This is a 27 percent increase over the previous week when there were 148 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 26, 2022 | Issued in week ending March 19, 2022 | Percentage change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 9 | 11 | -18.2% |
| Allegheny | 188 | 148 | 27% |
| Armstrong | 5 | 6 | -16.7% |
| Beaver | 9 | 15 | -40% |
| Bedford | 6 | 1 | 500% |
| Berks | 25 | 45 | -44.4% |
| Blair | 8 | 3 | 166.7% |
| Bucks | 88 | 81 | 8.6% |
| Butler | 8 | 17 | -52.9% |
| Cambria | 11 | 17 | -35.3% |
| Carbon | 9 | 8 | 12.5% |
| Centre | 12 | 20 | -40% |
| Chester | 79 | 72 | 9.7% |
| Clarion | 1 | 3 | -66.7% |
| Clearfield | 4 | 3 | 33.3% |
| Clinton | 3 | 2 | 50% |
| Columbia | 3 | 4 | -25% |
| Crawford | 6 | 6 | 0% |
| Cumberland | 37 | 42 | -11.9% |
| Dauphin | 54 | 53 | 1.9% |
| Delaware | 56 | 67 | -16.4% |
| Elk | 1 | 2 | -50% |
| Erie | 33 | 37 | -10.8% |
| Fayette | 6 | 7 | -14.3% |
| Franklin | 9 | 17 | -47.1% |
| Greene | 3 | 3 | 0% |
| Huntingdon | 2 | 3 | -33.3% |
| Indiana | 4 | 2 | 100% |
| Jefferson | 8 | 10 | -20% |
| Juniata | 2 | 3 | -33.3% |
| Lackawanna | 27 | 28 | -3.6% |
| Lancaster | 39 | 48 | -18.8% |
| Lawrence | 6 | 11 | -45.5% |
| Lebanon | 3 | 3 | 0% |
| Lehigh | 54 | 55 | -1.8% |
| Luzerne | 24 | 32 | -25% |
| Lycoming | 12 | 8 | 50% |
| Mercer | 5 | 9 | -44.4% |
| Mifflin | 5 | 3 | 66.7% |
| Monroe | 25 | 14 | 78.6% |
| Montgomery | 105 | 118 | -11% |
| Montour | 4 | 4 | 0% |
| Northampton | 47 | 28 | 67.9% |
| Northumberland | 5 | 7 | -28.6% |
| Perry | 5 | 3 | 66.7% |
| Philadelphia | 405 | 399 | 1.5% |
| Pike | 3 | 1 | 200% |
| Schuylkill | 14 | 15 | -6.7% |
| Snyder | 1 | 6 | -83.3% |
| Somerset | 5 | 2 | 150% |
| Sullivan | 1 | 1 | 0% |
| Susquehanna | 3 | 2 | 50% |
| Union | 2 | 4 | -50% |
| Venango | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Warren | 1 | 0 | - |
| Washington | 15 | 21 | -28.6% |
| Wayne | 6 | 10 | -40% |
| Westmoreland | 37 | 39 | -5.1% |
| York | 41 | 67 | -38.8% |
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City of Clairton• Jefferson Hills Borough• Borough of Cheswick• Borough of Carnegie• Borough of Bridgeville• Borough of West Mifflin• Imperial• Borough of Braddock• Borough of Homestead• City of Pittsburgh• Borough of Avalon• Borough of White Oak• Glenshaw• Borough of Sewickley• Borough of Pitcairn• Allison Park• Borough of Brentwood• Borough of McKees Rocks• Bairdford• Borough of Vandergrift• Gibsonia• Borough of Verona• Borough Of Coraopolis• City Of McKeesport
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