Claim: "In 2017, the number of new business registrations in West Virginia grew nearly 11 percent . This comes off the heels of a 12 percent increase in new business registrations during 2016."
Fact-check: Business registrations up in W.Va., but closures high too
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Adrianne Uphold
Date published: 2018-09-20T00:00:00