NW Ohio Times

There were four professional licenses issued in Defiance County in the week ending Nov. 18, 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
Alayna Salinas	Defiance	11/15/2023
Kali Leatherman	Defiance	11/14/2023
Kylie Marie Gates	Ney	11/14/2023
Taya Nichole Biller	Defiance	11/15/2023