Data / Business establishments (QCEW) / Jefferson County

Business establishments (QCEW) in Jefferson County

Business establishments (QCEW) in Jefferson County was 2,463 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 6.4% from 2024. That is the 8th highest of 55 counties in 2025.

2025, count2,463
Change on 2024+6.4%
Rank8th of 55Counties in West Virginia ranked
Series high2,4632025
Series low8662001

Next release: Saturday, 21 August 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.
Keep it in a collection in your library.

Business establishments (QCEW) in Jefferson County, 2001 to 2025

5001,0001,5002,0002,50020012005200920132017202120252001: 866 count2002: 886 count2003: 915 count2004: 948 count2005: 998 count2006: 1,027 count2007: 1,042 count2008: 1,022 count2009: 1,015 count2010: 999 count2011: 1,011 count2012: 1,028 count2013: 1,037 count2014: 1,062 count2015: 1,080 count2016: 1,066 count2017: 1,102 count2018: 1,157 count2019: 1,164 count2020: 1,183 count2021: 1,259 count2022: 1,404 count2023: 1,916 count2024: 2,314 count2025: 2,463 count5001,0001,5002,0002,5002001201020252001: 866 count2002: 886 count2003: 915 count2004: 948 count2005: 998 count2006: 1,027 count2007: 1,042 count2008: 1,022 count2009: 1,015 count2010: 999 count2011: 1,011 count2012: 1,028 count2013: 1,037 count2014: 1,062 count2015: 1,080 count2016: 1,066 count2017: 1,102 count2018: 1,157 count2019: 1,164 count2020: 1,183 count2021: 1,259 count2022: 1,404 count2023: 1,916 count2024: 2,314 count2025: 2,463 count
count. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-08-21.
All 25 values
Periodcount
20252,463
20242,314
20231,916
20221,404
20211,259
20201,183
20191,164
20181,157
20171,102
20161,066
20151,080
20141,062
20131,037
20121,028
20111,011
2010999
20091,015
20081,022
20071,042
20061,027
2005998
2004948
2003915
2002886
2001866

Compared with West Virginia and United States

Place2025
Jefferson County2,463
West Virginia62,518
United States12,112,924

Jefferson County compared with nearby places

Barbour County: 391 countBerkeley County: 3,926 countBoone County: 432 countBraxton County: 388 countBrooke County: 630 countCabell County: 3,370 countCalhoun County: 146 countClay County: 198 countDoddridge County: 133 countFayette County: 1,224 countGilmer County: 165 countGrant County: 370 countGreenbrier County: 1,406 countHampshire County: 558 countHancock County: 972 countHardy County: 466 countHarrison County: 2,508 countJackson County: 733 countJefferson County: 2,463 countKanawha County: 6,837 countLewis County: 540 countLincoln County: 338 countLogan County: 1,015 countMcDowell County: 370 countMarion County: 1,756 countMarshall County: 699 countMason County: 507 countMercer County: 1,696 countMineral County: 736 countMingo County: 528 countMonongalia County: 4,368 countMonroe County: 323 countMorgan County: 410 countNicholas County: 824 countOhio County: 1,824 countPendleton County: 230 countPleasants County: 191 countPocahontas County: 350 countPreston County: 884 countPutnam County: 1,925 countRaleigh County: 2,634 countRandolph County: 993 countRitchie County: 258 countRoane County: 360 countSummers County: 264 countTaylor County: 346 countTucker County: 285 countTyler County: 171 countUpshur County: 848 countWayne County: 712 countWebster County: 218 countWetzel County: 443 countWirt County: 113 countWood County: 2,668 countWyoming County: 439 count
  • Under 260
  • 260 to 370
  • 370 to 530
  • 530 to 850
  • 850 to 1,800
  • 1,800 and over
Business establishments (QCEW), 2025, count. Jefferson County is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Rankings

Definition

Average number of establishments with jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. An establishment is a single place of business, such as a factory, store or office; a company with several locations has several.

Counts places of business, not firms: for firms use employer_firms. Changes in how large employers report their locations can move the count without any change in activity.

Report a problem with this figure

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (Business establishments (QCEW), Jefferson County, 2001 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv

MLA 9

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Business establishments (QCEW), Jefferson County, 2001 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21 Aug. 2026, https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/business-establishments/jefferson-county-west-virginia. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Business establishments (QCEW), Jefferson County, 2001 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/business-establishments/jefferson-county-west-virginia.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Business establishments (QCEW), Jefferson County, 2001 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/business-establishments/jefferson-county-west-virginia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{bureau_business_establishments_qcew_jefferson_2025,
  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}},
  title = {{Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties: Business establishments (QCEW), Jefferson County, 2001 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/business-establishments/jefferson-county-west-virginia. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
TI  - Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties: Business establishments (QCEW), Jefferson County, 2001 to 2025
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/08/21
PB  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/business-establishments/jefferson-county-west-virginia
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/business-establishments/jefferson-county-west-virginia.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest business establishments (QCEW) in Jefferson County? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"establishments_qcew","place":"us-county-54037"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=establishments_qcew&place=us-county-54037

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the business establishments (QCEW) in Jefferson County?

Business establishments (QCEW) in Jefferson County was 2,463 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 6.4% from 2024. That is the 8th highest of 55 counties in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest business establishments (QCEW) in Jefferson County?

2,463 in 2025, the highest value since 2001 in this series.

Related statistics for Jefferson County

All statistics for Jefferson County | Jefferson County in figures