BMW US Manufacturing Company

History

In 1992, BMW announced that it would build a 1,150-acre (470 ha) manufacturing facility in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States to strengthen its international production system. The plant opened in 1994.

In 2010, BMW announced that it would spend $750 million to expand operations at the Greer plant. This expansion will allow production of 240,000 vehicles a year and will make the plant the largest car factory in the United States by number of employees. BMW's largest single market is the United States, where 339 dealerships sold 346,023 cars in 2015.

The two millionth vehicle built at BMWUSM rolled off the plant in January 2012., a vermilion red BMW X3 xDrive35i. The vehicle was retained on display at the Spartanburg Plant to commemorate the milestone. The six millionth unit was produced in October 2022, a green BMW X6 M.

The plant is the largest BMW plant in the world in terms of vehicle production volume. In 2025, the Spartanburg plant produced 396,117 cars, of which 225,000 units were exported at a value of $10.1 billion.

In 2018, around 70% of production was exported to 125 markets. The biggest export market was China, accounting for one-third of all export. That same year, BMW ceased exporting the X3 to China.

Spartanburg manufacturing plant

The BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC, also known as BMW Spartanburg, is the BMW Group's only assembly facility in the United States, and is located in Greer, South Carolina. The plant is currently BMW's major global production site for the X3, X5, X6, X7, and XM crossover SUVs, whose biggest market is the U.S., while other BMW models sold in the U.S. market are imported.

History

In 1992, BMW announced that it would build a 1,150-acre (470 ha) manufacturing facility in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States to strengthen its international production system. The plant opened in 1994.

In 2010, BMW announced that it would spend $750 million to expand operations at the Greer plant. This expansion will allow production of 240,000 vehicles a year and will make the plant the largest car factory in the United States by number of employees. BMW's largest single market is the United States, where 339 dealerships sold 346,023 cars in 2015.

The two millionth vehicle built at BMWUSM rolled off the plant in January 2012., a vermilion red BMW X3 xDrive35i. The vehicle was retained on display at the Spartanburg Plant to commemorate the milestone. The six millionth unit was produced in October 2022, a green BMW X6 M.