Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Q1 2011 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- January 2011 saw a new record in company closures in Aberdeen when compared to any previous January.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
A total of 473 companies were registered in Aberdeen during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011).
This figure is an increase of 9.2% versus the same period last year (Q1 2010). This figure compares equally to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 10.7% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) Aberdeen UK 2011 473 116,391 2010 433 105,137 % change 9.2% 10.7% Record Year 2006 (499) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2011 136 133 204 New companies in 2010 119 139 175 % change 14.3% -4.3% 16.6% Record Year 2006 (199) 2005 (198) 2001 (275)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
A total of 338 companies were dissolved in Aberdeen during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011).
This figure is a decrease of 27.8% versus the same period last year (Q1 2010). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 10.0% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) Aberdeen UK 2011 338 90,986 2010 468 82,677 % change -27.8% 10.0% Record Year 2010 (468) 2009 (108,060) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)
January 2011 saw a new record in company closures in Aberdeen when compared to any previous January.
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2011 157 86 95 Closed companies in 2010 98 163 207 % change 60.2% -47.2% -54% Record Year 2011 (157) 2010 (163) 2010 (207)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
Net company growth for Aberdeen during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) was 135 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) Aberdeen UK 2011 135 25,405 2010 -35 22,460 Record Year 2006 (312) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2011 -21 47 109 Net growth in 2010 21 -24 -32 Record Year 2006 (152) 2005 (142) 2001 (202)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
In the first quarter of 2011, Aberdeen formed 0.4% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) Aberdeen 2011 0.4% 2010 0.4% 2009 0.3% 2008 0.4% 2007 0.3% Record Year (since 1960) 1992 (0.9%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2011 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% UK formation share in 2010 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% % change -1.4% -15.8% 11.2% Record Year 1991 (1.1%) 1990 (1.2%) 1979 (5.7%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2011 was 43.4.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 2.8% compared to the UK figure of 3.0%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 1.8% compared to the UK figure of 4.3%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
The record first quarter for female directors in Aberdeen was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
22.2% of all director appointments in Aberdeen in the first quarter of 2011 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.4% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2010-Mar 2011)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage ENGINEERING 5.04% CONSULTING 5.04% ABERDEEN 2.75% MANAGEMENT 4.97% CONSULTING 2.03% CONSULTANCY 3.16% (ABERDEEN) 1.89% PROPERTY 2.38% CONSULTANTS 1.80% TRADING 2.10% SUBSEA 1.62% DESIGN 1.93% CONSULTANCY 1.58% ASSOCIATES 1.92% MANAGEMENT 1.53% BUSINESS 1.87% ENERGY 1.44% CONSTRUCTION 1.80% DESIGN 1.40% CONSULTANTS 1.76% (SCOTLAND) 0.90% MEDIA 1.69% OFFSHORE 0.90% ENGINEERING 1.61% PROJECT 0.77% LONDON 1.60% SCOTLAND 0.72% CARE 1.45% ENTERPRISES 0.68% J 1.45% MARINE 0.68% GLOBAL 1.44% OIL 0.68% INVESTMENTS 1.43% S 0.63% IT 1.41% DRILLING 0.59% PROPERTIES 1.36% GAS 0.59% BUILDING 1.34% GLOBAL 0.59% M 1.30% INSPECTION 0.59% ELECTRICAL 1.28% J 0.54% S 1.24% G 0.54% INTERNATIONAL 1.23% PROPERTY 0.54% SYSTEMS 1.23%
SIC Data
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Previous 36 months, excluding companies less than 12 months old
sic code number of companies uk companies None Supplied 589 202,798 7487 - Other business activities 361 60,968 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 302 30,253 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 143 7,788 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 67 16,150 7414 - Business & management consultancy 65 12,916 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 52 10,085 09100 - Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction 51 312 71129 - Other engineering activities 46 1,590 1120 - Services to oil and gas extraction 39 250 9305 - Other service activities 37 8,740 5530 - Restaurants 30 4,898 9999 - Dormant Company 30 19,765 74990 - Non-trading company 29 8,695 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 22 10,246 99999 - Dormant Company 22 18,336 7499 - Non-trading company 21 11,316 06100 - Extraction of crude petroleum 20 177 71121 - Engineering design activities for industrial process and production 17 382 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 17 3,895
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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