Birmingham, West Midlands
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
- The record first quarter for female directors in Birmingham was in 2013 when 24.2% of all directors were female.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
A total of 2,689 companies were registered in Birmingham during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).
This figure is a decrease of 3.4% versus the same period last year (Q1 2012). This figure compares equally 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) Birmingham UK 2013 2,689 134,802 2012 2,785 131,491 % change -3.4% 2.5% Record Year 2006 (4,655) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2013 904 864 921 New companies in 2012 893 880 1,012 % change 1.2% -1.8% -9.0% Record Year 2006 (1,499) 2006 (1,363) 2006 (1,793)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
A total of 2,253 companies were dissolved in Birmingham during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).
This figure is an increase of 33.9% versus the same period last year (Q1 2012). This figure compares poorly 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) Birmingham UK 2013 2,253 77,914 2012 1,683 67,576 % change 33.9% 15.3% Record Year 2009 (3,706) 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 967 666 620 Closed companies in 2012 611 596 476 % change 58.3% 11.7% 30% Record Year 2011 (1,414) 2009 (903) 2009 (2,297)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
Net company growth for Birmingham during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) was 436 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Birmingham UK 2013 436 56,888 2012 1,102 63,915 Record Year 2006 (3,863) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2013 -63 198 301 Net growth in 2012 282 284 536 Record Year 2006 (1,171) 2006 (1,124) 2006 (1,568)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
In the first quarter of 2013, Birmingham formed 2.0% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Birmingham 2013 2.0% 2012 2.1% 2011 2.1% 2010 2.1% 2009 2.3% Record Year (since 1960) 2006 (4.3%) 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 2.1% 1.9% 2.0% UK formation share in 2012 2.3% 2.0% 2.1% % change -9.2% -2.5% -5.9% Record Year 2006 (4.7%) 2006 (4.0%) 2006 (4.1%)
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 45.2.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 4.0% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.3% 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 Birmingham was in 2013 when 24.2% of all directors were female.
24.2% of all director appointments in Birmingham 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 MANAGEMENT 1.91% CONSULTING 5.18% TRADING 1.61% MANAGEMENT 4.78% CONSULTING 1.26% CONSULTANCY 3.30% BIRMINGHAM 1.08% PROPERTY 2.44% CARE 1.03% TRADING 2.06% CONSULTANCY 1.02% DESIGN 1.79% TRADE 0.90% ENGINEERING 1.78% BUSINESS 0.88% BUSINESS 1.77% DESIGN 0.86% ASSOCIATES 1.75% J 0.85% LONDON 1.72% GLOBAL 0.81% CONSULTANTS 1.71% PROPERTY 0.78% CONSTRUCTION 1.69% R 0.77% MEDIA 1.63% M 0.76% GLOBAL 1.57% GOLDEN 0.75% J 1.56% H 0.72% CARE 1.46% K 0.70% IT 1.43% CITY 0.69% INVESTMENTS 1.41% S 0.68% PROPERTIES 1.36% D 0.63% M 1.25% C 0.62% BUILDING 1.21% ALLIANCE 0.62% ENTERPRISES 1.19% MIDLANDS 0.62% ELECTRICAL 1.18% MEDIA 0.61% TRAINING 1.17% G 0.60% 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 6,318 249,183 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 1,929 54,531 99999 - Dormant Company 785 43,384 56103 - Take-away food shops and mobile food stands 629 5,629 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 378 23,532 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 308 32,624 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 293 24,894 7487 - Other business activities 293 7,556 56101 - Licensed restaurants 290 6,894 86900 - Other human health activities 209 8,465 74990 - Non-trading company 200 14,129 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 171 16,448 62090 - Other information technology service activities 170 12,664 86210 - General medical practice activities 152 4,062 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet 148 7,199 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 123 7,507 49410 - Freight transport by road 115 5,834 85590 - Other education not elsewhere classified 113 5,062 88990 - Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified 113 3,096 47110 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating 111 2,989
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE 08389726 CLASSIC CHAIRS LIMITED 05 Feb 2013 08389983 RENEWABLE WASTE SOLUTIONS LIMITED 05 Feb 2013 08390959 SCONAR LTD 06 Feb 2013 08391692 INROSE LIMITED 06 Feb 2013 08395559 SUNFLOWER CAFE LIMITED 08 Feb 2013 08399804 SUTTON STREET HOLDINGS LIMITED 12 Feb 2013 08415107 A J DETAILING LIMITED 22 Feb 2013 08417926 H20 TW LTD 25 Feb 2013 08418498 BEHIND THE CURTAIN LIMITED 25 Feb 2013 08387331 G P (MAN) LIMITED 04 Feb 2013 08393205 M BEST LIMITED 07 Feb 2013 08393222 J BEST LIMITED 07 Feb 2013 08393316 Y BEST LIMITED 07 Feb 2013 08393343 R BEST LIMITED 07 Feb 2013 08393702 THE NAIJA FOOD COMPANY LTD 07 Feb 2013 08398841 BOBOQ BIRMINGHAM LTD 12 Feb 2013 08401562 KENLEYRISE LIMITED 13 Feb 2013 08402582 PUMA (2016) LIMITED 14 Feb 2013 08403081 LIGHT MARKX LTD 14 Feb 2013 08406970 CARINGPHARM LIMITED 18 Feb 2013 08410599 K PEARL LIMITED 19 Feb 2013 08410655 C PEARL LIMITED 19 Feb 2013 08410761 T PEARL LIMITED 19 Feb 2013 08410811 W PEARL LIMITED 20 Feb 2013 08415135 TW (2013) LIMITED 22 Feb 2013
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