More than 99 percent of Arizona's businesses are considered small with more than 40 percent of Arizona employees working for small businesses, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.
A study by Civic Economics found that when $100 is spent at a locally-owned business, that business puts $47 back into the local economy while the total is just $13 for non-local businesses.
Licenses issued during week ending February 8
| License Holder | License Type | Lapse Date | Issued Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villa Financial Services, LLC | Mortgage Broker | 2020/12/31 | 2020/02/03 |
| Melba Margarita Sanchez Rivera | Barber | 2022/05/05 | 2020/02/04 |
| Perry Ebanks | Barber | 2022/06/22 | 2020/02/05 |
| Taylor Stephens | Barber | 2023/01/16 | 2020/02/05 |
| Roberto Zaragoza | Barber | 2022/09/17 | 2020/02/05 |
| Yokhanan Uvaydov | Barber | 2022/03/28 | 2020/02/05 |
| Ralphael Courtney Taylor | Barber | 2022/10/25 | 2020/02/05 |
| Isael Resendiz | Barber | 2022/02/18 | 2020/02/05 |
| Kirk Molett | Barber | 2022/11/04 | 2020/02/05 |
| Santa Rocio Ines Mendoza | Barber | 2022/05/23 | 2020/02/05 |
| Angel L. Vargas | Barber | 2022/07/13 | 2020/02/05 |
| Hassan Khalil Hjaij | Barber | 2022/07/23 | 2020/02/05 |
| Edward Masters | Barber | 2022/09/03 | 2020/02/05 |
| Orlando R. Medina | Barber | 2023/01/14 | 2020/02/05 |
| Harvey William Duhart Jr. | Barber | 2022/10/19 | 2020/02/05 |
| Julio Cesar Gomez | Barber | 2022/06/04 | 2020/02/05 |
| Geraldo Arzola Florez | Barber | 2022/05/15 | 2020/02/05 |
| Haydeth Hernandez | Barber | 2022/12/22 | 2020/02/05 |
| Ilya Borukhov | Barber | 2022/04/01 | 2020/02/05 |
| Ray Valenzuela | Barber | 2022/10/03 | 2020/02/05 |
| Nooruldeen J. Jassam | Barber | 2022/06/16 | 2020/02/05 |
| David Taylor | Barber | 2022/09/12 | 2020/02/05 |
| Kevin Allen | Physical Therapist | 2022/08/31 | 2020/02/05 |
| Robert Joseph Freithoffer | Registered Trainee Appraiser | 2023/02/06 | 2020/02/06 |
| Denis Junc | Registered Trainee Appraiser | 2023/02/06 | 2020/02/06 |
| Jordan Christopher Howell | Barber | 2022/09/12 | 2020/02/06 |
| Mark Kakuriev | Barber | 2022/12/05 | 2020/02/06 |
| Victoria Woo | Physical Therapist | 2022/08/31 | 2020/02/07 |