Featured memberCarolina Cookery
Charleston, SC
Carolina Cookery offers hands- on cooking cooking classes as well as providing private dining and catering services to Charleston.
Black-owned
Charleston, South Carolina
Diverse-owned businesses across Charleston
Everything we list from Charleston and the Lowcountry, in one place. Restaurants, makers, tours, studios and services, each with a source and a verification status you can check.
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Featured memberAspire Allure, LLC
Charleston, SC
Aspire Allure offers a personalized style experience for brides and contemporary women to feel celebrated and nurtured.
Black-owned
Featured memberSites & Insights Tours
Charleston, SC
Explore Charleston’s ubiquitous African American History & Gullah Geechee Culture with Sites and Insights Tours, Inc..
Black-owned
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What is in Charleston
52 businesses across 11 categories
Published listings in Charleston. Every one shows where its information came from.
By ownership, in Charleston
We are looking to add businesses in North Charleston, Mount Pleasant, Summerville, Goose Creek, and James Island. If you run one, this is where Charleston shoppers are already looking, and you would be the first listed in your city. A free listing puts it there.
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Guides to the Charleston market
Three short reads on where to eat, shop and hire around Charleston.
Businesses to know
More businesses to know
Enhanced members across the metro. Every category has its own section further down.
Restaurants & Food in Charleston
The deepest category in this hub. Charleston eats along a few walkable spines: upper King Street, East Bay and the Market downtown, Cannonborough-Elliotborough just north of them, and Park Circle over in North Charleston. Lowcountry and Gullah Geechee cooking is the backbone here, alongside Caribbean, African and soul food kitchens. A good number of these businesses are caterers, food trucks or dessert kitchens working by order rather than dining rooms, so check how to order before you travel.
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Events & Weddings in Charleston
Planners, caterers, florists, bar services and photographers covering Charleston and the Lowcountry. This is one of the busiest wedding markets in the country and it runs on two seasons, spring and autumn, with vendors booking alongside the venues a year or more ahead. Most of these businesses travel across the Lowcountry, so ask about a service radius rather than reading it off an address.
Professional Services in Charleston
Consultants, agencies and business services across the Charleston area. Tourism, the port and the aerospace employers north of the city are the largest buyers in this market. Many of these practices are one or two people working across all three counties, so an address says little about their reach.
Real Estate in Charleston
Beauty & Personal Care in Charleston
Salons, barbers, locticians and skincare studios across Charleston and North Charleston. Most work by appointment and book through an app rather than by phone, with a deposit normal for longer services. Several stylists rent a suite inside a larger studio, so confirm where to arrive.
Retail & Shops in Charleston
Independent shops across Charleston, from clothing and jewelry to books, art and home goods. King Street carries most of the walkable retail. Sweetgrass basketry is a Lowcountry craft with a long history here and several of the makers listed sell by commission or at markets rather than from a shop, so check how to buy before travelling.
Arts & Entertainment in Charleston
Galleries, studios and artists across Charleston. Much of this category runs on exhibitions and commissions rather than shop hours, and several of the artists here show by appointment. Check a calendar rather than a sign on the door.
Marketing & Creative in Charleston
Photographers, designers and production people working across the Lowcountry. Most travel to the client or shoot on location, so a portfolio and a service radius matter more than an address. Wedding and portrait work dominates the calendar here and books a long way ahead.
Travel & Hospitality in Charleston
Inns, tour operators and travel planners across Charleston. The walking and driving tours listed here are led by guides who work in the city's Black and Gullah Geechee history, and they run to a schedule rather than on demand. Book ahead in spring and autumn, when the city is busiest.
Education & Training in Charleston
Tutoring, coaching and training providers across the Charleston area. Several work in the client's home or online rather than from a location, so ask before planning around an address.
Health & Wellness in Charleston
Clinics, therapists, spas and wellness practices across Charleston. Practices differ on insurance and several here work by appointment only or travel to the client, all of which are worth settling on a first call.
Events in Charleston
Heritage and awareness days
- October 25-31Ace Week (Asexual Awareness Week)LGBTQ+
- October 26Intersex Awareness DayLGBTQ+
- November 1-2Día de los MuertosHispanic and Latino
- November 8DiwaliFaith
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You would join 52 businesses already listed in Charleston. Listing is free and stays free. Upgrading buys priority placement across the Charleston hub, your category page, every ownership page you match, South Carolina results and site search, plus a bigger photo-rich profile and reporting on what visitors did with it.
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