Lima Reporter

There were six professional licenses issued in Mercer County in the week ending Oct. 21, 2023, 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
Brockman - Boeckman Funeral Home	Fort Recovery	10/18/2023
Carla Thobe	Coldwater	10/20/2023
Danielle Braun	Fort Recovery	10/19/2023
Erin Nicole Mathew	Celina	10/17/2023
Jayden Marie Huelsman	Chickasaw	10/19/2023
Seth Thomas Hall	Celina	10/19/2023