Ohio New Business Filings Nearly 8K in September
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- In September, 7,947 new entities filed to do business in Ohio, up from 6,239 the same month a year earlier, the office of Secretary of State Jon Husted reports.
Year to date though September, there have been 71,668 new business filings through the office, compared with the 68,562 filings during the first nine months of 2013.
During the previous two years, 2012 and 2013, the state saw a record-setting number of new businesses file with 88,068 and 89,735 new companies filing to do business in Ohio respectively. Growth in online business filings has been steady and available online services continue to be expanded.
Since online filing began in October 2013, nearly 26,000 filings have been submitted and one in three new companies is now started online in Ohio.
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
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