Aberdeenshire
Q1 2015 Business Confidence Report
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
A total of 716 companies were registered in Aberdeenshire during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015).
This figure is a decrease of 18.4% 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) Aberdeenshire UK 2015 716 161,156 2014 877 150,722 % change -18.4% 6.9% Record Year 2012 (920) 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 181 233 302 New companies in 2014 289 314 274 % change -37.4% -25.8% 10.2% Record Year 2014 (289) 2012 (335) 2007 (380)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
A total of 512 companies were dissolved in Aberdeenshire during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015).
This figure is an increase of 3.9% 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) Aberdeenshire UK 2015 512 89,523 2014 493 82,370 % change 3.9% 8.7% Record Year 2012 (717) 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 247 137 128 Closed companies in 2014 190 123 180 % change 30.0% 11.4% -29% Record Year 2012 (347) 2010 (210) 2010 (245)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
Net company growth for Aberdeenshire during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) was 204 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) Aberdeenshire UK 2015 204 71,633 2014 384 68,352 Record Year 2007 (504) 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 -66 96 174 Net growth in 2014 99 191 94 Record Year 2006 (190) 2005 (196) 2007 (227)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
In the first quarter of 2015, Aberdeenshire formed 0.4% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) Aberdeenshire 2015 0.4% 2014 0.6% 2013 0.6% 2012 0.7% 2011 0.6% Record Year (since 1960) 1991 (1.4%) 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 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% UK formation share in 2014 0.6% 0.7% 0.5% % change -38.6% -31.7% 0.5% Record Year 1991 (1.6%) 1990 (1.7%) 2001 (1.4%)
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 3.3% compared to the UK figure of 4.1%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.2% 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 Aberdeenshire was in 2007 when 34.5% of all directors were female.
28.4% of all director appointments in Aberdeenshire 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 3.07% CONSULTING 5.23% CONSULTING 2.12% MANAGEMENT 4.56% SUBSEA 1.81% CONSULTANCY 3.62% ABERDEEN 1.70% PROPERTY 2.72% ENERGY 1.40% CONSTRUCTION 2.19% (ABERDEEN) 1.31% CARE 2.13% CONSULTANCY 1.26% ENGINEERING 2.12% CONSULTANTS 1.17% LONDON 1.91% MANAGEMENT 1.12% TRADING 1.88% OFFSHORE 1.01% TRANSPORT 1.82% PROPERTIES 0.92% ELECTRICAL 1.76% (SCOTLAND) 0.89% DESIGN 1.65% PROPERTY 0.87% PROPERTIES 1.63% INSPECTION 0.87% CO., 1.58% J 0.73% J 1.55% PROJECT 0.70% CONSULTANTS 1.54% DESIGN 0.70% BUSINESS 1.49% SAFETY 0.70% INVESTMENTS 1.49% JOINERY 0.67% GLOBAL 1.46% OIL 0.64% ASSOCIATES 1.44% R 0.59% DEVELOPMENTS 1.36% ELECTRICAL 0.59% BUILDING 1.31% ASSOCIATES 0.59% IT 1.30% SCOTLAND 0.59% MEDIA 1.28% GLOBAL 0.56% 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 1,341 288,953 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 686 58,522 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 536 19,098 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 460 43,081 71129 - Other engineering activities 431 6,278 09100 - Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction 350 1,109 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 285 29,218 71122 - Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities 146 3,174 99999 - Dormant Company 118 49,474 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 118 30,825 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 78 11,600 06100 - Extraction of crude petroleum 74 516 71121 - Engineering design activities for industrial process and production 63 1,666 56103 - Take-away food shops and mobile food stands 61 8,607 74990 - Non-trading company 60 13,794 41100 - Development of building projects 54 11,863 56101 - Licensed restaurants 53 8,909 43320 - Joinery installation 44 2,261 62090 - Other information technology service activities 42 12,862 71200 - Technical testing and analysis 42 1,162
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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