Number of Employers   Number of Establishments
Private Sector Only   Private Sector Only
West Virginia   West Virginia
March 2009   March 2009
Size Units Employment Percent of Total   Size Units Employment Percent of Total
0 4,648 0 0.0%   0 4,977 0 0.0%
1-4 16,319 33,790 6.1%   1-4 18,970 40,658 7.4%
5-9 6,318 41,584 7.6%   5-9 9,291 61,517 11.2%
10-19 3,839 51,594 9.4%   10-19 5,917 79,266 14.4%
20 - 49 2,548 77,401 14.1%   20 - 49 3,452 103,509 18.8%
50 - 99 916 62,994 11.4%   50 - 99 1,179 80,218 14.6%
100 - 249 549 84,330 15.3%   100 - 249 507 74,791 13.6%
250 - 499 152 51,482 9.4%   250 - 499 129 44,811 8.1%
500 - 999 78 55,946 10.2%   500 - 999 38 26,431 4.8%
1000+ 48 91,275 16.6%   1000+ 24 39,143 7.1%
Total 35,415 550,396 100.0%   Total 44,484 550,344 100.0%
Note: An establishment is a single physical location, such as an individual store or restaurant. An employer may have any number of establishments at different locations. Firms which do not have employees covered by unemployment compensation are not included. Firms are sized according to their employment in West Virginia. This means that a firm with many thousands of employees nationwide, but only a few salespeople in West Virginia, is counted as a very small firm.
WORKFORCE West Virginia
Research, Information, and Analysis
August 20, 2009

WORKFORCE West Virginia
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