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Bedford County in Pennsylvania sees 60.9% increase in number of business licenses issued in 2021

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There were 103 business licenses issued in Bedford County in 2021 in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.

This is a 60.9 percent increase over the previous year when there were 64 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 2021Issued in 2020Percentage change (%)
Adams50542120%
Allegheny10,3519,14413.2%
Armstrong28220537.6%
Beaver80466221.5%
Bedford1036460.9%
Berks1,6301,38317.9%
Blair52446313.2%
Bradford1831679.6%
Bucks4,4743,80617.6%
Butler52143719.2%
Cambria48138126.2%
Cameron1621-23.8%
Carbon43230243%
Centre85072517.2%
Chester4,1383,50818%
Clarion846333.3%
Clearfield18215517.4%
Clinton18713934.5%
Columbia3002864.9%
Crawford40628144.5%
Cumberland2,1391,64430.1%
Dauphin2,7822,33519.1%
Delaware4,3673,94510.7%
Elk1035683.9%
Erie1,4601,15326.6%
Fayette4104002.5%
Forest921-57.1%
Franklin7977407.7%
Fulton2429-17.2%
Greene1299831.6%
Huntingdon18914530.3%
Indiana17414222.5%
Jefferson25319430.4%
Juniata1048128.4%
Lackawanna1,3441,07624.9%
Lancaster2,1691,83218.4%
Lawrence4784437.9%
Lebanon23519918.1%
Lehigh3,2512,61824.2%
Luzerne1,3291,08023.1%
Lycoming52045514.3%
Mckean714557.8%
Mercer4134061.7%
Mifflin1831801.7%
Monroe1,23594430.8%
Montgomery6,5255,85311.5%
Montour102975.2%
Northampton1,5251,32415.2%
Northumberland28323619.9%
Perry18215517.4%
Philadelphia27,93823,82217.3%
Pike14011620.7%
Potter64631.6%
Schuylkill53445716.8%
Snyder1781667.2%
Somerset15113710.2%
Sullivan3216100%
Susquehanna15711635.3%
Tioga14911035.5%
Union2011886.9%
Venango13910927.5%
Warren635710.5%
Washington93680716%
Wayne29623227.6%
Westmoreland1,7251,46417.8%
Wyoming513070%
York2,5312,15817.3%

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