Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Q3 2011 Business Confidence Report
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
A total of 458 companies were registered in Aberdeen during the third quarter of 2011 (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011).
This figure is an increase of 27.9% versus the same period last year (Q3 2010). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 12.8% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) Aberdeen UK 2011 458 114,512 2010 358 101,492 % change 27.9% 12.8% Record Year 2002 (461) 2011 (114,512) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2011 142 139 177 New companies in 2010 132 102 124 % change 7.6% 36.3% 42.7% Record Year 2005 (165) 2002 (194) 2003 (185)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
A total of 377 companies were dissolved in Aberdeen during the third quarter of 2011 (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011).
This figure is a decrease of 10.9% versus the same period last year (Q3 2010). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 17.6% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) Aberdeen UK 2011 377 72,230 2010 423 87,705 % change -10.9% -17.6% Record Year 2010 (423) 2009 (159,401) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)
Dissolved Companies by Month
July August September Closed companies in 2011 111 158 108 Closed companies in 2010 235 63 125 % change -52.8% 150.8% -14% Record Year 2010 (235) 2009 (173) 2010 (125)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
Net company growth for Aberdeen during the third quarter of 2011 (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) was 81 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) Aberdeen UK 2011 81 42,282 2010 -65 13,787 Record Year 2002 (305) 2003 (60,597) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)
Net Growth by Month
July August September Net growth in 2011 31 -19 69 Net growth in 2010 -103 39 -1 Record Year 2002 (110) 2002 (134) 2008 (137)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
In the third quarter of 2011, Aberdeen formed 0.4% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) Aberdeen 2011 0.4% 2010 0.4% 2009 0.3% 2008 0.4% 2007 0.3% Record Year (since 1960) 1989 (0.9%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)
Company Share by Month
July August September UK formation share in 2011 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% UK formation share in 2010 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% % change -1.6% 14.7% 28.9% Record Year 1975 (0.8%) 1989 (1.0%) 2001 (1.0%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2011 was 41.6.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.4% compared to the UK figure of 4.0%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 2.1% compared to the UK figure of 4.1%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
The record third quarter for female directors in Aberdeen was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.
25.6% of all director appointments in Aberdeen in the third quarter of 2011 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.0% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Sep 2010-Sep 2011)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage ENGINEERING 6.06% CONSULTING 5.11% ABERDEEN 2.70% MANAGEMENT 4.75% CONSULTANCY 2.03% CONSULTANCY 3.19% DESIGN 1.99% PROPERTY 2.41% SUBSEA 1.99% TRADING 2.06% CONSULTING 1.87% DESIGN 1.94% (ABERDEEN) 1.66% ASSOCIATES 1.85% MANAGEMENT 1.58% BUSINESS 1.82% CONSULTANTS 1.49% CONSULTANTS 1.76% ENERGY 1.37% ENGINEERING 1.74% OFFSHORE 1.04% MEDIA 1.72% OIL 0.91% CONSTRUCTION 1.72% PROJECT 0.79% LONDON 1.63% PLANNING 0.75% J 1.47% GLOBAL 0.66% GLOBAL 1.46% GAS 0.66% INVESTMENTS 1.43% INSPECTION 0.62% CARE 1.42% DRILLING 0.62% IT 1.38% PROPERTIES 0.54% BUILDING 1.30% PROPERTY 0.54% PROPERTIES 1.28% RESOURCES 0.54% ELECTRICAL 1.27% TECHNOLOGY 0.54% M 1.25% SCOTLAND 0.54% ENERGY 1.22% (SCOTLAND) 0.50% TRAINING 1.21% INTEGRITY 0.50% S 1.21%
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 605 204,493 7487 - Other business activities 378 65,177 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 292 29,245 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 163 7,551 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 74 15,760 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 68 10,018 7414 - Business & management consultancy 68 14,755 71129 - Other engineering activities 53 1,565 09100 - Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction 47 276 9999 - Dormant Company 43 22,587 1120 - Services to oil and gas extraction 40 239 9305 - Other service activities 36 10,525 74990 - Non-trading company 31 8,064 5530 - Restaurants 27 5,640 99999 - Dormant Company 23 18,281 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 22 10,137 7499 - Non-trading company 21 11,543 71122 - Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities 21 673 7260 - Other computer related activities 16 8,686 06100 - Extraction of crude petroleum 15 170
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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