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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Lending, LLC | Mortgage Broker | 12/31/2020 | 12/22/2005 |
| Acceleron Recovery Group, Inc. | Collection Agency | 12/31/2020 | 01/14/2014 |
| American Financial Network, Inc., Phoenix, AZ Branch | Mortgage Banker | 12/31/2020 | 03/05/2015 |
| Axia Financial, LLC, Phoenix, AZ Branch | Mortgage Banker | 12/31/2020 | 09/20/2018 |
| Bay Equity, LLC, Phoenix, AZ Branch | Mortgage Banker | 12/31/2020 | 06/10/2019 |
| Cacheris Investment Company, an Arizona Close Corporation | Commercial Mortgage Broker | 12/31/2020 | 02/06/2012 |
| Carter M. Crane | Certified Residential Appraiser | 12/31/2020 | 12/27/1991 |
| Central Park Processing, LLC | Mortgage Broker | 12/31/2020 | 08/09/2018 |
| Colonial Capital, LLC | Mortgage Broker | 12/31/2020 | 07/31/2003 |
| Conifer Capital, LLC | Commercial Mortgage Broker | 12/31/2020 | 04/29/2015 |
| David A. Lodwick | Certified General Appraiser | 12/31/2020 | 12/18/2000 |
| Helios Capital Partners, Inc., PHOENIX, AZ Branch | Mortgage Broker | 12/31/2020 | 07/30/2019 |
| Langdon Financial, LLC | Commercial Mortgage Broker | 12/31/2020 | 01/01/2014 |
| Lee S. Holland | Dispensing Optician | 12/31/2020 | 10/10/1996 |
| Madison Atrina, LLC | Mortgage Broker | 12/31/2020 | 03/25/2019 |
| Magnolia Mortgage, LLC | Mortgage Broker | 12/31/2020 | 03/01/2018 |
| Main Street Financial Group, Inc. | Mortgage Broker | 12/31/2020 | 01/22/1996 |
| Mammen & Associates, Inc. | Mortgage Broker | 12/31/2020 | 01/17/2002 |
| Merlin R. McLain | Dispensing Optician | 12/31/2020 | 12/16/1990 |
| Mortgage Capital and Investment, L.L.C. | Mortgage Broker | 12/31/2020 | 10/06/2005 |
| Mueller & Associates Realty Advisors, LLC | Commercial Mortgage Broker | 12/31/2020 | 09/11/2012 |
| Nova Financial & Investment Corporation, Phoenix, AZ Branch | Mortgage Banker | 12/31/2020 | 02/29/2016 |
| O Capital Group, LLC | Mortgage Broker | 12/31/2020 | 07/24/2018 |
| Performance Capital, LLC | Commercial Mortgage Banker | 12/31/2020 | 04/10/2015 |
| Radar Capital Partners, LLC | Commercial Mortgage Banker | 12/31/2020 | 02/18/2020 |
| RLS Mortgage, Inc. | Mortgage Banker | 12/31/2020 | 05/30/2013 |
| Robert L. Lewis | Dispensing Optician | 12/31/2020 | 03/22/1999 |
| Roy P. Christiansen-Thielen | Dispensing Optician | 12/31/2020 | 03/18/2013 |
| Samuel E. Cherry | Dispensing Optician | 12/31/2020 | 09/08/1981 |
| Security Mutual Mortgage | Mortgage Broker | 12/31/2020 | 03/27/1996 |
| V. I. P. Mortgage, Inc., Phoenix, AZ Branch | Mortgage Banker | 12/31/2020 | 01/03/2018 |
| Laurenthia A. Bowling | Athletic Trainer | 01/01/2021 | 08/03/2001 |