# Counties in West Virginia by establishment entry rate, 2023

All 54 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable. 1 counties have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `establishment_entry_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Establishments that opened during the year (employees in March of the year and none a year earlier), as a percentage of the average number of establishments in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (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: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/west-virginia-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Clay County | 18.543 |
| 2 | Barbour County | 13.725 |
| 3 | Upshur County | 13.416 |
| 4 | Tyler County | 13.274 |
| 5 | Pocahontas County | 12.935 |
| 6 | Taylor County | 12.339 |
| 7 | Wyoming County | 12.326 |
| 8 | Logan County | 12.234 |
| 9 | Berkeley County | 12.22 |
| 10 | Jefferson County | 11.819 |
| 11 | McDowell County | 11.609 |
| 12 | Mingo County | 11.309 |
| 13 | Preston County | 11.015 |
| 14 | Pendleton County | 10.938 |
| 15 | Mercer County | 10.902 |
| 16 | Lewis County | 10.893 |
| 17 | Roane County | 10.825 |
| 18 | Tucker County | 10.596 |
| 19 | Calhoun County | 10.39 |
| 20 | Morgan County | 10.096 |
| 21 | Lincoln County | 10.063 |
| 22 | Raleigh County | 9.952 |
| 23 | Monongalia County | 9.638 |
| 24 | Boone County | 9.589 |
| 25 | Greenbrier County | 9.524 |
| 26 | Putnam County | 9.507 |
| 27 | Fayette County | 9.46 |
| 28 | Mineral County | 9.375 |
| 29 | Pleasants County | 9.244 |
| 30 | Wetzel County | 9.18 |
| 31 | Grant County | 8.734 |
| 32 | Gilmer County | 8.696 |
| 33 | Hardy County | 8.614 |
| 34 | Randolph County | 8.489 |
| 35 | Wayne County | 8.244 |
| 36 | Monroe County | 8.163 |
| 37 | Marion County | 8.066 |
| 38 | Kanawha County | 8.04 |
| 39 | Jackson County | 8.018 |
| 40 | Brooke County | 7.712 |
| 41 | Harrison County | 7.711 |
| 42 | Wood County | 7.669 |
| 43 | Cabell County | 7.53 |
| 44 | Webster County | 7.477 |
| 45 | Ohio County | 7.465 |
| 46 | Doddridge County | 7.407 |
| 47 | Mason County | 7.321 |
| 48 | Summers County | 7.051 |
| 49 | Nicholas County | 6.924 |
| 50 | Hampshire County | 6.593 |
| 51 | Ritchie County | 6.509 |
| 52 | Marshall County | 6.328 |
| 53 | Hancock County | 6.061 |
| 54 | Braxton County | 5.53 |