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Bucks County sees 8.6% increase in number of business licenses issued in week ending March 26, 2022

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There were 88 business licenses issued in Bucks County in the week ending March 26, 2022 in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.

This is an 8.6 percent increase over the previous week when there were 81 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

CountyIssued in week ending March 26, 2022Issued in week ending March 19, 2022Percentage change (%)
Adams911-18.2%
Allegheny18814827%
Armstrong56-16.7%
Beaver915-40%
Bedford61500%
Berks2545-44.4%
Blair83166.7%
Bucks88818.6%
Butler817-52.9%
Cambria1117-35.3%
Carbon9812.5%
Centre1220-40%
Chester79729.7%
Clarion13-66.7%
Clearfield4333.3%
Clinton3250%
Columbia34-25%
Crawford660%
Cumberland3742-11.9%
Dauphin54531.9%
Delaware5667-16.4%
Elk12-50%
Erie3337-10.8%
Fayette67-14.3%
Franklin917-47.1%
Greene330%
Huntingdon23-33.3%
Indiana42100%
Jefferson810-20%
Juniata23-33.3%
Lackawanna2728-3.6%
Lancaster3948-18.8%
Lawrence611-45.5%
Lebanon330%
Lehigh5455-1.8%
Luzerne2432-25%
Lycoming12850%
Mercer59-44.4%
Mifflin5366.7%
Monroe251478.6%
Montgomery105118-11%
Montour440%
Northampton472867.9%
Northumberland57-28.6%
Perry5366.7%
Philadelphia4053991.5%
Pike31200%
Schuylkill1415-6.7%
Snyder16-83.3%
Somerset52150%
Sullivan110%
Susquehanna3250%
Union24-50%
Venango21100%
Warren10-
Washington1521-28.6%
Wayne610-40%
Westmoreland3739-5.1%
York4167-38.8%

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