Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Q3 2012 Business Confidence Report
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 460 companies were registered in Aberdeen during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is an increase of 0.4% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares equally to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.8% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Aberdeen UK 2012 460 118,868 2011 458 114,512 % change 0.4% 3.8% Record Year 2002 (461) 2012 (118,868) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2012 147 156 157 New companies in 2011 142 139 177 % change 3.5% 12.2% -11.3% Record Year 2005 (165) 2002 (194) 2003 (185)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 319 companies were dissolved in Aberdeen during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 15.4% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.5% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Aberdeen UK 2012 319 74,772 2011 377 72,230 % change -15.4% 3.5% Record Year 2010 (423) 2009 (159,401) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Dissolved Companies by Month
July August September Closed companies in 2012 128 102 89 Closed companies in 2011 111 158 108 % change 15.3% -35.4% -18% Record Year 2010 (235) 2009 (173) 2010 (125)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
Net company growth for Aberdeen during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) was 141 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Aberdeen UK 2012 141 44,096 2011 81 42,282 Record Year 2002 (305) 2003 (60,597) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Net Growth by Month
July August September Net growth in 2012 19 54 68 Net growth in 2011 31 -19 69 Record Year 2002 (110) 2002 (134) 2008 (137)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
In the third quarter of 2012, Aberdeen formed 0.4% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Aberdeen 2012 0.4% 2011 0.4% 2010 0.4% 2009 0.3% 2008 0.4% Record Year (since 1960) 1989 (0.9%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Company Share by Month
July August September UK formation share in 2012 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% UK formation share in 2011 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% % change -7.1% 13.1% -12.3% Record Year 1975 (0.8%) 1989 (1.0%) 2001 (1.0%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2012 was 41.0.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 2.2% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 2.6% compared to the UK figure of 3.2%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
The record third quarter for female directors in Aberdeen was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.
29.5% of all director appointments in Aberdeen in the third quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.7% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Sep 2011-Sep 2012)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage ENGINEERING 5.99% CONSULTING 5.05% CONSULTING 2.37% MANAGEMENT 4.75% CONSULTANCY 2.10% CONSULTANCY 3.28% ABERDEEN 2.02% PROPERTY 2.35% ENERGY 1.67% TRADING 2.08% MANAGEMENT 1.56% DESIGN 1.87% CONSULTANTS 1.36% ASSOCIATES 1.84% (ABERDEEN) 1.32% ENGINEERING 1.83% DESIGN 1.32% CONSULTANTS 1.76% SUBSEA 1.05% BUSINESS 1.72% PROJECT 0.93% CONSTRUCTION 1.70% PACIFIC 0.74% MEDIA 1.67% WELL 0.74% LONDON 1.67% SHELF 0.74% J 1.55% (SCOTLAND) 0.66% GLOBAL 1.53% OIL 0.66% INVESTMENTS 1.46% OFFSHORE 0.66% IT 1.43% ASSOCIATES 0.66% PROPERTIES 1.34% PROPERTY 0.62% CARE 1.32% TECHNICAL 0.58% M 1.27% SAFETY 0.54% BUILDING 1.22% ELECTRICAL 0.51% ENTERPRISES 1.20% GLOBAL 0.47% ELECTRICAL 1.20% G 0.47% S 1.17% GAS 0.47% SECURITY 1.16%
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 1,000 331,455 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 404 33,677 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 244 9,891 7487 - Other business activities 213 35,545 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 134 13,716 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 103 19,425 71129 - Other engineering activities 100 2,350 09100 - Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction 60 283 74990 - Non-trading company 45 9,203 71122 - Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities 43 1,157 99999 - Dormant Company 41 25,035 7414 - Business & management consultancy 39 8,437 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 34 14,774 9999 - Dormant Company 28 12,598 71121 - Engineering design activities for industrial process and production 26 556 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 20 4,294 06100 - Extraction of crude petroleum 20 216 62090 - Other information technology service activities 19 7,869 56101 - Licensed restaurants 19 1,396 1120 - Services to oil and gas extraction 19 119
Recent Companies
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