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Thursday, October 31, 2024

14% less Allegheny County business licenses issued in April 2022 compared to previous month

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There were 712 business licenses issued in Allegheny County in April 2022 in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.

This is a 14 percent decrease from the previous month when there were 828 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

CountyIssued in April 2022Issued in March 2022Percentage change (%)
Adams3352-36.5%
Allegheny712828-14%
Armstrong2127-22.2%
Beaver726118%
Bedford49-55.6%
Berks145160-9.4%
Blair503928.2%
Bradford161145.5%
Bucks365384-4.9%
Butler3748-22.9%
Cambria3852-26.9%
Cameron110%
Carbon2242-47.6%
Centre857611.8%
Chester303347-12.7%
Clarion990%
Clearfield1419-26.3%
Clinton1416-12.5%
Columbia343013.3%
Crawford2531-19.4%
Cumberland152178-14.6%
Dauphin223232-3.9%
Delaware241286-15.7%
Elk9650%
Erie138153-9.8%
Fayette2837-24.3%
Forest31200%
Franklin786323.8%
Fulton3250%
Greene916-43.8%
Huntingdon717-58.8%
Indiana815-46.7%
Jefferson1529-48.3%
Juniata715-53.3%
Lackawanna82131-37.4%
Lancaster177186-4.8%
Lawrence534032.5%
Lebanon1722-22.7%
Lehigh250290-13.8%
Luzerne104138-24.6%
Lycoming4143-4.7%
Mckean35-40%
Mercer3037-18.9%
Mifflin1320-35%
Monroe9093-3.2%
Montgomery469498-5.8%
Montour1011-9.1%
Northampton132162-18.5%
Northumberland1623-30.4%
Perry21205%
Philadelphia1,5251,787-14.7%
Pike914-35.7%
Potter92350%
Schuylkill4967-26.9%
Snyder1219-36.8%
Somerset1316-18.8%
Sullivan23-33.3%
Susquehanna1114-21.4%
Tioga911-18.2%
Union16156.7%
Venango990%
Warren93200%
Washington79755.3%
Wayne1628-42.9%
Westmoreland110172-36%
Wyoming42100%
York202235-14%

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