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Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Increasing number of Allegheny County business licenses issued in 2021

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There were 10,351 business licenses issued in Allegheny County in 2021 in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.

This is a 13.2 percent increase over the previous year when there were 9,144 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 2021Issued in 2020Percentage change (%)
Adams50542120%
Allegheny10,3519,14413.2%
Armstrong28220537.6%
Beaver80466221.5%
Bedford1036460.9%
Berks1,6301,38317.9%
Blair52446313.2%
Bradford1831679.6%
Bucks4,4743,80617.6%
Butler52143719.2%
Cambria48138126.2%
Cameron1621-23.8%
Carbon43230243%
Centre85072517.2%
Chester4,1383,50818%
Clarion846333.3%
Clearfield18215517.4%
Clinton18713934.5%
Columbia3002864.9%
Crawford40628144.5%
Cumberland2,1391,64430.1%
Dauphin2,7822,33519.1%
Delaware4,3673,94510.7%
Elk1035683.9%
Erie1,4601,15326.6%
Fayette4104002.5%
Forest921-57.1%
Franklin7977407.7%
Fulton2429-17.2%
Greene1299831.6%
Huntingdon18914530.3%
Indiana17414222.5%
Jefferson25319430.4%
Juniata1048128.4%
Lackawanna1,3441,07624.9%
Lancaster2,1691,83218.4%
Lawrence4784437.9%
Lebanon23519918.1%
Lehigh3,2512,61824.2%
Luzerne1,3291,08023.1%
Lycoming52045514.3%
Mckean714557.8%
Mercer4134061.7%
Mifflin1831801.7%
Monroe1,23594430.8%
Montgomery6,5255,85311.5%
Montour102975.2%
Northampton1,5251,32415.2%
Northumberland28323619.9%
Perry18215517.4%
Philadelphia27,93823,82217.3%
Pike14011620.7%
Potter64631.6%
Schuylkill53445716.8%
Snyder1781667.2%
Somerset15113710.2%
Sullivan3216100%
Susquehanna15711635.3%
Tioga14911035.5%
Union2011886.9%
Venango13910927.5%
Warren635710.5%
Washington93680716%
Wayne29623227.6%
Westmoreland1,7251,46417.8%
Wyoming513070%
York2,5312,15817.3%

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

City of ClairtonBorough of West ElizabethBorough of West ViewMoon TownshipJefferson Hills BoroughBorough of CheswickBorough of Fox ChapelBorough of CanonsburgBorough of EdgeworthBorough of CarnegieBorough of SellersvilleBorough of GlassportBorough of SwissvaleBorough of Pleasant HillsBorough of LeetsdaleBorough of EmsworthBorough of BridgevilleBorough of West MifflinBorough of MunhallBorough of VersaillesBorough of Turtle CreekBorough of BadenCity of New KensingtonCity of PhiladelphiaImperialBorough of BrackenridgeBorough of DarbyBorough of BraddockBorough of HomesteadFrazer TownshipBorough of EtnaCity of DuquesneCity of PittsburghCity of ErieBorough of Mount OliverBorough of AvalonBorough of AmbridgeBorough of White OakGlenshawBorough of SewickleyRusselltonCranberryCity of GreensburgBorough of PitcairnCity of LansdaleBakerstownCity of MonessenBorough of CaliforniaAllentownAllison ParkBorough of OakmontBorough of CraftonBorough of DallastownBorough of WhitakerBorough of BrentwoodBradford Woods BoroughBorough of ChurchillBorough of IndustryBorough of McKees RocksBorough of Port VueBorough of TarentumBorough of WallBorough of LawrencevilleBorough of Castle ShannonBorough of WhitehallBorough of New HopeNewtonMcMurrayCity of YorkGibsoniaGreenockBorough of AspinwallPenn HillsBorough of VeronaBorough of WilmerdingBorough of Sewickley HillsBorough of MillvaleBorough of Forest HillsBostonBorough Of BellevueBorough Of TraffordHarwickBorough Of DravosburgBorough Of FinleyvilleBorough Of RankinBorough Of McDonaldBorough Of OakdaleBorough Of New BrightonAvonBorough Of DormontBorough Of CoraopolisBorough Of AlexandriaBorough Of BlawnoxCity Of McKeesportCity Of MonongahelaBorough Of Braddock HillsBorough Of MarsBorough Of SaxonburgSouth Fayette TownshipBorough Of WilkinsburgBorough Of Sharpsburg

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