# Counties in West Virginia by employer firm births, 2023

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable. 4 counties have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Unit: count
- 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.
- 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 (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-22
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firm-births/west-virginia-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Kanawha County | 165 |
| 2 | Monongalia County | 138 |
| 3 | Berkeley County | 100 |
| 4 | Cabell County | 72 |
| 5 | Wood County | 65 |
| 6 | Putnam County | 63 |
| 7 | Raleigh County | 62 |
| 8 | Harrison County | 60 |
| 9 | Ohio County | 55 |
| 10 | Jefferson County | 52 |
| 10 | Marion County | 52 |
| 12 | Mercer County | 49 |
| 13 | Greenbrier County | 42 |
| 14 | Randolph County | 32 |
| 15 | Fayette County | 31 |
| 16 | Preston County | 30 |
| 17 | Wayne County | 29 |
| 18 | Upshur County | 23 |
| 19 | Lewis County | 21 |
| 19 | Logan County | 21 |
| 19 | Mingo County | 21 |
| 22 | Jackson County | 20 |
| 23 | Nicholas County | 19 |
| 24 | Hardy County | 17 |
| 24 | Mineral County | 17 |
| 26 | Barbour County | 16 |
| 26 | Pocahontas County | 16 |
| 26 | Wyoming County | 16 |
| 29 | Brooke County | 15 |
| 29 | Grant County | 15 |
| 29 | Hancock County | 15 |
| 29 | Taylor County | 15 |
| 33 | Roane County | 14 |
| 34 | Morgan County | 13 |
| 34 | Wetzel County | 13 |
| 36 | Tucker County | 12 |
| 37 | Marshall County | 11 |
| 37 | McDowell County | 11 |
| 39 | Boone County | 10 |
| 39 | Hampshire County | 10 |
| 39 | Lincoln County | 10 |
| 39 | Pendleton County | 10 |
| 43 | Braxton County | 8 |
| 43 | Mason County | 8 |
| 43 | Monroe County | 8 |
| 46 | Calhoun County | 7 |
| 47 | Clay County | 6 |
| 48 | Ritchie County | 5 |
| 49 | Summers County | 4 |
| 49 | Tyler County | 4 |
| 51 | Webster County | 3 |