Lima Reporter

There were 139 professional licenses issued in Allen County in the first quarter of 2023 in Ohio, according to the eLicense Ohio Professional Licensure System.

This is a 9.4% increase over the fourth quarter of 2022.

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.

Issued in Q1	Issued in Q4 2022	Percentage change (%)
139	127	9.4%