There were 76 business licenses issued in Chester County in the week ending April 23, 2022 in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.
This is an 11.8 percent increase over the previous week when there were 68 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 Week
| County | Issued in week ending April 23, 2022 | Issued in week ending April 16, 2022 | Percentage change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 10 | 3 | 233.3% |
| Allegheny | 176 | 165 | 6.7% |
| Armstrong | 4 | 4 | 0% |
| Beaver | 15 | 15 | 0% |
| Berks | 30 | 40 | -25% |
| Blair | 8 | 14 | -42.9% |
| Bradford | 5 | 4 | 25% |
| Bucks | 81 | 81 | 0% |
| Butler | 4 | 10 | -60% |
| Cambria | 13 | 8 | 62.5% |
| Cameron | 1 | 0 | – |
| Carbon | 9 | 2 | 350% |
| Centre | 16 | 20 | -20% |
| Chester | 76 | 68 | 11.8% |
| Clarion | 2 | 2 | 0% |
| Clearfield | 3 | 5 | -40% |
| Clinton | 2 | 3 | -33.3% |
| Columbia | 6 | 8 | -25% |
| Crawford | 1 | 11 | -90.9% |
| Cumberland | 33 | 35 | -5.7% |
| Dauphin | 44 | 57 | -22.8% |
| Delaware | 55 | 52 | 5.8% |
| Elk | 1 | 2 | -50% |
| Erie | 39 | 30 | 30% |
| Fayette | 6 | 9 | -33.3% |
| Forest | 1 | 2 | -50% |
| Franklin | 20 | 15 | 33.3% |
| Fulton | 2 | 0 | – |
| Indiana | 1 | 2 | -50% |
| Jefferson | 3 | 1 | 200% |
| Juniata | 1 | 3 | -66.7% |
| Lackawanna | 17 | 21 | -19% |
| Lancaster | 46 | 40 | 15% |
| Lawrence | 12 | 9 | 33.3% |
| Lebanon | 4 | 5 | -20% |
| Lehigh | 65 | 57 | 14% |
| Luzerne | 23 | 21 | 9.5% |
| Lycoming | 8 | 12 | -33.3% |
| Mercer | 9 | 6 | 50% |
| Mifflin | 4 | 3 | 33.3% |
| Monroe | 20 | 21 | -4.8% |
| Montgomery | 106 | 104 | 1.9% |
| Montour | 2 | 2 | 0% |
| Northampton | 25 | 37 | -32.4% |
| Northumberland | 8 | 4 | 100% |
| Perry | 4 | 7 | -42.9% |
| Philadelphia | 342 | 340 | 0.6% |
| Pike | 3 | 4 | -25% |
| Potter | 1 | 4 | -75% |
| Schuylkill | 13 | 8 | 62.5% |
| Snyder | 2 | 3 | -33.3% |
| Somerset | 1 | 4 | -75% |
| Susquehanna | 4 | 2 | 100% |
| Tioga | 3 | 0 | – |
| Union | 4 | 6 | -33.3% |
| Venango | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Warren | 1 | 2 | -50% |
| Washington | 22 | 17 | 29.4% |
| Wayne | 2 | 4 | -50% |
| Westmoreland | 22 | 23 | -4.3% |
| York | 47 | 43 | 9.3% |
