Lima Reporter

There were three professional licenses issued in Mercer County in the week ending April 1, according to the eLicense Ohio Professional Licensure System.

No professional licenses were issued 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	City	Issue Date
Daria Feltz	Coldwater	03/26/2023
Eula Francesca Santos Barcelona	Coldwater	03/30/2023
Shantel Lynn Ayers	Celina	03/29/2023