founders in west virginia
west virginia founders work around coal, natural gas and chemical plants in the river valleys, outdoor tourism in the mountains, and federal research and data facilities. reagent matter fits the energy and chemical work, and reagent research fits the science.
talk to reagentwest virginia at a glance
- new business applications
- 19,249
- filed in the twelve months to september 2026, up 23.1% on the twelve months before.
- likely employers
- 5,471
- applications the Census Bureau flags as likely to hire, over the same twelve months.
- economy
- $111.3 billion
- gross domestic product in 2025, up 5.2% on the year before in current dollars.
- population
- 1.8 million
- residents in 2025, about $63,020 of output per person.
- manufacturing jobs
- 44,900
- people employed in manufacturing, september 2026.
our companies
- reagent matter materials and physical products.
- reagent research open science and new architectures.
- reagent defense technology that protects.
- reagent logistics moving what we make.
- reagent capital funding the earliest stage.
- reagent creative the community and the craft.
also serving
all areas servedsources
- business applications, U.S. Census Bureau Business Formation Statistics
- high-propensity business applications, U.S. Census Bureau
- gross domestic product, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
- resident population, U.S. Census Bureau
- manufacturing employees, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
figures retrieved 2026-11-07.