COLUMBUS – Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has announced 9,306 new entities filed to do business in Ohio during April 2016.

This is an increase over April 2015 when 8,893 entities were formed.

Last month, Husted announced that March 2016 set a new record for the number of businesses filed in a single month. More than 3,000 more entities have filed to do business in Ohio in 2016 than at the same point in 2015. Between 2010 and 2015, Ohio saw a 21.8 percent increase in new business filings.