West Virginia manufacturing fact sheet
THE FACTORY CENSUS, Q3 2026 · FACTORYREGISTRY RESEARCH · SNAPSHOT AUG 2026
As of AUG 2026, FactoryRegistry lists 1,500 manufacturing facilities in West Virginia, of which 405 (27.0%) carry a recent operating signal. That is 84.75 facilities per 100,000 residents.
Full census, Q3 2026 · West Virginia in the registry
Top counties
| COUNTY | FACILITIES |
|---|---|
| Kanawha | 112 |
| Cabell | 85 |
| Wood | 74 |
| Monongalia | 64 |
| Raleigh | 61 |
| Berkeley | 56 |
| Harrison | 50 |
| Mercer | 49 |
| Jefferson | 44 |
| Brooke | 43 |
Leading industries
| SUBSECTOR | FACILITIES |
|---|---|
| 332 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing | 275 |
| 325 Chemical Manufacturing | 231 |
| 321 Wood Product Manufacturing | 184 |
| 333 Machinery Manufacturing | 153 |
| 327 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing | 118 |
Largest listed employers
| FACILITY | CITY | EMPLOYEES |
|---|---|---|
| Alcon Research LLC | Huntington | 500+ |
| Allegany Ballistics Laboratory, Rocket Center, WV | Rocket Center | 500+ |
| Constellium Rolled Products | Ravenswood | 500+ |
| Gestamp WV | South Charleston | 500+ |
| Huntington Alloys Corporation | Huntington | 500+ |
| Ngds-wv01 | Rocket Center | 500+ |
| Niterra North America INC | Sissonville | 500+ |
| Pilgrims Moorefield PF | Moorefield | 500+ |
| Procter and Gamble Tabler Station | Inwood | 500+ |
| Steel of West Virginia, Inc. | Huntington | 500+ |
Ranked by reported employment band. Facilities whose sources report no band are not listed here.
Coverage
The registry lists 1,500 facilities in West Virginia against a BLS QCEW benchmark of 1,438 manufacturing establishments (2024) — coverage of 104.3%. The benchmark is a floor: QCEW counts establishments covered by unemployment insurance and so excludes most sole proprietors and some contract operations. The real number of manufacturing sites is therefore higher than the benchmark, and this percentage overstates coverage rather than understating it. Where it exceeds 100%, the registry lists more sites than QCEW counts establishments — which is expected in states with many small or single-person operations, and is also where duplicate listings would show up first.
FactoryRegistry Research, The Factory Census, Q3 2026 — factoryregistry.com/census/2026-q3/wv · press@factoryregistry.com