Portage Times

There were eight professional licenses issued in Portage County in the week ending Oct. 14, 2023, according to the eLicense Ohio Professional Licensure System.

There were 10 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
Britny Lyn App	Ravenna	10/13/2023
Ebone A. Jones	Kent	10/12/2023
Emma Okoniewski	Kent	10/11/2023
Lori Ann Zack	Streetsboro	10/11/2023
Megan Hollendonner	Atwater	10/11/2023
Nicole Culliton M. Ziegert	Aurora	10/10/2023
Super Cuts	Kent	10/13/2023
Taylor Elizabeth Lukas	Hiram	10/12/2023