Greenville–Spartanburg, United States
docs(projects): Phase 1 of Regional Markets rebuild -- remove all ranking/score language and stale/wrong score values wiki-wide (132 files); no public ranking exists in the real current dataset, only the co-location cluster tier system (Regional/District/Local/Fringe) remains, per operator directive and verified against the real 2026-08-07 methodology
@@ -12,16 +12,16 @@ quality: stub status: active audience: customer-woodfine bcsc_class: current-fact short_description: "South Carolina Upstate metro-core reference point for surrounding suburban markets — not itself in the Top-400 ranked pool." short_description: "South Carolina Upstate metro-core reference point for surrounding suburban markets — not itself part of the Top-400 screening band." paired_with: markets/us-sc-greenville-spartanburg.es.md last_edited: 2026-07-11 last_edited: 2026-08-25 editor: editorial --- Greenville does not carry its own entry in the North American Top-400 Regional Markets list. In the current dataset, "Greenville SC" functions as the metro-core reference point. Two other markets — Spartanburg, SC (rank 45) and Asheville, NC (rank 104) — are ranked as suburbs *of* Greenville, rather than Greenville being ranked as a suburban market itself. other markets — Spartanburg, SC and Asheville, NC — are counted as suburbs *of* Greenville, rather than Greenville being counted as a suburban market itself. ## Overview @@ -51,12 +51,11 @@ and corporate services. ## Regional Market Standing Greenville does not appear as a ranked entry in the Greenville does not appear as an entry in the [[atlas-top-400-north-america|Top 400 Regional Markets — North America]] list. This is not a data defect: in the current build, "Greenville SC" is the metro-core reference point for two other suburban entries (Spartanburg, rank 45, score 9.0; Asheville, rank 104, score 7.5). This is consistent with [[about-regional-markets-system|the co-location scoring system's]] own taxonomy, which excludes metro cores from the suburban-regional ranked pool. other suburban entries (Spartanburg and Asheville). This is consistent with [[about-regional-markets-system|the co-location screening system's]] own taxonomy, which excludes metro cores from the suburban-regional screening band. ## See Also