Lima Reporter

There were four professional licenses issued in Mercer County in the week ending Oct. 7, 2023, according to the eLicense Ohio Professional Licensure System.

There were three 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
Courtney Chanda Thach	Celina	10/06/2023
Ellie Rose Bruggeman	St. Henry	10/05/2023
Madison Frances Sheffer	Coldwater	10/04/2023
Riley Nicole Muhlenkamp	Coldwater	10/04/2023