COLUMBUS – Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted announced Monday that 9,375 new entities filed to do business in Ohio last month, an increase of 617 when compared to September 2017.

Ohio is currently on track for 2018 to be another record-breaking year for new business filings. Since January, the Buckeye State has seen 96,499 new businesses file, up 5,760 from the same nine-month period last year.

Ohio finished 2017 with 117,429 new businesses registering with the Secretary of State’s office, surpassing the previous record of 105,009 that was set in 2016.

Last year also marked the eighth consecutive year the state has seen a record number of new business filings.

In all, Ohio has seen a rise of 46.3 percent in filings from 2010 to 2017.