SE Ohio Times

There were four professional licenses issued in Athens County in the week ending Oct. 14, 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
Alexis Gayle Wilkes	Stewart	10/13/2023
Amanda L. Russell	Nelsonville	10/11/2023
Jordon Ray Russell	Nelsonville	10/13/2023
Tzvetan Fatchikov	Athens	10/10/2023