This is a 19.8 percent increase over the previous week when there were 167 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% |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
City of Clairton• Jefferson Hills Borough• Borough of Carnegie• Borough of Swissvale• Borough of Emsworth• Borough of Bridgeville• Borough of West Mifflin• City of New Kensington• Imperial• Borough of Homestead• City of Pittsburgh• Glenshaw• Borough of Sewickley• Allison Park• Borough of Oakmont• Borough of McKees Rocks• Borough of Tarentum• Gibsonia• Penn Hills• Borough of Verona• Borough Of McDonald• Borough Of Oakdale• Borough Of Coraopolis• City Of McKeesport• Borough Of Mars• Borough Of Wilkinsburg
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