Upper Bucks Today

There were 81 business licenses issued in Bucks County in the week ending April 23, 2022 in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.

This is unchanged from the previous week.

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.

County	Issued in week ending April 23, 2022	Issued in week ending April 16, 2022	Percentage change (%)
Adams	10	3	233.3%
Allegheny	176	165	6.7%
Armstrong	4	4	0%
Beaver	15	15	0%
Berks	30	40	-25%
Blair	8	14	-42.9%
Bradford	5	4	25%
Bucks	81	81	0%
Butler	4	10	-60%
Cambria	13	8	62.5%
Cameron	1	0	-
Carbon	9	2	350%
Centre	16	20	-20%
Chester	76	68	11.8%
Clarion	2	2	0%
Clearfield	3	5	-40%
Clinton	2	3	-33.3%
Columbia	6	8	-25%
Crawford	1	11	-90.9%
Cumberland	33	35	-5.7%
Dauphin	44	57	-22.8%
Delaware	55	52	5.8%
Elk	1	2	-50%
Erie	39	30	30%
Fayette	6	9	-33.3%
Forest	1	2	-50%
Franklin	20	15	33.3%
Fulton	2	0	-
Indiana	1	2	-50%
Jefferson	3	1	200%
Juniata	1	3	-66.7%
Lackawanna	17	21	-19%
Lancaster	46	40	15%
Lawrence	12	9	33.3%
Lebanon	4	5	-20%
Lehigh	65	57	14%
Luzerne	23	21	9.5%
Lycoming	8	12	-33.3%
Mercer	9	6	50%
Mifflin	4	3	33.3%
Monroe	20	21	-4.8%
Montgomery	106	104	1.9%
Montour	2	2	0%
Northampton	25	37	-32.4%
Northumberland	8	4	100%
Perry	4	7	-42.9%
Philadelphia	342	340	0.6%
Pike	3	4	-25%
Potter	1	4	-75%
Schuylkill	13	8	62.5%
Snyder	2	3	-33.3%
Somerset	1	4	-75%
Susquehanna	4	2	100%
Tioga	3	0	-
Union	4	6	-33.3%
Venango	2	1	100%
Warren	1	2	-50%
Washington	22	17	29.4%
Wayne	2	4	-50%
Westmoreland	22	23	-4.3%
York	47	43	9.3%