SECRETARY HUSTED ANNOUNCES FEBRUARY AS MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES MONTH

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted announced the Ohio Business Profile program will feature minority-owned businesses throughout the month of February. Ohio has over 120,000 minority-owned businesses making up 13.5 percent of the total number of businesses in the Buckeye State. The overall picture is even better…from 2010 to 2016, Ohio saw a 30.1 percent increase in the number of newly-registered businesses with 2016 being the seventh-consecutive record-breaking year for new businesses in the state. Ohio Business Profile was launched in 2011 making people aware of Ohio companies that are creating interesting products, offering outstanding service, contributing to their local communities and employing Ohioans in the process.