Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Q3 2011 Business Confidence Report
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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
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE SC406553 SARS ENGINEERING LTD 01 Sep 2011 SC406617 UPB (SERVICES) LIMITED 01 Sep 2011 SC407069 DRUM KINGSWELLS 2 LIMITED 08 Sep 2011 SC407267 GREENSPAN CONTRACTORS LIMITED 12 Sep 2011 SC407299 RAGTASTIC LIMITED 13 Sep 2011 SC407546 ACCESS FIRST XL LTD 15 Sep 2011 SC407583 IGU CONSULTANCY LIMITED 16 Sep 2011 SC407593 HIPPSCO LIMITED 16 Sep 2011 SC407697 MOHAMMED KIOUM LTD 20 Sep 2011 SC407749 S & J INSPECTION LIMITED 20 Sep 2011 SC408059 MA HOUSEBUILDERS HOLDINGS LIMITED 23 Sep 2011 SC408096 CATERING MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED 23 Sep 2011 SC408293 LRM UK ONE LIMITED 28 Sep 2011 SC408300 LRM UK TWO LIMITED 28 Sep 2011 SC407161 BON ACCORD RENEWABLES LIMITED 09 Sep 2011 SC407521 MORPHEUS SUBSEA SOLUTIONS LIMITED 15 Sep 2011 SC407798 STRUCTURAL SOUND ENGINEERING LTD 20 Sep 2011 SC407862 AIKEN PROJECT SERVICES LIMITED 21 Sep 2011 SC408093 DRM SUBSEA LIMITED 23 Sep 2011 SC408177 SAMMSCONSULT LIMITED 26 Sep 2011 SC408202 LUNAS LIVE LTD 26 Sep 2011 SC408210 KHORMOR HILTON CONSULTANTS LTD 27 Sep 2011 SC406807 BOLK ENGINEERING LIMITED 05 Sep 2011 SC408472 MHPC LIMITED 30 Sep 2011 SC406630 CYBERTEC LIMITED 02 Sep 2011
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