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37.3% less Berks County business licenses issued in 2022 compared to previous year

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There were 1,022 business licenses issued in Berks County in 2022 in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.

This is a 37.3 percent decrease from the previous year when there were 1,630 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 2022Issued in 2021Percentage change (%)
Adams320505-36.6%
Allegheny5,70710,351-44.9%
Armstrong168282-40.4%
Beaver456804-43.3%
Bedford67103-35%
Berks1,0221,630-37.3%
Blair319524-39.1%
Bradford104183-43.2%
Bucks2,8024,474-37.4%
Butler292521-44%
Cambria298481-38%
Cameron181612.5%
Carbon245432-43.3%
Centre566850-33.4%
Chester2,4794,138-40.1%
Clarion6584-22.6%
Clearfield118182-35.2%
Clinton124187-33.7%
Columbia233300-22.3%
Crawford227406-44.1%
Cumberland1,3522,139-36.8%
Dauphin1,6812,782-39.6%
Delaware2,0324,367-53.5%
Elk52103-49.5%
Erie1,0641,460-27.1%
Erie Erie10-
Fayette277410-32.4%
Forest10911.1%
Franklin565797-29.1%
Fulton25244.2%
Greene90129-30.2%
Hatfield Montgomery10-
Huntingdon103189-45.5%
Indiana96174-44.8%
Jefferson168253-33.6%
Juniata67104-35.6%
Lackawanna7881,344-41.4%
Lancaster1,3932,169-35.8%
Lawrence287478-40%
Lebanon161235-31.5%
Lehigh1,9433,251-40.2%
Luzerne8751,329-34.2%
Lycoming356520-31.5%
Mckean4671-35.2%
Mercer247413-40.2%
Mifflin124183-32.2%
Monroe6801,235-44.9%
Montgomery3,7716,525-42.2%
Montour68102-33.3%
none Allegheny10-
Northampton9641,525-36.8%
Northumberland175283-38.2%
Perry122182-33%
Philadelphia12,71127,938-54.5%
Pike87140-37.9%
Pittsburgh Allegheny10-
Potter4664-28.1%
Schuylkill399534-25.3%
Snyder129178-27.5%
Somerset118151-21.9%
Sullivan1632-50%
Susquehanna79157-49.7%
Tioga91149-38.9%
Union134201-33.3%
Venango70139-49.6%
Warren3763-41.3%
Washington587936-37.3%
Wayne184296-37.8%
Westmoreland1,0731,725-37.8%
Wyoming3551-31.4%
York1,6462,531-35%

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