Aberdeenshire
Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- Q1 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Aberdeenshire when compared to any previous Q1.
- February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Aberdeenshire when compared to any previous February.
- January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Aberdeenshire when compared to any previous January.
- Q1 2012 saw a new record in company closures in Aberdeenshire when compared to any previous Q1.
- January 2012 saw a new record in company closures in Aberdeenshire when compared to any previous January.
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
Q1 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Aberdeenshire when compared to any previous Q1.
A total of 929 companies were registered in Aberdeenshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is an increase of 23.5% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 13.0% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Aberdeenshire UK 2012 929 131,491 2011 752 116,391 % change 23.5% 13.0% Record Year 2012 (929) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Aberdeenshire when compared to any previous February.
January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Aberdeenshire when compared to any previous January.
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2012 262 337 330 New companies in 2011 208 207 337 % change 26.0% 62.8% -2.1% Record Year 2012 (262) 2012 (337) 2007 (387)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
Q1 2012 saw a new record in company closures in Aberdeenshire when compared to any previous Q1.
A total of 718 companies were dissolved in Aberdeenshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is an increase of 49.0% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 25.7% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Aberdeenshire UK 2012 718 67,576 2011 482 90,986 % change 49.0% -25.7% Record Year 2012 (718) 2009 (108,060) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
January 2012 saw a new record in company closures in Aberdeenshire when compared to any previous January.
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2012 348 207 163 Closed companies in 2011 210 132 140 % change 65.7% 56.8% 16% Record Year 2012 (348) 2010 (213) 2010 (245)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
Net company growth for Aberdeenshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 211 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Aberdeenshire UK 2012 211 63,915 2011 270 25,405 Record Year 2007 (508) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2012 -86 130 167 Net growth in 2011 -2 75 197 Record Year 2006 (189) 2005 (196) 2007 (234)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
In the first quarter of 2012, Aberdeenshire formed 0.7% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Aberdeenshire 2012 0.7% 2011 0.6% 2010 0.6% 2009 0.5% 2008 0.6% Record Year (since 1960) 1991 (1.4%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2012 0.7% 0.8% 0.7% UK formation share in 2011 0.6% 0.5% 0.8% % change 8.0% 39.2% -8.4% Record Year 1991 (1.6%) 1990 (1.7%) 1979 (8.1%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 43.5.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.6% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.0% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
The record first quarter for female directors in Aberdeenshire was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
27.8% of all director appointments in Aberdeenshire in the first quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.3% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2011-Mar 2012)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage ENGINEERING 6.59% CONSULTING 5.07% CONSULTANCY 2.09% MANAGEMENT 4.74% DESIGN 2.01% CONSULTANCY 3.30% CONSULTING 1.96% PROPERTY 2.37% ENERGY 1.96% TRADING 2.07% CONSULTANTS 1.73% DESIGN 1.93% ABERDEEN 1.62% ENGINEERING 1.86% MANAGEMENT 1.57% ASSOCIATES 1.84% SUBSEA 1.33% CONSULTANTS 1.79% (ABERDEEN) 1.18% BUSINESS 1.73% WELL 0.97% MEDIA 1.72% OFFSHORE 0.94% CONSTRUCTION 1.72% PROJECT 0.89% LONDON 1.66% J 0.81% J 1.54% BUSINESS 0.73% INVESTMENTS 1.51% ELECTRICAL 0.73% GLOBAL 1.50% TECHNICAL 0.71% IT 1.40% PROPERTIES 0.68% CARE 1.34% OIL 0.63% PROPERTIES 1.31% DRILLING 0.63% ELECTRICAL 1.27% SAFETY 0.63% M 1.27% JOINERY 0.63% BUILDING 1.24% OILFIELD 0.63% ENERGY 1.20% PROPERTY 0.60% S 1.20% MARINE 0.60% ENTERPRISES 1.19%
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 930 216,665 7487 - Other business activities 483 52,735 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 460 35,233 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 294 9,892 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 176 13,637 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 157 19,704 71129 - Other engineering activities 133 2,217 09100 - Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction 130 272 7414 - Business & management consultancy 79 12,113 99999 - Dormant Company 61 25,084 71122 - Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities 61 1,011 1120 - Services to oil and gas extraction 59 182 74990 - Non-trading company 56 9,729 9305 - Other service activities 51 8,818 9999 - Dormant Company 51 18,617 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 42 14,303 5530 - Restaurants 33 4,633 06100 - Extraction of crude petroleum 32 197 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 32 4,427 71121 - Engineering design activities for industrial process and production 30 513
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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