There were nine business licenses issued in Mercer County in the week ending Jan. 8, 2022 in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.
This is a 50 percent increase over the previous week when there were six 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 Week
| County | Issued in week ending Jan. 8, 2022 | Issued in week ending Jan. 1, 2022 | Percentage change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 9 | 21 | -57.1% |
| Allegheny | 184 | 199 | -7.5% |
| Armstrong | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Beaver | 10 | 14 | -28.6% |
| Bedford | 3 | 0 | – |
| Berks | 38 | 42 | -9.5% |
| Blair | 5 | 9 | -44.4% |
| Bradford | 4 | 5 | -20% |
| Bucks | 69 | 92 | -25% |
| Butler | 11 | 11 | 0% |
| Cambria | 6 | 12 | -50% |
| Cameron | 1 | 0 | – |
| Carbon | 9 | 4 | 125% |
| Centre | 14 | 12 | 16.7% |
| Chester | 72 | 88 | -18.2% |
| Clarion | 1 | 2 | -50% |
| Clearfield | 3 | 1 | 200% |
| Clinton | 3 | 6 | -50% |
| Columbia | 6 | 16 | -62.5% |
| Crawford | 7 | 17 | -58.8% |
| Cumberland | 32 | 53 | -39.6% |
| Dauphin | 61 | 49 | 24.5% |
| Delaware | 66 | 61 | 8.2% |
| Elk | 1 | 3 | -66.7% |
| Erie | 23 | 47 | -51.1% |
| Fayette | 12 | 11 | 9.1% |
| Franklin | 13 | 15 | -13.3% |
| Fulton | 5 | 1 | 400% |
| Greene | 4 | 3 | 33.3% |
| Indiana | 2 | 5 | -60% |
| Jefferson | 10 | 7 | 42.9% |
| Juniata | 2 | 5 | -60% |
| Lackawanna | 25 | 44 | -43.2% |
| Lancaster | 50 | 80 | -37.5% |
| Lawrence | 6 | 8 | -25% |
| Lebanon | 4 | 5 | -20% |
| Lehigh | 46 | 58 | -20.7% |
| Luzerne | 27 | 16 | 68.8% |
| Lycoming | 10 | 8 | 25% |
| Mckean | 1 | 3 | -66.7% |
| Mercer | 9 | 6 | 50% |
| Mifflin | 2 | 2 | 0% |
| Monroe | 32 | 21 | 52.4% |
| Montgomery | 131 | 121 | 8.3% |
| Northampton | 18 | 19 | -5.3% |
| Northumberland | 5 | 8 | -37.5% |
| Perry | 5 | 4 | 25% |
| Philadelphia | 416 | 383 | 8.6% |
| Pike | 4 | 2 | 100% |
| Potter | 2 | 0 | – |
| Schuylkill | 17 | 19 | -10.5% |
| Snyder | 7 | 8 | -12.5% |
| Somerset | 4 | 7 | -42.9% |
| Sullivan | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Susquehanna | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Tioga | 3 | 3 | 0% |
| Union | 5 | 5 | 0% |
| Venango | 4 | 5 | -20% |
| Warren | 1 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington | 16 | 32 | -50% |
| Wayne | 2 | 4 | -50% |
| Westmoreland | 37 | 42 | -11.9% |
| Wyoming | 1 | 0 | – |
| York | 48 | 53 | -9.4% |
