# Employer firms in West Virginia

Employer firms in West Virginia was 23,492 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-54`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of firms in the private nonfarm sectors covered by the US Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics. Establishments under common ownership form one firm.
- Note: Excludes nonemployer businesses and other activities outside the BDS scope. A firm operating in several states or counties is counted in each area, so geographic counts cannot be added to reproduce the national total. This differs from the INE DIRCE active-company count, which includes businesses without employees. Past values can be revised.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-10
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/west-virginia
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/west-virginia.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-54

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 23,492 |
| 2022 | 23,447 |
| 2021 | 23,145 |
| 2020 | 23,449 |
| 2019 | 24,055 |
| 2018 | 24,131 |
| 2017 | 24,537 |
| 2016 | 24,944 |
| 2015 | 25,256 |
| 2014 | 25,509 |
| 2013 | 26,027 |
| 2012 | 26,549 |
| 2011 | 26,750 |
| 2010 | 27,232 |
| 2009 | 27,879 |
| 2008 | 28,500 |
| 2007 | 29,180 |
| 2006 | 29,414 |
| 2005 | 29,544 |
| 2004 | 29,555 |
| 2003 | 29,237 |
| 2002 | 29,398 |
| 2001 | 29,670 |
| 2000 | 30,287 |
| 1999 | 30,527 |
| 1998 | 30,608 |
| 1997 | 30,462 |
| 1996 | 30,311 |
| 1995 | 30,323 |
| 1994 | 29,632 |
| 1993 | 29,180 |
| 1992 | 28,582 |
| 1991 | 28,507 |
| 1990 | 28,628 |
| 1989 | 28,339 |
| 1988 | 28,000 |
| 1987 | 27,342 |
| 1986 | 27,215 |
| 1985 | 27,114 |
| 1984 | 27,489 |
| 1983 | 26,399 |
| 1982 | 26,557 |
| 1981 | 27,227 |
| 1980 | 27,525 |
| 1979 | 27,676 |
| 1978 | 26,630 |