Lima Reporter

There were five professional licenses issued in Auglaize County in the week ending Nov. 4, 2023, 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
Anna Good	New Knoxville	10/31/2023
Brooke Ashley Dawn Coffey	St. Marys	11/03/2023
Demaris Wolf	Minster	10/30/2023
Melissa A. Keller	St. Marys	11/03/2023
Sophia Yvonne Jolly	Wapakoneta	10/29/2023