Lima Reporter

There were seven professional licenses issued in Auglaize County in the week ending May 27, according to the eLicense Ohio Professional Licensure System.

There were four 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
Aliya Mckenzie Elshoff	St. Marys	05/23/2023
Ashley B. Foster	St. Marys	05/22/2023
Bethaney Lynn Russell	Wapakoneta	05/25/2023
Chelsey Kunkler	New Bremen	05/23/2023
Elizabeth Will	Wapakoneta	05/25/2023
Emmalee Kathryn Topp	Wapakoneta	05/25/2023
Megan M. Krieg	New Bremen	05/25/2023