Barking, Essex
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 Barking when compared to any previous Q1.
- Q1 2013 was a record quarter for company registrations in Barking when compared to any quarter in history.
- January 2013 saw a new record in company registrations in Barking when compared to any previous January.
- January 2013 was a record month for company registrations in Barking when compared to any month in history.
- January 2013 saw a new record in net growth in Barking when compared to any previous January.
- The record first quarter for female directors in Barking was in 2013 when 43.8% of all directors were female.
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
Q1 2013 saw a new record in company registrations in Barking when compared to any previous Q1.
Q1 2013 was a record quarter for company registrations in Barking when compared to any quarter in history.
A total of 251 companies were registered in Barking during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).
This figure is an increase of 17.8% versus the same period last year (Q1 2012). This figure compares well 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) Barking UK 2013 251 134,802 2012 213 131,491 % change 17.8% 2.5% Record Year 2013 (251) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
January 2013 saw a new record in company registrations in Barking when compared to any previous January.
January 2013 was a record month for company registrations in Barking when compared to any month in history.
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2013 113 73 65 New companies in 2012 80 49 84 % change 41.3% 49.0% -22.6% Record Year 2013 (113) 1994 (112) 2012 (84)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
A total of 126 companies were dissolved in Barking during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).
This figure is an increase of 7.7% 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) Barking UK 2013 126 77,914 2012 117 67,576 % change 7.7% 15.3% Record Year 2011 (136) 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 53 43 30 Closed companies in 2012 44 40 33 % change 20.5% 7.5% -9% Record Year 2011 (56) 2010 (44) 2009 (90)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
Net company growth for Barking during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) was 125 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Barking UK 2013 125 56,888 2012 96 63,915 Record Year 2013 (125) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
January 2013 saw a new record in net growth in Barking when compared to any previous January.
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2013 60 30 35 Net growth in 2012 36 9 51 Record Year 2013 (60) 1994 (112) 2012 (51)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
In the first quarter of 2013, Barking formed 0.2% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Barking 2013 0.2% 2012 0.2% 2011 0.2% 2010 0.1% 2009 0.2% Record Year (since 1960) 1994 (0.4%) 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 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% UK formation share in 2012 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% % change 26.7% 47.8% -20.0% Record Year 2013 (0.3%) 1994 (1.3%) 2002 (0.2%)
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 38.1.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 1.4% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.1% 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 Barking was in 2013 when 43.8% of all directors were female.
43.8% of all director appointments in Barking 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 IT 1.54% CONSULTING 5.18% CONSULTANTS 1.32% MANAGEMENT 4.78% BUSINESS 1.32% CONSULTANCY 3.30% CONSULTANCY 1.25% PROPERTY 2.44% LONDON 1.25% TRADING 2.06% MANAGEMENT 1.17% DESIGN 1.79% TRADERS 1.10% ENGINEERING 1.78% CARE 1.10% BUSINESS 1.77% TRADING 1.03% ASSOCIATES 1.75% GLOBAL 0.95% LONDON 1.72% CONSULTING 0.95% CONSULTANTS 1.71% CO 0.88% CONSTRUCTION 1.69% ENTERPRISES 0.73% MEDIA 1.63% MARKETING 0.73% GLOBAL 1.57% S 0.66% J 1.56% SECURITY 0.59% CARE 1.46% CONSTRUCTION 0.59% IT 1.43% FASHION 0.51% INVESTMENTS 1.41% TECHNOLOGIES 0.51% PROPERTIES 1.36% ENGINEERING 0.51% M 1.25% CENTRE 0.51% BUILDING 1.21% BUILDING 0.51% ENTERPRISES 1.19% ASSOCIATES 0.51% ELECTRICAL 1.18% TRAINING 0.44% TRAINING 1.17% CLEANING 0.44% 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 562 249,183 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 64 23,532 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 56 24,894 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 39 32,624 99999 - Dormant Company 36 43,384 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 26 54,531 62090 - Other information technology service activities 23 12,664 80100 - Private security activities 18 2,595 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 17 6,591 85590 - Other education not elsewhere classified 17 5,062 86900 - Other human health activities 17 8,465 62012 - Business and domestic software development 16 8,099 41202 - Construction of domestic buildings 15 5,372 88990 - Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified 15 3,096 69202 - Bookkeeping activities 13 2,259 43390 - Other building completion and finishing 12 5,145 63990 - Other information service activities not elsewhere classified 11 4,719 49410 - Freight transport by road 11 5,834 56102 - Unlicensed restaurants and cafes 11 3,220 7487 - Other business activities 11 7,556
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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