This is a 50 percent increase over the previous week when there were 30 licenses issued.
Pennsylvania suffered a surge of unemployment and business closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The average annual unemployment rate in the state more than doubled in 2020 to 9.1 percent. This was the highest annual unemployment rate in Pennsylvania since 2003.
Comparison of business licenses issued by County and Week
| County | Issued in week ending March 19, 2022 | Issued in week ending March 12, 2022 | Percentage change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 11 | 11 | 0% |
| Allegheny | 148 | 173 | -14.5% |
| Armstrong | 6 | 6 | 0% |
| Beaver | 15 | 9 | 66.7% |
| Bedford | 1 | 0 | - |
| Berks | 45 | 30 | 50% |
| Blair | 3 | 13 | -76.9% |
| Bradford | 4 | 3 | 33.3% |
| Bucks | 81 | 77 | 5.2% |
| Butler | 17 | 7 | 142.9% |
| Cambria | 17 | 15 | 13.3% |
| Carbon | 8 | 12 | -33.3% |
| Centre | 20 | 17 | 17.6% |
| Chester | 72 | 84 | -14.3% |
| Clarion | 3 | 4 | -25% |
| Clearfield | 3 | 3 | 0% |
| Clinton | 2 | 3 | -33.3% |
| Columbia | 4 | 9 | -55.6% |
| Crawford | 6 | 8 | -25% |
| Cumberland | 42 | 35 | 20% |
| Dauphin | 53 | 46 | 15.2% |
| Delaware | 67 | 54 | 24.1% |
| Elk | 2 | 2 | 0% |
| Erie | 37 | 31 | 19.4% |
| Fayette | 7 | 8 | -12.5% |
| Forest | 1 | 0 | - |
| Franklin | 17 | 9 | 88.9% |
| Greene | 3 | 7 | -57.1% |
| Huntingdon | 3 | 4 | -25% |
| Indiana | 2 | 2 | 0% |
| Jefferson | 10 | 3 | 233.3% |
| Juniata | 3 | 4 | -25% |
| Lackawanna | 28 | 32 | -12.5% |
| Lancaster | 48 | 36 | 33.3% |
| Lawrence | 11 | 8 | 37.5% |
| Lebanon | 3 | 6 | -50% |
| Lehigh | 55 | 76 | -27.6% |
| Luzerne | 32 | 35 | -8.6% |
| Lycoming | 8 | 6 | 33.3% |
| Mckean | 2 | 0 | - |
| Mercer | 9 | 13 | -30.8% |
| Mifflin | 3 | 4 | -25% |
| Monroe | 14 | 24 | -41.7% |
| Montgomery | 118 | 115 | 2.6% |
| Montour | 4 | 1 | 300% |
| Northampton | 28 | 34 | -17.6% |
| Northumberland | 7 | 5 | 40% |
| Perry | 3 | 7 | -57.1% |
| Philadelphia | 399 | 385 | 3.6% |
| Pike | 1 | 3 | -66.7% |
| Potter | 1 | 0 | - |
| Schuylkill | 15 | 20 | -25% |
| Snyder | 6 | 4 | 50% |
| Somerset | 2 | 2 | 0% |
| Sullivan | 1 | 1 | 0% |
| Susquehanna | 2 | 2 | 0% |
| Tioga | 3 | 4 | -25% |
| Union | 4 | 6 | -33.3% |
| Venango | 1 | 4 | -75% |
| Washington | 21 | 22 | -4.5% |
| Wayne | 10 | 7 | 42.9% |
| Westmoreland | 39 | 38 | 2.6% |
| Wyoming | 1 | 0 | - |
| York | 67 | 51 | 31.4% |
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