Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Q1 2013 Business Confidence Report
NOTICE: We have improved our calculations of the statistics in these reports, so some figures and records may not match previous reports.
Headlines
- Q1 2013 saw a new record in company registrations in Aberdeen when compared to any previous Q1.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
Q1 2013 saw a new record in company registrations in Aberdeen when compared to any previous Q1.
A total of 557 companies were registered in Aberdeen during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).
This figure is an increase of 0.2% versus the same period last year (Q1 2012). This figure compares equally to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 2.5% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Aberdeen UK 2013 557 134,802 2012 556 131,491 % change 0.2% 2.5% Record Year 2013 (557) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2013 157 171 229 New companies in 2012 150 217 189 % change 4.7% -21.2% 21.2% Record Year 2006 (199) 2012 (217) 2001 (275)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
A total of 260 companies were dissolved in Aberdeen during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).
This figure is a decrease of 51.3% versus the same period last year (Q1 2012). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 15.3% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Aberdeen UK 2013 260 77,914 2012 534 67,576 % change -51.3% 15.3% Record Year 2012 (534) 2009 (108,066) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2013 98 60 102 Closed companies in 2012 287 140 107 % change -65.9% -57.1% -5% Record Year 2012 (287) 2010 (163) 2010 (207)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
Net company growth for Aberdeen during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) was 297 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Aberdeen UK 2013 297 56,888 2012 22 63,915 Record Year 2006 (312) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2013 59 111 127 Net growth in 2012 -137 77 82 Record Year 2006 (152) 2005 (142) 2001 (202)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
In the first quarter of 2013, Aberdeen formed 0.4% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Aberdeen 2013 0.4% 2012 0.4% 2011 0.4% 2010 0.4% 2009 0.3% Record Year (since 1960) 1992 (0.9%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2013 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% UK formation share in 2012 0.4% 0.5% 0.4% % change -6.2% -21.8% 25.3% Record Year 1991 (1.1%) 1990 (1.2%) 2001 (1.2%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2013 was 47.0.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 4.6% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 0.5% compared to the UK figure of 1.8%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
The record first quarter for female directors in Aberdeen was in 2008 when 29.3% of all directors were female.
24.0% of all director appointments in Aberdeen in the first quarter of 2013 were female. This compares to a UK average of 28.1% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2012-Mar 2013)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage ENGINEERING 5.14% CONSULTING 5.18% CONSULTING 2.63% MANAGEMENT 4.78% ABERDEEN 2.48% CONSULTANCY 3.30% LP 2.29% PROPERTY 2.44% CONSULTANCY 1.87% TRADING 2.06% (ABERDEEN) 1.60% DESIGN 1.79% MANAGEMENT 1.49% ENGINEERING 1.78% ENERGY 1.49% BUSINESS 1.77% SUBSEA 1.37% ASSOCIATES 1.75% PROJECT 1.18% LONDON 1.72% CONSULTANTS 1.07% CONSULTANTS 1.71% OFFSHORE 0.91% CONSTRUCTION 1.69% TECHNICAL 0.88% MEDIA 1.63% ASSOCIATES 0.76% GLOBAL 1.57% CONSTRUCTION 0.65% J 1.56% OIL 0.61% CARE 1.46% LOGISTICS 0.61% IT 1.43% GAS 0.61% INVESTMENTS 1.41% OILFIELD 0.61% PROPERTIES 1.36% IT 0.61% M 1.25% DESIGN 0.57% BUILDING 1.21% MARINE 0.57% ENTERPRISES 1.19% RESOURCES 0.57% ELECTRICAL 1.18% INSPECTION 0.57% TRAINING 1.17% GLOBAL 0.53% SECURITY 1.15%
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 701 249,183 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 553 54,531 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 353 16,448 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 198 32,624 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 190 23,532 71129 - Other engineering activities 186 4,226 09100 - Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction 101 750 71122 - Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities 76 2,252 99999 - Dormant Company 72 43,384 74990 - Non-trading company 59 14,129 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 56 24,894 71121 - Engineering design activities for industrial process and production 44 1,100 7487 - Other business activities 39 7,556 06100 - Extraction of crude petroleum 36 376 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 31 7,507 62090 - Other information technology service activities 30 12,664 41100 - Development of building projects 25 8,637 56101 - Licensed restaurants 21 6,894 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 21 6,591 70100 - Activities of head offices 21 3,950
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE SC444088 TAHDAD AND ASSOCIATES LTD 04 Mar 2013 SC444343 OXYRIG CONSULTANCY LTD. 06 Mar 2013 SC444824 CAMLOU ENGINEERING LIMITED 12 Mar 2013 SC444898 FALCONER & WATSON LIMITED 12 Mar 2013 SC445434 PROTEC ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY LIMITED 19 Mar 2013 SC445461 KOGA SOLUTIONS LTD 19 Mar 2013 SC445526 MCAL6 SKENE LIMITED 19 Mar 2013 SC445575 THE RIVER BISTRO LIMITED 20 Mar 2013 SC446294 SLLP 43 LIMITED 28 Mar 2013 SC444078 WILL & WHY NDT LIMITED 04 Mar 2013 SC444250 REVOLV3D LIMITED 05 Mar 2013 SC444290 DC SUBSEA SOLUTIONS LTD 06 Mar 2013 SL012548 FINANCE SCOTLAND CPP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 06 Mar 2013 SC444549 EAGLE & THISTLE LIMITED 08 Mar 2013 SC445430 LJS PROJECT SERVICES LIMITED 19 Mar 2013 SL012670 AVERA BAY LP 21 Mar 2013 SL012671 MARAKAIBO LP 21 Mar 2013 SL012673 MINDANAO IMPEX LP 21 Mar 2013 SL012696 BASS TERRE LP 22 Mar 2013 SC445953 DEVERON DRILLING SERVICES LIMITED 25 Mar 2013 SC445974 JJT SKYBERNETICS LIMITED 25 Mar 2013 SC446324 GLORIOUS GROUSE LTD 28 Mar 2013 SC444555 ASIAN VIKING CONSULTING LIMITED 08 Mar 2013 SC444787 SURF TECHNICAL SERVICES LTD 11 Mar 2013 SC445654 FRIED PROPERTIES (UK) LTD 21 Mar 2013
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