Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Q1 2015 Business Confidence Report
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
A total of 448 companies were registered in Aberdeen during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015).
This figure is a decrease of 21.1% versus the same period last year (Q1 2014). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 6.9% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) Aberdeen UK 2015 448 161,156 2014 568 150,722 % change -21.1% 6.9% Record Year 2014 (568) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2015 119 142 187 New companies in 2014 189 208 171 % change -37.0% -31.7% 9.4% Record Year 2006 (199) 2012 (217) 2001 (275)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
A total of 334 companies were dissolved in Aberdeen during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015).
This figure is an increase of 4.7% versus the same period last year (Q1 2014). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 8.7% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) Aberdeen UK 2015 334 89,523 2014 319 82,370 % change 4.7% 8.7% Record Year 2012 (534) 2009 (108,066) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2015 160 93 81 Closed companies in 2014 119 90 110 % change 34.5% 3.3% -26% Record Year 2012 (287) 2010 (163) 2010 (207)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
Net company growth for Aberdeen during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) was 114 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) Aberdeen UK 2015 114 71,633 2014 249 68,352 Record Year 2006 (312) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2015 -41 49 106 Net growth in 2014 70 118 61 Record Year 2006 (152) 2005 (142) 2001 (202)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
In the first quarter of 2015, Aberdeen formed 0.3% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) Aberdeen 2015 0.3% 2014 0.4% 2013 0.4% 2012 0.4% 2011 0.4% Record Year (since 1960) 1992 (0.9%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2015 0.2% 0.3% 0.3% UK formation share in 2014 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% % change -38.2% -37.1% -0.3% Record Year 1991 (1.1%) 1990 (1.2%) 2001 (1.2%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2015 was 45.3.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.8% compared to the UK figure of 4.1%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 2.8% compared to the UK figure of 3.6%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
The record first quarter for female directors in Aberdeen was in 2008 when 29.3% of all directors were female.
25.6% of all director appointments in Aberdeen in the first quarter of 2015 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.4% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2014-Mar 2015)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage ENGINEERING 2.89% CONSULTING 5.23% ABERDEEN 2.22% MANAGEMENT 4.56% CONSULTING 2.18% CONSULTANCY 3.62% (ABERDEEN) 1.63% PROPERTY 2.72% SUBSEA 1.59% CONSTRUCTION 2.19% CONSULTANTS 1.47% CARE 2.13% CONSULTANCY 1.30% ENGINEERING 2.12% MANAGEMENT 1.26% LONDON 1.91% ENERGY 1.22% TRADING 1.88% PROPERTY 1.05% TRANSPORT 1.82% OFFSHORE 0.92% ELECTRICAL 1.76% PROPERTIES 0.88% DESIGN 1.65% OIL 0.88% PROPERTIES 1.63% PROJECT 0.88% CO., 1.58% INSPECTION 0.75% J 1.55% SLLP 0.75% CONSULTANTS 1.54% HOLDINGS 0.71% BUSINESS 1.49% GAS 0.67% INVESTMENTS 1.49% GLOBAL 0.67% GLOBAL 1.46% SAFETY 0.63% ASSOCIATES 1.44% ASSOCIATES 0.59% DEVELOPMENTS 1.36% SCOTLAND 0.59% BUILDING 1.31% (SCOTLAND) 0.59% IT 1.30% GROUP 0.59% MEDIA 1.28% DESIGN 0.54% M 1.27%
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 920 288,953 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 499 58,522 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 371 19,098 71129 - Other engineering activities 305 6,278 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 300 43,081 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 128 29,218 09100 - Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction 126 1,109 71122 - Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities 93 3,174 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 86 30,825 99999 - Dormant Company 85 49,474 74990 - Non-trading company 49 13,794 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 47 11,600 06100 - Extraction of crude petroleum 46 516 56103 - Take-away food shops and mobile food stands 43 8,607 41100 - Development of building projects 40 11,863 56101 - Licensed restaurants 34 8,909 71121 - Engineering design activities for industrial process and production 33 1,666 68100 - Buying and selling of own real estate 29 7,450 86230 - Dental practice activities 28 2,250 70100 - Activities of head offices 24 4,223
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE SC499722 VOLUME SIGNS LTD 05 Mar 2015 SC499796 BLAIRWIND RENEWABLES LIMITED 06 Mar 2015 SC500158 J-UNIT BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED 11 Mar 2015 SC500279 ACORN INVESTING LTD 12 Mar 2015 SC500426 SERENIDAD PROJECTS LIMITED 13 Mar 2015 SC501439 ABERDEEN RUGBY LTD 24 Mar 2015 SC501698 CM&C LTD 27 Mar 2015 SC501777 MURCAR LIMITED 27 Mar 2015 SC502096 AFS TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS LIMITED 31 Mar 2015 SC499495 WELHAB LIMITED 04 Mar 2015 SC499766 DATCH HOLDINGS LTD 06 Mar 2015 SC499844 MICROCERT CONSULTING LTD 06 Mar 2015 SC500101 RETRO CONSOLES UK LTD 10 Mar 2015 SC500596 BEAUTY N PARTY WORLD LIMITED 16 Mar 2015 SC501338 SUBLIMITY LTD 24 Mar 2015 SC501713 GOREAL STRUCT LIMITED 27 Mar 2015 SC499587 CAM RENTALS LIMITED 04 Mar 2015 SC500511 PERFECT HOME LETTINGS LTD 16 Mar 2015 SC500821 FLOATEL UK CONTRACTOR LIMITED 18 Mar 2015 SC501587 NEWDAY (CM&BA) LIMITED 26 Mar 2015 SC501685 RAS PHOTO LTD 26 Mar 2015 SC501922 OIL & GAS SUPPLY SERVICES LIMITED 30 Mar 2015 SC499461 COLDSTONE ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD 03 Mar 2015 SC499646 ECLIPSE INTERVENTION SYSTEMS LIMITED 05 Mar 2015 SC500100 FLOURISH & ASSOCIATES LTD. 10 Mar 2015
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