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Montgomery County in Pennsylvania sees 42.2% decrease in number of business licenses issued in 2022

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There were 3,771 business licenses issued in Montgomery County in 2022 in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.

This is a 42.2 percent decrease from the previous year when there were 6,525 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 2022Issued in 2021Percentage change (%)
Adams320505-36.6%
Allegheny5,70710,351-44.9%
Armstrong168282-40.4%
Beaver456804-43.3%
Bedford67103-35%
Berks1,0221,630-37.3%
Blair319524-39.1%
Bradford104183-43.2%
Bucks2,8024,474-37.4%
Butler292521-44%
Cambria298481-38%
Cameron181612.5%
Carbon245432-43.3%
Centre566850-33.4%
Chester2,4794,138-40.1%
Clarion6584-22.6%
Clearfield118182-35.2%
Clinton124187-33.7%
Columbia233300-22.3%
Crawford227406-44.1%
Cumberland1,3522,139-36.8%
Dauphin1,6812,782-39.6%
Delaware2,0324,367-53.5%
Elk52103-49.5%
Erie1,0641,460-27.1%
Erie Erie10-
Fayette277410-32.4%
Forest10911.1%
Franklin565797-29.1%
Fulton25244.2%
Greene90129-30.2%
Hatfield Montgomery10-
Huntingdon103189-45.5%
Indiana96174-44.8%
Jefferson168253-33.6%
Juniata67104-35.6%
Lackawanna7881,344-41.4%
Lancaster1,3932,169-35.8%
Lawrence287478-40%
Lebanon161235-31.5%
Lehigh1,9433,251-40.2%
Luzerne8751,329-34.2%
Lycoming356520-31.5%
Mckean4671-35.2%
Mercer247413-40.2%
Mifflin124183-32.2%
Monroe6801,235-44.9%
Montgomery3,7716,525-42.2%
Montour68102-33.3%
none Allegheny10-
Northampton9641,525-36.8%
Northumberland175283-38.2%
Perry122182-33%
Philadelphia12,71127,938-54.5%
Pike87140-37.9%
Pittsburgh Allegheny10-
Potter4664-28.1%
Schuylkill399534-25.3%
Snyder129178-27.5%
Somerset118151-21.9%
Sullivan1632-50%
Susquehanna79157-49.7%
Tioga91149-38.9%
Union134201-33.3%
Venango70139-49.6%
Warren3763-41.3%
Washington587936-37.3%
Wayne184296-37.8%
Westmoreland1,0731,725-37.8%
Wyoming3551-31.4%
York1,6462,531-35%

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