Counties in West Virginia by business revenue: professional, scientific and technical services (Economic Census), 2017

Kanawha County had the highest business revenue: professional, scientific and technical services (Economic Census) of 42 counties in 2017, at $844.96 million. Wirt County had the lowest, at $472,000. The median was $12.78 million and the figure for West Virginia was $3.3 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest845Kanawha County

Lowest0.5Wirt County

Median12.842 counties

West Virginia3,295.2History

Map of counties, 2017

Under 4
4 to 8
8 to 13
13 to 21
21 to 120
120 and over
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USD million, 2017. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), all establishments. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2017

USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2017 USD million
1	Kanawha County	845
2	Monongalia County	480.1
3	Harrison County	303.3
4	Ohio County	270.4
5	Cabell County	193.7
6	Marion County	161
7	Berkeley County	148.2
8	Wood County	118.9
9	Putnam County	106.6
10	Raleigh County	86.4
11	Mercer County	81.6
12	Jackson County	50.2
13	Hancock County	37.6
14	Wetzel County	21
15	Randolph County	20.9
16	Wayne County	20.5
17	Upshur County	19.9
18	Nicholas County	16.4
19	Fayette County	16
20	Logan County	15.5
21	Marshall County	13
22	Mingo County	12.6
23	Preston County	11.6
24	Mason County	11.5
25	Mineral County	11
26	Brooke County	9.4
27	Hardy County	8.5
28	Morgan County	8
29	Wyoming County	7.4
30	Barbour County	6.5
31	Pleasants County	6.2
32	Lincoln County	5.9
33	Ritchie County	5.8
34	McDowell County	4.5
35	Summers County	4.2
36	Calhoun County	3.8
37	Monroe County	3.8
38	Roane County	3.5
39	Grant County	3.4
40	Braxton County	3.3
41	Tyler County	1.9
42	Wirt County	0.5

About this ranking

Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census.

Economic Census, taken every five years: values exist for 2017 and 2022 only, and the 2027 census publishes about 2029. Revenue of employer establishments located in the place, in millions of current US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; nonemployers (nonemployer_receipts_usd_*) are not included, and government owned establishments are generally out of scope. Manufacturing is the value of shipments and wholesale and retail trade are sales, so an establishment selling to another counts in both and sectors do not add up to output or GDP. Cells that would disclose individual companies (flag D) or that Census does not publish are missing here, not zero; counties are published for 14 of the 18 sectors. Sectors follow NAICS 2017 for 2017 and NAICS 2022 for 2022.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 7 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2021). Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), all establishments (Counties in West Virginia by business revenue: professional, scientific and technical services (Economic Census), 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip

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Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), all establishments, Counties in West Virginia by business revenue: professional, scientific and technical services (Economic Census), 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, 27 May 2021, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-professional-services/west-virginia-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2021. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), all establishments. Counties in West Virginia by business revenue: professional, scientific and technical services (Economic Census), 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-professional-services/west-virginia-counties.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2021) Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), all establishments, Counties in West Virginia by business revenue: professional, scientific and technical services (Economic Census), 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-professional-services/west-virginia-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  year = {2021},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-professional-services/west-virginia-counties. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest business revenue: professional, scientific and technical services (Economic Census)?

Kanawha County, with $844.96 million in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest business revenue: professional, scientific and technical services (Economic Census)?

Wirt County, with $472,000 in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 7 counties have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.