Greenville Country Club is a social organization that offers golf, social events, and dining.
ELYSIAN
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ELYSIAN offers online apparel and fashion for women.
Freeman Boatworks
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Freeman Boatworks is a boat builder that provides sports and fishing boat services.
Lancaster Motor Speedway
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Lancaster Motor Speedway is a recreational company that provides motorsports, racing tracks, and entertainment events.
Professional Tennis Registry
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Professional Tennis Registry is a sports company that provides training, certification, and membership services for tennis coaches.
Greenville County Parks
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Greenville County Parks programs include after-school care, summer day camps, tennis, hockey leagues, soccer, lacrosse, and volleyball.
Dunlop Sports
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Dunlop Sports is a multinational brand that provides a wide range of sports products such as sports racket, tennis, squash & badminton.
Progressive Show Jumping
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Progressive Show Jumping is an equestrian sports productions firm that hosts hunter and jumper horse shows.
Upward Sports
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Upward Sports develops athlete mentally, athletically, spiritually, and socially.
CORE
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CORE is a car racing firm that operates numerous motorsport programs and competes in IMSA weathertech sports car championship.
Crown Park Golf Club
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Crown Park Golf Club is a recreation center that provides a golf course, clubhouse, dining, and event services to its members.
Greenville Drive
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Greenville Drive is a sports company providing baseball matches.
Beer Pong Golf
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Beer Pong Golf is a game manufacturing company that offers backyard game boards and sets for weddings, events, as well as e-commerce sales.
NTNUI
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NTNUI is a sports association in Trondheim, Trondelag.
Wildwater
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Wildwater is an adventurous travel company that offers water rafting, zipline canopy tours, camping, and lodging services.
Spartanburg Athletic Club
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Spartanburg Athletic Club is a health, wellness, and fitness center.
The Shooting Range at Ballantyne
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The Shooting Range at Ballantyne is an indoor firearms training center offering firearms sales, services, and training.
Special Olympics Michigan
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Special Olympics Michigan provides sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
ScoreBand
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ScoreBand specializes in wearable scorekeeping technology with the product development for the sporting goods industry.
Offense-Defense
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Offense-Defense is a sports organization that provides football training, instructional programs, events, and camps.
Competition Plus
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Competition Plus provides complete coverage of the latest news, results, sponsorships, and events in the drag racing community.
VAN DER MEER TENNIS ACADEMY
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Van Der Meer Tennis Academy is a junior tennis academy offering full and part-time tennis training for ranked juniors.
A Parent’s Time-Out
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A Parent’s Time Out is an hourly child care center.
The Elkstone Group
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The Elkstone Group is the racing name of Delaware-based attorney Stuart Grant.
Bon Secours Wellness Arena
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Bon Secours Wellness Arena is a sports and entertainment venue.
The Daily Gamecock
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The Daily Gamecock is a newspaper company offering sports, news, opinion, arts and culture updates.
Tennis Industry Association
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The industry association representing tennis club owners and managers.
Darlington Raceway
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Darlington Raceway is a race track that hosts car racing.
Woodlands Online
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Woodlands Online is an online newspaper that offers news, classifieds, events, live broadcasts, sports, jobs and more.
Riverside Tennis Club
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Riverside Tennis Club is a sports organization that provides tennis training, yoga, and playing fields.
Big Shots
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Big Shots is a basketball industry that organizes and broadcasts live events.
Five Capitals
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Five Capitals is a nonprofit organization that provides professional training and coaching services.
Bulls Bay Golf Club
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Bulls Bay Golf Club is a golf course and social event center.
Thomas Gymnastics
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Thomas Gymnastics is a recreational destination that provides summer camp services for children.
MVP Volleyball Club
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MVP Volleyball Club is a non-profit sports club providing youth volleyball programs to the community.
Adventure Hilton Head
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Adventure Hilton Head offers Recreational Facilities and Services.
Sportsclub
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Sportsclub is a fitness center that offers workout equipment, exercise programs, and personal training services with gym membership options.
OM Sailing Charters
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OM Sailing Charters is offering sailing service with various tour packages and also operated with qualified captain.
Rock Hill Country Club
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Rock Hill Country Club is a golf club house that offers recreational and dining facilities.
Genesis Turf
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Since 2006 Genesis Turf has strived to offer the highest quality artificial turf, artificial grass, and synthetic grass in the industry.
Broadway Grand Prix
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Broadway Grand Prix is an indoor and outdoor recreation complex with go kart tracks, rock climbing, and tot rides.
Soda City FC
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Soda City FC offers footballers a playing career in a professional development environment.
Spartan Academy Mixed Martial Arts
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Spartan Academy Mixed Martial Arts is a martial arts company that offers jiu-jitsu classes and fitness training services.
River Hills Golf Club
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River Hills Golf Club is a golf course and social event center.
MountainZone
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MountainZone is a collection of mountain adventure stories that move.
Impact Sports International
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Impact Sports International uses sports as a platform to spread the gospel.
Orange Whip Golf
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Orange Whip Golf offers training and online golf services with programs and fitness instructions.
Saddo Boxing
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Saddo Boxing helps keep a small bunch of boxing fanatics together and promotes the fantastic sport of Boxing.
Walker Sports Marketing
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Walker Sports Marketing is a family-owned business based in Augusta, Georgia.
Charleston RiverDogs
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Charleston RiverDogs is a sports team playing baseball in Charleston, South Carolina.
South Carolina United FC
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South Carolina United FC is a youth soccer club that offers soccer training, athletic development programs, facilities, and event services.
Flying Rabbit Adventures
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Flying Rabbit Adventures is an outdoor park that offers aerial adventure course, orville’s kids course, and pump track.
Cox Sports Broadcasting
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Cox Sports Broadcasting is a media and broadcasting company for sports.
Myrtle Beach Speedway
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Myrtle Beach Speedway is a racetrack for racing and events.
Palmetto Strikers Volleyball Club
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PSVC is a volleyball club that develops and showcases volleyball athletes in the junior olympics.
Conference Carolinas
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Conference Carolinas is a sports organization that provides basketball training, facilities, and tournaments.
One Dream Sports & Talent Agency
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One Dream Sports & Talent Agency is a sports agency that provides entertainment for the sports industry.
Atascocita Golf Club
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Atascocita Golf Club is a golf course that provides venues for golf tournaments and events.
Carolina Ice Palace
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Carolina Ice Palace is an ice skating rink that provides prop shops, meeting rooms, sports lounges, ice hockey, and figure skating services.
WBCU Radio
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WBCU Radio is a radio station that plays music, keeps informed with local news and entertainment.
Iva Recreation Association
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Iva Recreation Association encourages the youth towards sports and offers programs such as baseball, basketball, softball, and wrestling.
Jump Start Gym
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Jump Start Gym provides sports, gymnastics, and fitness classes for all ages.
Legendary Golf
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Legendary Golf is a social organization that provides golf course and shop services.
The Journal
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The Journal is a weekly newspaper that publishes information and news about the county, schools, sports, politics, and classifieds.
Carolina Elite Soccer Academy
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Carolina Elite Soccer Academy is a sports club that organize soccer tournaments and events
The Golf Club at Hilton Head Lakes
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The Golf Club at Hilton Head Lakes is a golf course that hosts tournaments and championship programs.
ShotDoctor
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ShotDoctor is the world’s first smart basketball shooting aid for the guide hand.
Iterreng
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Iterreng is a sporting goods retail company that provides shipping, distribution, sporting equipment, bicycles, and consumer goods.
Colonial Life Arena
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Colonial Life Arena is a multi-purpose arena.
Savannah Lakes Village
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Savannah Lakes Village is a sporting community that offers golf courses, clubhouses, and recreational activities for visitors and residents.
Fox Carolina News
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Fox Carolina News is a radio station that broadcasts news, sports, and weather programs.
PeakVision
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PeakVision is an online seller of sports sunglasses and eyewear.
ESM
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ESM is a sports management firm that provides branding and marketing consultation for sport business.
Greenville Football Club
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Greenville FC is a football club that competes in soccer leagues.
Skateland Fun Center
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Skateland Fun Center is a skating center that provides skate sales, daycare, and events.
