Employer firm births in Pendleton County

Employer firm births in Pendleton County was 10 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 16.7% from 2022. That is the 39th highest of 51 counties in 2023.

2023, count10

Change on 2022-16.7%

Rank39th of 51Counties in West Virginia ranked

Series high171984

Series low32008

Employer firm births in Pendleton County, 1978 to 2023

count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. Retrieved 2026-10-22, published 2025-09-25.

All 43 values

Period	count
2023	10
2022	12
2021	8
2020	6
2019	7
2018	3
2017	7
2016	7
2015	7
2014	5
2013	5
2012	7
2010	5
2008	3
2006	6
2005	7
2004	12
2003	8
2002	7
2001	6
2000	7
1999	11
1998	15
1997	10
1996	7
1995	17
1994	12
1993	8
1992	8
1991	8
1990	10
1989	17
1988	13
1987	14
1986	8
1985	9
1984	17
1983	14
1982	4
1981	9
1980	9
1979	11
1978	9

Compared with West Virginia and United States

Place	2023
Pendleton County	10
West Virginia	1,532
United States	508,777

Pendleton County compared with nearby places

Under 9
9 to 13
13 to 16
16 to 25
25 to 54
54 and over
No data

Employer firm births, 2023, count. Pendleton County is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Rankings

US states by employer firm births 51 places
Counties in West Virginia by employer firm births 55 places

Definition

New employer firms: firms of age zero in March of the year, meaning that every establishment of the firm had its first employees during the previous twelve months. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics, which calls these firms startups.

A firm counts only when it has employees, so a business without staff is not a birth, and a new branch, merger or change of ownership of an existing firm is not a birth either. Not the same as business_applications (requests for an employer number) or enterprise_births (European business demography). The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978 (Employer firm births, Pendleton County, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 22, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978, Employer firm births, Pendleton County, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/pendleton-county-west-virginia. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. Employer firm births, Pendleton County, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 22, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/pendleton-county-west-virginia.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978, Employer firm births, Pendleton County, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/pendleton-county-west-virginia (Accessed: 22 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{census_employer_firm_births_pendleton_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978: Employer firm births, Pendleton County, 1978 to 2023}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-22},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/pendleton-county-west-virginia. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023\_st\_cty\_fac.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-22.},
}

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What is the employer firm births in Pendleton County?

Employer firm births in Pendleton County was 10 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 16.7% from 2022. That is the 39th highest of 51 counties in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-22.

What was the highest employer firm births in Pendleton County?

17 in 1984, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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