Lima Reporter

There were five professional licenses issued in Allen County in the week ending Oct. 21, 2023, according to the eLicense Ohio Professional Licensure System.

There were seven 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
Arthur S. Zapata	Lima	10/17/2023
Beatrice Pagatpatan Yumul	Lima	10/16/2023
Cody Matthew Wischmeyer	Lafayette	10/18/2023
McKenzie A. Smith	Harrod	10/16/2023
Rhonda Lynn Rachal Roberts	Lima	10/20/2023