This is a 37.5 percent decrease from the previous week when there were eight 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 Feb. 12, 2022 | Issued in week ending Feb. 5, 2022 | Percentage change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 8 | 11 | -27.3% |
| Allegheny | 174 | 198 | -12.1% |
| Armstrong | 5 | 8 | -37.5% |
| Beaver | 16 | 13 | 23.1% |
| Bedford | 4 | 0 | - |
| Berks | 26 | 39 | -33.3% |
| Blair | 14 | 14 | 0% |
| Bradford | 3 | 6 | -50% |
| Bucks | 82 | 78 | 5.1% |
| Butler | 8 | 10 | -20% |
| Cambria | 7 | 9 | -22.2% |
| Carbon | 4 | 5 | -20% |
| Centre | 16 | 29 | -44.8% |
| Chester | 68 | 71 | -4.2% |
| Clarion | 2 | 2 | 0% |
| Clearfield | 3 | 5 | -40% |
| Clinton | 5 | 2 | 150% |
| Columbia | 9 | 11 | -18.2% |
| Crawford | 6 | 13 | -53.8% |
| Cumberland | 49 | 42 | 16.7% |
| Dauphin | 53 | 63 | -15.9% |
| Delaware | 59 | 72 | -18.1% |
| Elk | 1 | 1 | 0% |
| Erie | 37 | 29 | 27.6% |
| Fayette | 4 | 4 | 0% |
| Franklin | 26 | 16 | 62.5% |
| Greene | 4 | 2 | 100% |
| Hatfield Montgomery | 1 | 0 | - |
| Huntingdon | 2 | 3 | -33.3% |
| Indiana | 1 | 4 | -75% |
| Jefferson | 3 | 4 | -25% |
| Juniata | 1 | 2 | -50% |
| Lackawanna | 14 | 22 | -36.4% |
| Lancaster | 49 | 38 | 28.9% |
| Lawrence | 13 | 6 | 116.7% |
| Lebanon | 10 | 7 | 42.9% |
| Lehigh | 62 | 51 | 21.6% |
| Luzerne | 26 | 28 | -7.1% |
| Lycoming | 10 | 14 | -28.6% |
| Mercer | 4 | 9 | -55.6% |
| Mifflin | 8 | 6 | 33.3% |
| Monroe | 29 | 17 | 70.6% |
| Montgomery | 130 | 126 | 3.2% |
| Montour | 3 | 6 | -50% |
| Northampton | 34 | 32 | 6.3% |
| Northumberland | 5 | 3 | 66.7% |
| Perry | 1 | 4 | -75% |
| Philadelphia | 380 | 430 | -11.6% |
| Pike | 3 | 5 | -40% |
| Potter | 1 | 1 | 0% |
| Schuylkill | 13 | 13 | 0% |
| Snyder | 4 | 2 | 100% |
| Somerset | 1 | 4 | -75% |
| Sullivan | 3 | 0 | - |
| Susquehanna | 3 | 3 | 0% |
| Tioga | 6 | 5 | 20% |
| Union | 4 | 4 | 0% |
| Venango | 3 | 4 | -25% |
| Washington | 24 | 15 | 60% |
| Wayne | 8 | 8 | 0% |
| Westmoreland | 40 | 37 | 8.1% |
| York | 56 | 55 | 1.8% |
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