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Pennsylvania Business Applications by County

Explore annual Census business applications across Pennsylvania. Bubble size shows application volume; color can show volume or year-over-year change.

Latest year: 2025 · 67 counties

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Where are business applications concentrated?

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Light to dark: lower to higher application volumeBubble size: applications

County points use official Census internal coordinates. Values are protected estimates from the published annual BFS county file.

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Ranked by 2025 business applications

Pennsylvania counties ranked by 2025 business applications
RankCountyApplicationsvs. prior yearShare of state
1Philadelphia County31,924+5.0%19.8%
2Allegheny County15,915+6.8%9.9%
3Montgomery County12,194+6.7%7.6%
4Bucks County8,548+3.0%5.3%
5Delaware County7,924+8.0%4.9%
6Chester County6,896+11.2%4.3%
7Lancaster County5,808+13.4%3.6%
8Erie County5,494+35.0%3.4%
9Lehigh County5,117+12.9%3.2%
10York County4,845+11.8%3.0%
11Berks County4,256+7.4%2.6%
12Dauphin County3,998+10.4%2.5%
13Luzerne County3,840+11.7%2.4%
14Northampton County3,668+9.7%2.3%
15Westmoreland County3,036+11.7%1.9%
16Cumberland County2,990+17.5%1.9%
17Lackawanna County2,489+16.4%1.5%
18Monroe County2,466+9.5%1.5%
19Washington County1,997+3.5%1.2%
20Butler County1,922+23.7%1.2%
21Beaver County1,499+7.4%0.9%
22Franklin County1,460+15.6%0.9%
23Schuylkill County1,261+18.6%0.8%
24Lebanon County1,250+12.2%0.8%
25Centre County1,183+9.2%0.7%
26Fayette County1,043-4.5%0.6%
27Cambria County1,003+12.6%0.6%
28Blair County983+14.3%0.6%
29Mercer County976+28.6%0.6%
30Adams County885+4.1%0.5%
31Lycoming County878+13.7%0.5%
32Lawrence County795+24.2%0.5%
33Pike County774+11.0%0.5%
34Northumberland County702+6.4%0.4%
35Indiana County640+8.1%0.4%
36Crawford County626+12.4%0.4%
37Carbon County618+5.6%0.4%
38Armstrong County607+47.0%0.4%
39Wayne County598+11.4%0.4%
40Somerset County577+7.4%0.4%
41Clearfield County571+8.3%0.4%
42Columbia County533+2.5%0.3%
43Bradford County508+6.7%0.3%
44Perry County438+19.7%0.3%
45Bedford County366+10.9%0.2%
46Venango County358+23.4%0.2%
47Susquehanna County352+15.0%0.2%
48Tioga County338+24.7%0.2%
49Jefferson County333+8.8%0.2%
50Mifflin County325-1.5%0.2%
51Huntingdon County321+15.9%0.2%
52Union County314+11.3%0.2%
53Snyder County310+9.2%0.2%
54Clarion County305+12.1%0.2%
55Clinton County301+11.9%0.2%
56McKean County274-5.8%0.2%
57Wyoming County252+12.5%0.2%
58Greene County238-16.2%0.1%
59Warren County233-9.7%0.1%
60Elk County221+9.4%0.1%
61Juniata County207+36.2%0.1%
62Montour County154+25.2%0.1%
63Potter County125+5.9%0.1%
64Fulton County107+11.5%0.1%
65Sullivan County45-13.5%0.0%
66Cameron County33+10.0%0.0%
67Forest County33+22.2%0.0%