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Wayne County sees 84.3% decrease in number of business licenses issued in Q4 2022

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There were 17 business licenses issued in Wayne County in the fourth quarter of 2022 in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.

This is an 84.3 percent decrease from the previous quarter when there were 108 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 Q4 2022Issued in Q3 2022Percentage change (%)
Adams County14130-89.2%
Allegheny County2842,078-86.3%
Armstrong County1075-86.7%
Beaver County13114-88.6%
Bedford County217-88.2%
Berks County44301-85.4%
Blair County22109-79.8%
Bradford County521-76.2%
Bucks County169947-82.2%
Butler County1698-83.7%
Cambria County21117-82.1%
Cameron County19115-83.5%
Carbon County1478-82.1%
Centre County24180-86.7%
Chester County151862-82.5%
Clarion County918-50%
Clearfield County846-82.6%
Clinton County547-89.4%
Columbia County1288-86.4%
Crawford County1381-84%
Cumberland County72420-82.9%
Dauphin County100578-82.7%
Delaware County124701-82.3%
Erie County60403-85.1%
Fayette County9105-91.4%
Franklin County20175-88.6%
Fulton County15-80%
Greene County232-93.8%
Huntingdon County1078-87.2%
Indiana County639-84.6%
Jefferson County554-90.7%
Juniata County114-92.9%
Lackawanna County35274-87.2%
Lancaster County72525-86.3%
Lawrence County1689-82%
Lebanon County861-86.9%
Lehigh County98639-84.7%
Luzerne County47286-83.6%
Lycoming County16150-89.3%
Mercer County1080-87.5%
Mifflin County1037-73%
Monroe County45233-80.7%
Montgomery County2101,286-83.7%
Montour County227-92.6%
Northampton County46278-83.5%
Northumberland County1160-81.7%
Perry County441-90.2%
Philadelphia County8064,657-82.7%
Pike County311-72.7%
Potter County524-79.2%
Schuylkill County15123-87.8%
Snyder County248-95.8%
Somerset County1750-66%
Susquehanna County317-82.4%
Tioga County731-77.4%
Union County737-81.1%
Venango County119-94.7%
Warren County111-90.9%
Washington County32207-84.5%
Wayne County17108-84.3%
Westmoreland County42303-86.1%
York County84579-85.5%

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