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18.3% less Susquehanna County business licenses issued in 2020 compared to previous year

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There were 116 business licenses issued in Susquehanna County in 2020 in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.

This is an 18.3 percent decrease from the previous year when there were 142 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 Year

CountyIssued in 2020Issued in 2019Percentage change (%)
Adams4214024.7%
Allegheny9,1448,23311.1%
Armstrong205234-12.4%
Beaver662683-3.1%
Bedford6480-20%
Berks1,3831,3552.1%
Blair463503-8%
Bradford1671585.7%
Bucks3,8063,6863.3%
Butler4373999.5%
Cambria3813712.7%
Cameron211723.5%
Carbon3022971.7%
Centre7257171.1%
Chester3,5083,4132.8%
Clarion6375-16%
Clearfield1551512.6%
Clinton139154-9.7%
Columbia286294-2.7%
Crawford281349-19.5%
Cumberland1,6441,684-2.4%
Dauphin2,3352,1458.9%
Delaware3,9452,89236.4%
Elk5667-16.4%
Erie1,1531,1113.8%
Fayette4003805.3%
Forest211190.9%
Franklin7406789.1%
Fulton292516%
Greene98112-12.5%
Huntingdon1451394.3%
Indiana14212810.9%
Jefferson194198-2%
Juniata8186-5.8%
Lackawanna1,0761,0601.5%
Lancaster1,8321,7733.3%
Lawrence44338216%
Lebanon1991904.7%
Lehigh2,6182,35311.3%
Luzerne1,08089520.7%
Lycoming4554491.3%
Mckean4557-21.1%
Mercer4063972.3%
Mifflin1801659.1%
Monroe944949-0.5%
Montgomery5,8535,3309.8%
Montour977627.6%
Northampton1,3241,19410.9%
Northumberland236261-9.6%
Perry1551522%
Philadelphia23,82216,42745%
Pike1169917.2%
Potter635514.5%
Schuylkill457489-6.5%
Snyder166175-5.1%
Somerset137166-17.5%
Sullivan168100%
Susquehanna116142-18.3%
Tioga1109713.4%
Union188190-1.1%
Venango1098823.9%
Warren5765-12.3%
Washington807882-8.5%
Wayne23220115.4%
Westmoreland1,4641,31511.3%
Wyoming3037-18.9%
York2,1582,0505.3%

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