# Counties in West Virginia by business establishments (QCEW), 2025

All 55 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `establishments_qcew`
- Unit: count
- 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-establishments/west-virginia-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Kanawha County | 6,837 |
| 2 | Monongalia County | 4,368 |
| 3 | Berkeley County | 3,926 |
| 4 | Cabell County | 3,370 |
| 5 | Wood County | 2,668 |
| 6 | Raleigh County | 2,634 |
| 7 | Harrison County | 2,508 |
| 8 | Jefferson County | 2,463 |
| 9 | Putnam County | 1,925 |
| 10 | Ohio County | 1,824 |
| 11 | Marion County | 1,756 |
| 12 | Mercer County | 1,696 |
| 13 | Greenbrier County | 1,406 |
| 14 | Fayette County | 1,224 |
| 15 | Logan County | 1,015 |
| 16 | Randolph County | 993 |
| 17 | Hancock County | 972 |
| 18 | Preston County | 884 |
| 19 | Upshur County | 848 |
| 20 | Nicholas County | 824 |
| 21 | Mineral County | 736 |
| 22 | Jackson County | 733 |
| 23 | Wayne County | 712 |
| 24 | Marshall County | 699 |
| 25 | Brooke County | 630 |
| 26 | Hampshire County | 558 |
| 27 | Lewis County | 540 |
| 28 | Mingo County | 528 |
| 29 | Mason County | 507 |
| 30 | Hardy County | 466 |
| 31 | Wetzel County | 443 |
| 32 | Wyoming County | 439 |
| 33 | Boone County | 432 |
| 34 | Morgan County | 410 |
| 35 | Barbour County | 391 |
| 36 | Braxton County | 388 |
| 37 | Grant County | 370 |
| 37 | McDowell County | 370 |
| 39 | Roane County | 360 |
| 40 | Pocahontas County | 350 |
| 41 | Taylor County | 346 |
| 42 | Lincoln County | 338 |
| 43 | Monroe County | 323 |
| 44 | Tucker County | 285 |
| 45 | Summers County | 264 |
| 46 | Ritchie County | 258 |
| 47 | Pendleton County | 230 |
| 48 | Webster County | 218 |
| 49 | Clay County | 198 |
| 50 | Pleasants County | 191 |
| 51 | Tyler County | 171 |
| 52 | Gilmer County | 165 |
| 53 | Calhoun County | 146 |
| 54 | Doddridge County | 133 |
| 55 | Wirt County | 113 |