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Pike County sees 5.3% decrease in number of business licenses issued in Q2 2022

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There were 18 business licenses issued in Pike County in the second quarter of 2022 in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.

This is a 5.3 percent decrease from the previous quarter when there were 19 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 Quarter

CountyIssued in Q2 2022Issued in Q1 2022Percentage change (%)
Adams County127161-21.1%
Allegheny County2,2982,468-6.9%
Armstrong County98100-2%
Beaver County15913815.2%
Bedford County1628-42.9%
Berks County405436-7.1%
Blair County132145-9%
Bradford County41402.5%
Bucks County1,0731,120-4.2%
Butler County95154-38.3%
Cambria County128158-19%
Cameron County1141140%
Carbon County100102-2%
Centre County2252230.9%
Chester County9441,011-6.6%
Clarion County2025-20%
Clearfield County4549-8.2%
Clinton County4250-16%
Columbia County93100-7%
Crawford County7693-18.3%
Cumberland County469527-11%
Dauphin County640743-13.9%
Delaware County768883-13%
Elk County1627-40.7%
Erie County408457-10.7%
Fayette County1171170%
Forest County10825%
Franklin County215225-4.4%
Fulton County713-46.2%
Greene County3740-7.5%
Huntingdon County7490-17.8%
Indiana County3850-24%
Jefferson County6374-14.9%
Juniata County1624-33.3%
Lackawanna County320348-8%
Lancaster County540617-12.5%
Lawrence County1081052.9%
Lebanon County5681-30.9%
Lehigh County700735-4.8%
Luzerne County337354-4.8%
Lycoming County145154-5.8%
McKean County151136.4%
Mercer County96103-6.8%
Mifflin County3857-33.3%
Monroe County253261-3.1%
Montgomery County1,4041,536-8.6%
Montour County2831-9.7%
Northampton County4003834.4%
Northumberland County7179-10.1%
Perry County4345-4.4%
Philadelphia County4,9485,226-5.3%
Pike County1819-5.3%
Potter County211816.7%
Schuylkill County132155-14.8%
Snyder County3853-28.3%
Somerset County4561-26.2%
Sullivan County710-30%
Susquehanna County2224-8.3%
Tioga County2644-40.9%
Union County5358-8.6%
Venango County28280%
Warren County12119.1%
Washington County235240-2.1%
Wayne County89129-31%
Westmoreland County320385-16.9%
Wyoming County1215-20%
York County662707-6.4%

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