This is a 22.6 percent decrease from the previous week when there were 133 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 5, 2022 | Issued in week ending Feb. 26, 2022 | Percentage change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 11 | 8 | 37.5% |
| Allegheny | 200 | 167 | 19.8% |
| Armstrong | 7 | 7 | 0% |
| Beaver | 19 | 14 | 35.7% |
| Bedford | 4 | 4 | 0% |
| Berks | 26 | 25 | 4% |
| Blair | 8 | 13 | -38.5% |
| Bradford | 2 | 2 | 0% |
| Bucks | 84 | 80 | 5% |
| Butler | 6 | 7 | -14.3% |
| Cambria | 6 | 10 | -40% |
| Carbon | 8 | 7 | 14.3% |
| Centre | 20 | 11 | 81.8% |
| Chester | 80 | 64 | 25% |
| Clearfield | 6 | 2 | 200% |
| Clinton | 3 | 4 | -25% |
| Columbia | 7 | 3 | 133.3% |
| Crawford | 9 | 8 | 12.5% |
| Cumberland | 39 | 49 | -20.4% |
| Dauphin | 57 | 64 | -10.9% |
| Delaware | 71 | 60 | 18.3% |
| Elk | 1 | 1 | 0% |
| Erie | 35 | 26 | 34.6% |
| Fayette | 10 | 6 | 66.7% |
| Franklin | 15 | 21 | -28.6% |
| Fulton | 1 | 1 | 0% |
| Greene | 4 | 4 | 0% |
| Huntingdon | 6 | 1 | 500% |
| Indiana | 4 | 1 | 300% |
| Jefferson | 6 | 8 | -25% |
| Juniata | 1 | 0 | - |
| Lackawanna | 28 | 28 | 0% |
| Lancaster | 45 | 35 | 28.6% |
| Lawrence | 11 | 4 | 175% |
| Lebanon | 3 | 6 | -50% |
| Lehigh | 79 | 56 | 41.1% |
| Luzerne | 23 | 27 | -14.8% |
| Lycoming | 14 | 15 | -6.7% |
| Mckean | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Mercer | 5 | 9 | -44.4% |
| Mifflin | 5 | 6 | -16.7% |
| Monroe | 17 | 16 | 6.3% |
| Montgomery | 103 | 133 | -22.6% |
| Montour | 2 | 2 | 0% |
| Northampton | 25 | 20 | 25% |
| Northumberland | 6 | 4 | 50% |
| Perry | 6 | 5 | 20% |
| Philadelphia | 404 | 402 | 0.5% |
| Pike | 3 | 1 | 200% |
| Schuylkill | 10 | 9 | 11.1% |
| Snyder | 5 | 2 | 150% |
| Somerset | 6 | 3 | 100% |
| Susquehanna | 6 | 4 | 50% |
| Tioga | 7 | 6 | 16.7% |
| Union | 3 | 8 | -62.5% |
| Venango | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Warren | 1 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington | 16 | 15 | 6.7% |
| Wayne | 5 | 4 | 25% |
| Westmoreland | 37 | 41 | -9.8% |
| Wyoming | 1 | 7 | -85.7% |
| York | 53 | 35 | 51.4% |
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Wyncote• Gilbertsville• Collegeville• Borough of Souderton• Wyndmoor• Borough of Bridgeport• Grove• Oreland• Plymouth Meeting• Jenkintown Borough• Haverford Township• Borough of Telford• Borough of Royersford• Borough of Hatboro• Borough of Phoenixville• City of Lansdale• Borough of Conshohocken• Ardmore• Borough of Pottstown• Borough of Schwenksville• Borough of Norristown• Glenside• Borough of Red Hill• Borough of North Wales• Blue Bell• Cheltenham• Maple Glen• Borough Of Hatfield• Harleysville• Fort Washington• Borough Of Ambler
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