This is a 21.9 percent decrease from the previous month when there were 324 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 Month
| County | Issued in February 2022 | Issued in January 2022 | Percentage change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 36 | 61 | -41% |
| Allegheny | 681 | 886 | -23.1% |
| Armstrong | 19 | 24 | -20.8% |
| Beaver | 58 | 45 | 28.9% |
| Bedford | 15 | 11 | 36.4% |
| Berks | 111 | 161 | -31.1% |
| Blair | 49 | 48 | 2.1% |
| Bradford | 16 | 15 | 6.7% |
| Bucks | 351 | 395 | -11.1% |
| Butler | 43 | 51 | -15.7% |
| Cambria | 39 | 45 | -13.3% |
| Carbon | 24 | 36 | -33.3% |
| Centre | 75 | 79 | -5.1% |
| Chester | 292 | 373 | -21.7% |
| Clarion | 7 | 14 | -50% |
| Clearfield | 12 | 17 | -29.4% |
| Clinton | 16 | 20 | -20% |
| Columbia | 26 | 36 | -27.8% |
| Crawford | 34 | 33 | 3% |
| Cumberland | 179 | 211 | -15.2% |
| Dauphin | 236 | 267 | -11.6% |
| Delaware | 253 | 324 | -21.9% |
| Elk | 10 | 11 | -9.1% |
| Erie | 126 | 171 | -26.3% |
| Fayette | 20 | 48 | -58.3% |
| Franklin | 92 | 78 | 17.9% |
| Fulton | 3 | 10 | -70% |
| Greene | 12 | 11 | 9.1% |
| Hatfield Montgomery | 1 | 0 | - |
| Huntingdon | 10 | 14 | -28.6% |
| Indiana | 11 | 19 | -42.1% |
| Jefferson | 14 | 31 | -54.8% |
| Juniata | 4 | 15 | -73.3% |
| Lackawanna | 84 | 120 | -30% |
| Lancaster | 157 | 245 | -35.9% |
| Lawrence | 31 | 36 | -13.9% |
| Lebanon | 31 | 22 | 40.9% |
| Lehigh | 229 | 281 | -18.5% |
| Luzerne | 99 | 120 | -17.5% |
| Lycoming | 50 | 49 | 2% |
| Mckean | 3 | 5 | -40% |
| Mercer | 27 | 36 | -25% |
| Mifflin | 21 | 22 | -4.5% |
| Monroe | 84 | 99 | -15.2% |
| Montgomery | 508 | 575 | -11.7% |
| Montour | 13 | 8 | 62.5% |
| Northampton | 110 | 122 | -9.8% |
| Northumberland | 16 | 33 | -51.5% |
| Perry | 12 | 17 | -29.4% |
| Philadelphia | 1,557 | 1,836 | -15.2% |
| Pike | 10 | 17 | -41.2% |
| Potter | 4 | 9 | -55.6% |
| Schuylkill | 41 | 65 | -36.9% |
| Snyder | 12 | 21 | -42.9% |
| Somerset | 17 | 21 | -19% |
| Sullivan | 3 | 4 | -25% |
| Susquehanna | 13 | 8 | 62.5% |
| Tioga | 26 | 7 | 271.4% |
| Union | 19 | 24 | -20.8% |
| Venango | 7 | 14 | -50% |
| Warren | 4 | 4 | 0% |
| Washington | 74 | 83 | -10.8% |
| Wayne | 26 | 21 | 23.8% |
| Westmoreland | 152 | 162 | -6.2% |
| Wyoming | 10 | 4 | 150% |
| York | 202 | 258 | -21.7% |
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Boothwyn• Borough of Darby• Broomall• Haverford Township• Borough of Ridley Park• Borough of Sharon Hill• Linwood• Swarthmore Borough• Ardmore• Woodlyn• Chesterbrook• Borough of Collingdale• Borough of Media• Borough of Yeadon• Borough of Marcus Hook• Borough of Aldan• Borough of Folcroft• Borough Of Norwood• Borough Of Clifton Heights• Chadds Ford• Drexel Hill• Borough Of Trainer• Borough Of Chester Heights• Folsom• Bryn Mawr• Borough Of Brookhaven• Borough Of Glenolden• Borough Of Lansdowne
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