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1.1% less Union County business licenses issued in 2020 compared to previous year

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There were 188 business licenses issued in Union County in 2020 in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.

This is a 1.1 percent decrease from the previous year when there were 190 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 2020Issued in 2019Percentage change (%)
Adams4214024.7%
Allegheny9,1448,23311.1%
Armstrong205234-12.4%
Beaver662683-3.1%
Bedford6480-20%
Berks1,3831,3552.1%
Blair463503-8%
Bradford1671585.7%
Bucks3,8063,6863.3%
Butler4373999.5%
Cambria3813712.7%
Cameron211723.5%
Carbon3022971.7%
Centre7257171.1%
Chester3,5083,4132.8%
Clarion6375-16%
Clearfield1551512.6%
Clinton139154-9.7%
Columbia286294-2.7%
Crawford281349-19.5%
Cumberland1,6441,684-2.4%
Dauphin2,3352,1458.9%
Delaware3,9452,89236.4%
Elk5667-16.4%
Erie1,1531,1113.8%
Fayette4003805.3%
Forest211190.9%
Franklin7406789.1%
Fulton292516%
Greene98112-12.5%
Huntingdon1451394.3%
Indiana14212810.9%
Jefferson194198-2%
Juniata8186-5.8%
Lackawanna1,0761,0601.5%
Lancaster1,8321,7733.3%
Lawrence44338216%
Lebanon1991904.7%
Lehigh2,6182,35311.3%
Luzerne1,08089520.7%
Lycoming4554491.3%
Mckean4557-21.1%
Mercer4063972.3%
Mifflin1801659.1%
Monroe944949-0.5%
Montgomery5,8535,3309.8%
Montour977627.6%
Northampton1,3241,19410.9%
Northumberland236261-9.6%
Perry1551522%
Philadelphia23,82216,42745%
Pike1169917.2%
Potter635514.5%
Schuylkill457489-6.5%
Snyder166175-5.1%
Somerset137166-17.5%
Sullivan168100%
Susquehanna116142-18.3%
Tioga1109713.4%
Union188190-1.1%
Venango1098823.9%
Warren5765-12.3%
Washington807882-8.5%
Wayne23220115.4%
Westmoreland1,4641,31511.3%
Wyoming3037-18.9%
York2,1582,0505.3%

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