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Philadelphia County in Pennsylvania sees 45% increase in number of business licenses issued in 2020

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There were 23,822 business licenses issued in Philadelphia County in 2020 in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.

This is a 45 percent increase over the previous year when there were 16,427 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 2020Issued in 2019Percentage change (%)
Adams4214024.7%
Allegheny9,1448,23311.1%
Armstrong205234-12.4%
Beaver662683-3.1%
Bedford6480-20%
Berks1,3831,3552.1%
Blair463503-8%
Bradford1671585.7%
Bucks3,8063,6863.3%
Butler4373999.5%
Cambria3813712.7%
Cameron211723.5%
Carbon3022971.7%
Centre7257171.1%
Chester3,5083,4132.8%
Clarion6375-16%
Clearfield1551512.6%
Clinton139154-9.7%
Columbia286294-2.7%
Crawford281349-19.5%
Cumberland1,6441,684-2.4%
Dauphin2,3352,1458.9%
Delaware3,9452,89236.4%
Elk5667-16.4%
Erie1,1531,1113.8%
Fayette4003805.3%
Forest211190.9%
Franklin7406789.1%
Fulton292516%
Greene98112-12.5%
Huntingdon1451394.3%
Indiana14212810.9%
Jefferson194198-2%
Juniata8186-5.8%
Lackawanna1,0761,0601.5%
Lancaster1,8321,7733.3%
Lawrence44338216%
Lebanon1991904.7%
Lehigh2,6182,35311.3%
Luzerne1,08089520.7%
Lycoming4554491.3%
Mckean4557-21.1%
Mercer4063972.3%
Mifflin1801659.1%
Monroe944949-0.5%
Montgomery5,8535,3309.8%
Montour977627.6%
Northampton1,3241,19410.9%
Northumberland236261-9.6%
Perry1551522%
Philadelphia23,82216,42745%
Pike1169917.2%
Potter635514.5%
Schuylkill457489-6.5%
Snyder166175-5.1%
Somerset137166-17.5%
Sullivan168100%
Susquehanna116142-18.3%
Tioga1109713.4%
Union188190-1.1%
Venango1098823.9%
Warren5765-12.3%
Washington807882-8.5%
Wayne23220115.4%
Westmoreland1,4641,31511.3%
Wyoming3037-18.9%
York2,1582,0505.3%

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