Lima Reporter

There are two professional licenses expiring in Mercer County in the week ending March 18 in Ohio, according to the eLicense Ohio Professional Licensure System.

There were no professional licenses set to expire in Mercer County the week before.

Starting and managing a small business in Ohio is not an easy task. Nearly $172 billion is paid to employee salaries and more than 72,924 businesses declare bankruptcy every year.

A Congressional Research Service study found small firms accounted for about 63 percent or two-thirds of new private-sector jobs in the U.S.

License holder	Issued date	Expiration date
Alicia S. Bruce	03/16/2001	03/16/2023
Lillian Marie Brookhart	03/18/2022	03/18/2023