Lima Reporter

There were seven professional licenses issued in Mercer County in the week ending June 24, according to the eLicense Ohio Professional Licensure System.

There were two 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
Aliyah Lashay Glass	Celina	06/21/2023
Andrada Diana Lup	Coldwater	06/21/2023
Hannah Elizabeth Osterholt	St. Henry	06/21/2023
Lucas Buehler	Chickasaw	06/20/2023
Meta Beauty	Celina	06/23/2023
Olivia Lauren Scott	Rockford	06/22/2023
Taylor Elizabeth Siefring	Coldwater	06/21/2023