Birmingham, West Midlands
Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 2,785 companies were registered in Birmingham during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is an increase of 15.1% 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) Birmingham UK 2012 2,785 131,491 2011 2,420 116,391 % change 15.1% 13.0% Record Year 2006 (4,655) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2012 893 880 1,012 New companies in 2011 738 744 938 % change 21.0% 18.3% 7.9% Record Year 2006 (1,499) 2006 (1,363) 2006 (1,793)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 1,685 companies were dissolved in Birmingham during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 44.9% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares well 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) Birmingham UK 2012 1,685 67,576 2011 3,059 90,987 % change -44.9% -25.7% Record Year 2009 (3,706) 2009 (108,065) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2012 612 596 477 Closed companies in 2011 1,413 802 844 % change -56.7% -25.7% -43% Record Year 2011 (1,413) 2009 (903) 2009 (2,297)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
Net company growth for Birmingham during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 1,100 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Birmingham UK 2012 1,100 63,915 2011 -639 25,404 Record Year 2006 (3,862) 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 281 284 535 Net growth in 2011 -675 -58 94 Record Year 2006 (1,171) 2006 (1,124) 2006 (1,567)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
In the first quarter of 2012, Birmingham formed 2.1% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Birmingham 2012 2.1% 2011 2.1% 2010 2.1% 2009 2.3% 2008 2.9% Record Year (since 1960) 2006 (4.3%) 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 2.3% 2.0% 2.1% UK formation share in 2011 2.2% 2.0% 2.1% % change 3.7% 1.2% 0.9% Record Year 2006 (4.7%) 2006 (4.0%) 2006 (4.1%)
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 40.7.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 5.8% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 2.5% 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 Birmingham was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
19.9% of all director appointments in Birmingham in the first quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% 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 MANAGEMENT 2.07% CONSULTING 5.07% TRADING 1.17% MANAGEMENT 4.74% BIRMINGHAM 1.14% CONSULTANCY 3.30% CONSULTANCY 1.12% PROPERTY 2.37% PROPERTY 1.08% TRADING 2.07% CONSULTING 1.07% DESIGN 1.93% CARE 0.99% ENGINEERING 1.86% M 0.93% ASSOCIATES 1.84% S 0.87% CONSULTANTS 1.79% GLOBAL 0.78% BUSINESS 1.73% DESIGN 0.77% MEDIA 1.72% MEDIA 0.72% CONSTRUCTION 1.72% HOUSE 0.72% LONDON 1.66% J 0.72% J 1.54% CONSULTANTS 0.70% INVESTMENTS 1.51% BUSINESS 0.67% GLOBAL 1.50% K 0.66% IT 1.40% INVESTMENTS 0.64% CARE 1.34% CENTRE 0.64% PROPERTIES 1.31% (30) 0.63% ELECTRICAL 1.27% COMMUNITY 0.63% M 1.27% CONSTRUCTION 0.62% BUILDING 1.24% D 0.60% ENERGY 1.20% SECURITY 0.59% S 1.20% MIDLANDS 0.58% 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 5,246 216,665 7487 - Other business activities 1,732 52,735 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 1,496 35,233 99999 - Dormant Company 423 25,084 9999 - Dormant Company 331 18,617 56103 - Take-away food shops and mobile food stands 316 2,902 5227 - Other retail food etc. specialised 242 1,033 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 202 13,637 5530 - Restaurants 188 4,633 9305 - Other service activities 180 8,818 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 173 19,704 7499 - Non-trading company 156 9,102 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 138 14,303 74990 - Non-trading company 137 9,729 7414 - Business & management consultancy 130 12,113 86900 - Other human health activities 128 5,066 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 109 9,892 7260 - Other computer related activities 93 7,154 62090 - Other information technology service activities 92 8,145 86210 - General medical practice activities 86 2,594
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE 07905755 PRYMUS COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 11 Jan 2012 07907362 OPIUS LIMITED 12 Jan 2012 07908207 T R THERMAL OXIDISERS LIMITED 12 Jan 2012 07896202 F CHAMPION LIMITED 04 Jan 2012 07896250 G CHAMPION LIMITED 04 Jan 2012 07896305 C CHAMPION LIMITED 04 Jan 2012 07896337 M CHAMPION LIMITED 04 Jan 2012 07896354 H CHAMPION LIMITED 04 Jan 2012 07896400 K CHAMPION LIMITED 04 Jan 2012 07896477 R CHAMPION LIMITED 04 Jan 2012 07896489 Q CHAMPION LIMITED 04 Jan 2012 07913916 C TEAM LIMITED 18 Jan 2012 07913925 M TEAM LIMITED 18 Jan 2012 07914016 W TEAM LIMITED 18 Jan 2012 07914097 B BRIDGE LIMITED 18 Jan 2012 07914332 N BRIDGE LIMITED 18 Jan 2012 07918816 WELPOOL MANAGEMENT LTD 23 Jan 2012 07919349 LYPPARD GRANGE PROPERTIES LIMITED 23 Jan 2012 07923347 L A H PROPERTY LIMITED 25 Jan 2012 07923639 HAIRSISTERZ (UK) LIMITED 25 Jan 2012 07930147 F GOOD YEAR LIMITED 31 Jan 2012 07930157 D GOOD YEAR LIMITED 31 Jan 2012 07930241 P GOOD YEAR LIMITED 31 Jan 2012 07930286 S GOOD YEAR LIMITED 31 Jan 2012 07930288 W GOOD YEAR LIMITED 31 Jan 2012
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