Counties in Pennsylvania by business revenue: professional, scientific and technical services (Economic Census)

Philadelphia County had the highest business revenue: professional, scientific and technical services (Economic Census) of 61 counties in 2017, at $13.02 billion. Forest County had the lowest, at $226,000. The median was $86.13 million and the figure for Pennsylvania was $64.18 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest13,016.2Philadelphia County
Lowest0.2Forest County
Median86.161 counties
Pennsylvania64,179.4History

Map of counties, 2017

Adams County: 86.1 USD millionAllegheny County: 10,702.7 USD millionArmstrong County: 31.1 USD millionBeaver County: 282.7 USD millionBedford County: 20.3 USD millionBerks County: 1,032.8 USD millionBlair County: 262 USD millionBradford County: 56.5 USD millionBucks County: 4,442.9 USD millionButler County: 1,702 USD millionCambria County: 285 USD millionCarbon County: 39.1 USD millionCentre County: 510.6 USD millionChester County: 5,845.3 USD millionClearfield County: 57.6 USD millionClinton County: 16.9 USD millionColumbia County: 56.5 USD millionCrawford County: 77.3 USD millionCumberland County: 1,750.8 USD millionDauphin County: 1,533.6 USD millionDelaware County: 1,790.2 USD millionElk County: 27.8 USD millionErie County: 497.7 USD millionFayette County: 120.7 USD millionForest County: 0.2 USD millionFranklin County: 271.5 USD millionFulton County: 1.8 USD millionGreene County: 29.9 USD millionHuntingdon County: 26.9 USD millionJefferson County: 26.6 USD millionJuniata County: 5.5 USD millionLackawanna County: 406 USD millionLancaster County: 1,842.2 USD millionLebanon County: 175.5 USD millionLehigh County: 1,296.4 USD millionLuzerne County: 635.1 USD millionLycoming County: 188.9 USD millionMcKean County: 19.7 USD millionMifflin County: 15.5 USD millionMonroe County: 233.9 USD millionMontgomery County: 9,801.2 USD millionMontour County: 93.1 USD millionNorthampton County: 721.5 USD millionNorthumberland County: 66.7 USD millionPerry County: 18.2 USD millionPhiladelphia County: 13,016.2 USD millionPike County: 33.5 USD millionPotter County: 17.7 USD millionSchuylkill County: 163.3 USD millionSnyder County: 23.6 USD millionSomerset County: 74.2 USD millionSullivan County: 2.1 USD millionSusquehanna County: 27.7 USD millionTioga County: 20.5 USD millionUnion County: 43.7 USD millionVenango County: 28.7 USD millionWarren County: 27.7 USD millionWashington County: 858.9 USD millionWestmoreland County: 1,473.9 USD millionWyoming County: 41.8 USD millionYork County: 886.8 USD million
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USD million, 2017. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), all establishments. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2017

Philadelphia County: 13,016.2 USD millionPhiladelphia County13,016.2Allegheny County: 10,702.7 USD millionAllegheny County10,702.7Montgomery County: 9,801.2 USD millionMontgomery County9,801.2Chester County: 5,845.3 USD millionChester County5,845.3Bucks County: 4,442.9 USD millionBucks County4,442.9Lancaster County: 1,842.2 USD millionLancaster County1,842.2Delaware County: 1,790.2 USD millionDelaware County1,790.2Cumberland County: 1,750.8 USD millionCumberland County1,750.8Butler County: 1,702 USD millionButler County1,702Dauphin County: 1,533.6 USD millionDauphin County1,533.6Westmoreland County: 1,473.9 USD millionWestmoreland County1,473.9Lehigh County: 1,296.4 USD millionLehigh County1,296.4Berks County: 1,032.8 USD millionBerks County1,032.8York County: 886.8 USD millionYork County886.8Washington County: 858.9 USD millionWashington County858.9Northampton County: 721.5 USD millionNorthampton County721.5Luzerne County: 635.1 USD millionLuzerne County635.1Centre County: 510.6 USD millionCentre County510.6Erie County: 497.7 USD millionErie County497.7Lackawanna County: 406 USD millionLackawanna County406Cambria County: 285 USD millionCambria County285Beaver County: 282.7 USD millionBeaver County282.7Franklin County: 271.5 USD millionFranklin County271.5Blair County: 262 USD millionBlair County262Monroe County: 233.9 USD millionMonroe County233.9Lycoming County: 188.9 USD millionLycoming County188.9Lebanon County: 175.5 USD millionLebanon County175.5Schuylkill County: 163.3 USD millionSchuylkill County163.3Fayette County: 120.7 USD millionFayette County120.7Montour County: 93.1 USD millionMontour County93.1Adams County: 86.1 USD millionAdams County86.1Crawford County: 77.3 USD millionCrawford County77.3Somerset County: 74.2 USD millionSomerset County74.2Northumberland County: 66.7 USD millionNorthumberland County66.7Clearfield County: 57.6 USD millionClearfield County57.6Bradford County: 56.5 USD millionBradford County56.5Columbia County: 56.5 USD millionColumbia County56.5Union County: 43.7 USD millionUnion County43.7Wyoming County: 41.8 USD millionWyoming County41.8Carbon County: 39.1 USD millionCarbon County39.1Philadelphia County: 13,016.2 USD millionPhiladelphia County13,016.2Allegheny County: 10,702.7 USD millionAllegheny County10,702.7Montgomery County: 9,801.2 USD millionMontgomery County9,801.2Chester County: 5,845.3 USD millionChester County5,845.3Bucks County: 4,442.9 USD millionBucks County4,442.9Lancaster County: 1,842.2 USD millionLancaster County1,842.2Delaware County: 1,790.2 USD millionDelaware County1,790.2Cumberland County: 1,750.8 USD millionCumberland County1,750.8Butler County: 1,702 USD millionButler County1,702Dauphin County: 1,533.6 USD millionDauphin County1,533.6Westmoreland County: 1,473.9 USD millionWestmoreland County1,473.9Lehigh County: 1,296.4 USD millionLehigh County1,296.4Berks County: 1,032.8 USD millionBerks County1,032.8York County: 886.8 USD millionYork County886.8Washington County: 858.9 USD millionWashington County858.9Northampton County: 721.5 USD millionNorthampton County721.5Luzerne County: 635.1 USD millionLuzerne County635.1Centre County: 510.6 USD millionCentre County510.6Erie County: 497.7 USD millionErie County497.7Lackawanna County: 406 USD millionLackawanna County406Cambria County: 285 USD millionCambria County285Beaver County: 282.7 USD millionBeaver County282.7Franklin County: 271.5 USD millionFranklin County271.5Blair County: 262 USD millionBlair County262Monroe County: 233.9 USD millionMonroe County233.9Lycoming County: 188.9 USD millionLycoming County188.9Lebanon County: 175.5 USD millionLebanon County175.5Schuylkill County: 163.3 USD millionSchuylkill County163.3Fayette County: 120.7 USD millionFayette County120.7Montour County: 93.1 USD millionMontour County93.1Adams County: 86.1 USD millionAdams County86.1Crawford County: 77.3 USD millionCrawford County77.3Somerset County: 74.2 USD millionSomerset County74.2Northumberland County: 66.7 USD millionNorthumberland County66.7Clearfield County: 57.6 USD millionClearfield County57.6Bradford County: 56.5 USD millionBradford County56.5Columbia County: 56.5 USD millionColumbia County56.5Union County: 43.7 USD millionUnion County43.7Wyoming County: 41.8 USD millionWyoming County41.8Carbon County: 39.1 USD millionCarbon County39.1
USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census.

Economic Census, taken every five years: values exist for 2017 and 2022 only, and the 2027 census publishes about 2029. Revenue of employer establishments located in the place, in millions of current US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; nonemployers (nonemployer_receipts_usd_*) are not included, and government owned establishments are generally out of scope. Manufacturing is the value of shipments and wholesale and retail trade are sales, so an establishment selling to another counts in both and sectors do not add up to output or GDP. Cells that would disclose individual companies (flag D) or that Census does not publish are missing here, not zero; counties are published for 14 of the 18 sectors. Sectors follow NAICS 2017 for 2017 and NAICS 2022 for 2022.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 6 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2021). Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), all establishments (Counties in Pennsylvania by business revenue: professional, scientific and technical services (Economic Census), 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip

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Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), all establishments, Counties in Pennsylvania by business revenue: professional, scientific and technical services (Economic Census), 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, 27 May 2021, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-professional-services/pennsylvania-counties?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which county has the highest business revenue: professional, scientific and technical services (Economic Census)?

Philadelphia County, with $13.02 billion in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Forest County, with $226,000 in 2017.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 6 counties have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.

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