SE Ohio Times

There were six professional licenses issued in Athens County in the week ending Dec. 16, 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
Diana M. S. Ray	Athens	12/14/2023
Diana M. S. Ray	Athens	12/15/2023
Jonathan Edward Martinez	Nelsonville	12/15/2023
Senuon Kul	Albany	12/13/2023
Stefanie Lea Moore	Athens	12/13/2023
Taylor Christine Bass	Athens	12/14/2023