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Decreasing number of Fayette County business licenses issued in October 2022

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There were nine business licenses issued in Fayette County in October 2022 in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.

This is a 72.7 percent decrease from the previous month when there were 33 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 October 2022Issued in September 2022Percentage change (%)
Adams County1454-74.1%
Allegheny County270645-58.1%
Armstrong County1023-56.5%
Beaver County1333-60.6%
Bedford County25-60%
Berks County4397-55.7%
Blair County2031-35.5%
Bradford County550%
Bucks County158286-44.8%
Butler County1632-50%
Cambria County2035-42.9%
Cameron County1928-32.1%
Carbon County1422-36.4%
Centre County2349-53.1%
Chester County143283-49.5%
Clarion County92350%
Clearfield County714-50%
Clinton County515-66.7%
Columbia County1235-65.7%
Crawford County1122-50%
Cumberland County66128-48.4%
Dauphin County95195-51.3%
Delaware County116226-48.7%
Erie County58131-55.7%
Fayette County933-72.7%
Franklin County1962-69.4%
Fulton County110%
Greene County26-66.7%
Huntingdon County1020-50%
Indiana County58-37.5%
Jefferson County412-66.7%
Juniata County17-85.7%
Lackawanna County3486-60.5%
Lancaster County70173-59.5%
Lawrence County1522-31.8%
Lebanon County821-61.9%
Lehigh County94193-51.3%
Luzerne County4697-52.6%
Lycoming County1548-68.8%
Mercer County922-59.1%
Mifflin County1013-23.1%
Monroe County4483-47%
Montgomery County197409-51.8%
Montour County29-77.8%
Northampton County4493-52.7%
Northumberland County1016-37.5%
Perry County49-55.6%
Philadelphia County7671,545-50.4%
Pike County31200%
Potter County510-50%
Schuylkill County1539-61.5%
Snyder County221-90.5%
Somerset County171513.3%
Susquehanna County34-25%
Tioga County79-22.2%
Union County715-53.3%
Venango County16-83.3%
Warren County16-83.3%
Washington County3276-57.9%
Wayne County1639-59%
Westmoreland County3797-61.9%
York County79200-60.5%

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