# Counties in West Virginia by employer firms, 2023

All 55 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- 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.
- 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_cty.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- 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_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firms/west-virginia-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Kanawha County | 3,265 |
| 2 | Monongalia County | 1,921 |
| 3 | Cabell County | 1,624 |
| 4 | Wood County | 1,470 |
| 5 | Berkeley County | 1,432 |
| 6 | Harrison County | 1,383 |
| 7 | Raleigh County | 1,283 |
| 8 | Ohio County | 1,029 |
| 9 | Putnam County | 967 |
| 10 | Marion County | 896 |
| 11 | Mercer County | 892 |
| 12 | Jefferson County | 788 |
| 13 | Greenbrier County | 690 |
| 14 | Fayette County | 573 |
| 15 | Randolph County | 533 |
| 16 | Wayne County | 479 |
| 17 | Logan County | 453 |
| 18 | Nicholas County | 444 |
| 19 | Upshur County | 422 |
| 20 | Preston County | 410 |
| 21 | Hancock County | 402 |
| 22 | Jackson County | 385 |
| 23 | Mineral County | 366 |
| 24 | Marshall County | 360 |
| 25 | Brooke County | 333 |
| 26 | Lewis County | 302 |
| 27 | Mingo County | 279 |
| 28 | Wetzel County | 266 |
| 29 | Mason County | 262 |
| 30 | Hampshire County | 249 |
| 31 | Hardy County | 242 |
| 32 | Wyoming County | 227 |
| 33 | Grant County | 220 |
| 34 | Morgan County | 205 |
| 35 | Pocahontas County | 194 |
| 36 | Braxton County | 193 |
| 37 | Boone County | 191 |
| 38 | Barbour County | 188 |
| 39 | Taylor County | 184 |
| 40 | Roane County | 180 |
| 41 | McDowell County | 172 |
| 42 | Ritchie County | 156 |
| 43 | Monroe County | 142 |
| 43 | Tucker County | 142 |
| 45 | Summers County | 141 |
| 46 | Lincoln County | 134 |
| 47 | Pendleton County | 119 |
| 48 | Pleasants County | 101 |
| 49 | Webster County | 98 |
| 50 | Tyler County | 97 |
| 51 | Gilmer County | 90 |
| 52 | Calhoun County | 71 |
| 53 | Clay County | 66 |
| 54 | Doddridge County | 64 |
| 55 | Wirt County | 49 |