NE Ohio Times

There were three professional licenses issued in Ashtabula County in the week ending Oct. 28, 2023, according to the eLicense Ohio Professional Licensure System.

There were five 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
Brandon Joseph Bermudez Rodriguez	Ashtabula	10/28/2023
Bryon McElroy	Orwell	10/26/2023
Halena Patterson	Ashtabula	10/24/2023