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Somerset County business licenses issued in August 2022 compared to previous month

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There were 23 business licenses issued in Somerset County in August 2022 in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.

This is a 91.7 percent increase over the previous month when there were 12 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 Month

CountyIssued in August 2022Issued in July 2022Percentage change (%)
Adams County433330.3%
Allegheny County7396946.5%
Armstrong County3517105.9%
Beaver County4041-2.4%
Bedford County84100%
Berks County1149026.7%
Blair County3840-5%
Bradford County9728.6%
Bucks County325336-3.3%
Butler County33330%
Cambria County453721.6%
Cameron County45427.1%
Carbon County28280%
Centre County745729.8%
Chester County31726221%
Clarion County79-22.2%
Clearfield County2210120%
Clinton County1418-22.2%
Columbia County2528-10.7%
Crawford County2930-3.3%
Cumberland County137155-11.6%
Dauphin County1931901.6%
Delaware County234241-2.9%
Elk County45-20%
Erie County1421309.2%
Fayette County413132.3%
Forest County13-66.7%
Franklin County58555.5%
Fulton County31200%
Greene County151136.4%
Huntingdon County30287.1%
Indiana County181338.5%
Jefferson County241833.3%
Juniata County61500%
Lackawanna County95932.2%
Lancaster County174178-2.2%
Lawrence County392839.3%
Lebanon County221822.2%
Lehigh County212234-9.4%
Luzerne County97925.4%
Lycoming County564621.7%
McKean County67-14.3%
Mercer County302711.1%
Mifflin County1113-15.4%
Monroe County807014.3%
Montgomery County46940815%
Montour County10825%
Northampton County8897-9.3%
Northumberland County251931.6%
Perry County171513.3%
Philadelphia County1,6031,5096.2%
Pike County46-33.3%
Potter County104150%
Schuylkill County444010%
Snyder County151225%
Somerset County231291.7%
Sullivan County13-66.7%
Susquehanna County8560%
Tioga County1012-16.7%
Union County913-30.8%
Venango County310-70%
Warren County3250%
Washington County5477-29.9%
Wayne County402937.9%
Westmoreland County1228543.5%
Wyoming County27-71.4%
York County1971828.2%

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