NE Ohio Times

There were seven professional licenses issued in Ashtabula County in the week ending May 6, according to the eLicense Ohio Professional Licensure System.

There were nine 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
Becky Rae Hamrick	Ashtabula	05/01/2023
Debra Lauren Johnson	Geneva	05/03/2023
Devin Christopher Rabenold	Geneva	05/01/2023
Elaina Maria Simmons	Jefferson	05/05/2023
Evan Craddock	Ashtabula	05/01/2023
Jennifer Riley	Geneva	05/05/2023
Li Ling Yu	Ashtabula	05/05/2023