This is a 1.7 percent increase over the previous year when there were 406 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
County | Issued in 2021 | Issued in 2020 | Percentage change (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Adams | 505 | 421 | 20% |
Allegheny | 10,351 | 9,144 | 13.2% |
Armstrong | 282 | 205 | 37.6% |
Beaver | 804 | 662 | 21.5% |
Bedford | 103 | 64 | 60.9% |
Berks | 1,630 | 1,383 | 17.9% |
Blair | 524 | 463 | 13.2% |
Bradford | 183 | 167 | 9.6% |
Bucks | 4,474 | 3,806 | 17.6% |
Butler | 521 | 437 | 19.2% |
Cambria | 481 | 381 | 26.2% |
Cameron | 16 | 21 | -23.8% |
Carbon | 432 | 302 | 43% |
Centre | 850 | 725 | 17.2% |
Chester | 4,138 | 3,508 | 18% |
Clarion | 84 | 63 | 33.3% |
Clearfield | 182 | 155 | 17.4% |
Clinton | 187 | 139 | 34.5% |
Columbia | 300 | 286 | 4.9% |
Crawford | 406 | 281 | 44.5% |
Cumberland | 2,139 | 1,644 | 30.1% |
Dauphin | 2,782 | 2,335 | 19.1% |
Delaware | 4,367 | 3,945 | 10.7% |
Elk | 103 | 56 | 83.9% |
Erie | 1,460 | 1,153 | 26.6% |
Fayette | 410 | 400 | 2.5% |
Forest | 9 | 21 | -57.1% |
Franklin | 797 | 740 | 7.7% |
Fulton | 24 | 29 | -17.2% |
Greene | 129 | 98 | 31.6% |
Huntingdon | 189 | 145 | 30.3% |
Indiana | 174 | 142 | 22.5% |
Jefferson | 253 | 194 | 30.4% |
Juniata | 104 | 81 | 28.4% |
Lackawanna | 1,344 | 1,076 | 24.9% |
Lancaster | 2,169 | 1,832 | 18.4% |
Lawrence | 478 | 443 | 7.9% |
Lebanon | 235 | 199 | 18.1% |
Lehigh | 3,251 | 2,618 | 24.2% |
Luzerne | 1,329 | 1,080 | 23.1% |
Lycoming | 520 | 455 | 14.3% |
Mckean | 71 | 45 | 57.8% |
Mercer | 413 | 406 | 1.7% |
Mifflin | 183 | 180 | 1.7% |
Monroe | 1,235 | 944 | 30.8% |
Montgomery | 6,525 | 5,853 | 11.5% |
Montour | 102 | 97 | 5.2% |
Northampton | 1,525 | 1,324 | 15.2% |
Northumberland | 283 | 236 | 19.9% |
Perry | 182 | 155 | 17.4% |
Philadelphia | 27,938 | 23,822 | 17.3% |
Pike | 140 | 116 | 20.7% |
Potter | 64 | 63 | 1.6% |
Schuylkill | 534 | 457 | 16.8% |
Snyder | 178 | 166 | 7.2% |
Somerset | 151 | 137 | 10.2% |
Sullivan | 32 | 16 | 100% |
Susquehanna | 157 | 116 | 35.3% |
Tioga | 149 | 110 | 35.5% |
Union | 201 | 188 | 6.9% |
Venango | 139 | 109 | 27.5% |
Warren | 63 | 57 | 10.5% |
Washington | 936 | 807 | 16% |
Wayne | 296 | 232 | 27.6% |
Westmoreland | 1,725 | 1,464 | 17.8% |
Wyoming | 51 | 30 | 70% |
York | 2,531 | 2,158 | 17.3% |
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