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 set to expire during week ending January 2
| License Holder | License Type | Lapse Date | Issued Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aynsley Danielle Babinski | Psychologist | 12/31/2020 | 10/11/2019 |
| Beverly Irene Lacy-Hampton | Mortgage Broker | 12/31/2020 | 12/14/2000 |
| Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership, Chandler, AZ Branch | Mortgage Banker | 12/31/2020 | 07/12/2018 |
| Carrie Marie Riccobono | Dispensing Optician | 12/31/2020 | 10/27/2008 |
| Fidelity Mortgage Lenders, Inc., Chandler, AZ Branch | Commercial Mortgage Banker | 12/31/2020 | 06/11/2018 |
| Geneva Financial, LLC | Mortgage Banker | 12/31/2020 | 07/09/2008 |
| Geneva Financial, LLC, Chandler, AZ Branch | Mortgage Banker | 12/31/2020 | 09/20/2013 |
| Geneva Financial, LLC, Vancouver, WA Branch | Mortgage Banker | 12/31/2020 | 06/03/2019 |
| Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC, Chandler, AZ Branch | Mortgage Banker | 12/31/2020 | 05/08/2017 |
| Joan Elizabeth Bastady | Loan Originator | 12/31/2020 | 09/04/2013 |
| Logan Mitchell Witmer | Loan Originator | 12/31/2020 | 10/09/2018 |
| Lund Mortgage Team, Inc., Chandler, AZ Branch | Mortgage Broker | 12/31/2020 | 05/29/2019 |
| Moria Development, Inc., Chandler, AZ Branch | Mortgage Banker | 12/31/2020 | 09/20/2016 |
| Ocotillo Home Lending, LLC | Mortgage Broker | 12/31/2020 | 03/17/2020 |
| Paul Thomas Nichols | Dispensing Optician | 12/31/2020 | 04/02/2019 |
| Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc., Chandler, AZ Branch | Mortgage Banker | 12/31/2020 | 02/04/2019 |
| PrimeLending, A PlainsCapital Company, Chandler, AZ Branch | Mortgage Banker | 12/31/2020 | 09/11/2008 |
| Stephanie Scheidt | Dispensing Optician | 12/31/2020 | 10/31/2013 |
| TJC Mortgage, Inc., Chandler, AZ Branch | Mortgage Banker | 12/31/2020 | 05/15/2020 |
| TJC Mortgage, Inc., Chandler, AZ Branch | Mortgage Banker | 12/31/2020 | 05/15/2020 |
| Van Eaton Mortgage, LLC | Mortgage Broker | 12/31/2020 | 03/19/2020 |
| Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, Chandler, AZ Branch | Mortgage Broker | 12/31/2020 | 05/22/2009 |