The Columbus Blue Jackets are excited to partner with First Merchants Bank to recognize small businesses in our community.
Each month throughout the season, one company will be featured as the CBJ Small Business of the Month presented by First Merchants Bank.
If you are proud to own or work for a small business, sign up now for the chance to see your brand up in lights at an upcoming Blue Jackets home game.
Opened in 1988, Cats Only Veterinary Clinic was recognized as a gold standard Cat Friendly Practice by the American Association of Feline Practitioners in 2013 and has landed on Columbus Business First’s Best Places to Work list each year from 2019 through 2024.
The clinic’s mission statement is that the veterinarians and staff members speak MEOW: They provide Meaningful care, Excellence, Originality and an experience that is Worth it for our feline friends.
Jon Rupert has turned Distinctive Kitchen from a business of eight employees to one that requires more than 150, while retaining many of the staff members from when he first walked in the building during his college years.
Distinctive Kitchen is a countertop fabricator and cabinet distributor, specializing in building and installing granite, quartz and other countertops. From remodeling to distributing their own cabinets that they manufacture, they're experts in all things related to kitchen redesigns.
Schodorf Truck Body & Equipment Company in Columbus was founded in 1881 and is now in its fourth generation of family ownership in central Ohio.
There are very few businesses that can boast such an impressive record of longevity, a testament to the ingenuity, quality and service provided by a company that boasts a local as well as national reputation.
Founded in 2012, Third Space Builders is a company started by a father and son with a vision for, according to its website, “a place, different than work and normal home environments that encourages laughter, relaxation, and spirited conversation with the friends and family that are cherished the most.”
Taylor McLaren, a design consultant for Third Space Builders, said she loves working in a small business. The reason is the relationships she has with her coworkers, as they have all become a part of the family.
If you go to De Santis Florists, you know you’re going to work with a De Santis.
Open since 1927, it’s a fourth-generation small business located in the northwest side of Columbus on Kenny Road, and every day Matt De Santis has to opportunity to go to work alongside his daughter, Caroline.
