NE Ohio Times

There were five professional licenses issued in Ashtabula County in the week ending May 27, 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
Cortney Elizabeth Alexander	Conneaut	05/22/2023
Emily Marie Harrower	Conneaut	05/22/2023
Natalie Marie Bilbrey	Ashtabula	05/26/2023
Paige Katherine Anderson	Geneva	05/25/2023
Ryan Lynn Kaydo	Ashtabula	05/22/2023