Brentwood, Essex
Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Brentwood when compared to any previous January.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 158 companies were registered in Brentwood during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is an increase of 17.0% 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) Brentwood UK 2012 158 131,491 2011 135 116,391 % change 17.0% 13.0% Record Year 2007 (167) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Brentwood when compared to any previous January.
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2012 50 51 57 New companies in 2011 42 48 45 % change 19.0% 6.3% 26.7% Record Year 2012 (50) 2010 (51) 2007 (81)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 68 companies were dissolved in Brentwood during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 21.8% 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) Brentwood UK 2012 68 67,576 2011 87 90,987 % change -21.8% -25.7% Record Year 2011 (87) 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 22 25 21 Closed companies in 2011 34 25 28 % change -35.3% 0.0% -25% Record Year 2011 (34) 2000 (30) 2009 (56)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
Net company growth for Brentwood during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 90 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Brentwood UK 2012 90 63,915 2011 48 25,404 Record Year 2007 (93) 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 28 26 36 Net growth in 2011 8 23 17 Record Year 2009 (29) 2007 (33) 2007 (51)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
In the first quarter of 2012, Brentwood formed 0.1% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Brentwood 2012 0.1% 2011 0.1% 2010 0.2% 2009 0.1% 2008 0.1% Record Year (since 1960) 1967 (0.3%) 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 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% UK formation share in 2011 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% % change 2.1% -9.1% 18.5% Record Year 1967 (0.7%) 1962 (0.8%) 1961 (0.4%)
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 44.1.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 6.0% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.2% 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 Brentwood was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
26.9% of all director appointments in Brentwood 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 CONSULTING 2.27% CONSULTING 5.07% CONSULTANCY 1.51% MANAGEMENT 4.74% MANAGEMENT 1.40% CONSULTANCY 3.30% BRENTWOOD 1.30% PROPERTY 2.37% ESSEX 0.97% TRADING 2.07% BUILDING 0.86% DESIGN 1.93% DESIGN 0.86% ENGINEERING 1.86% PROPERTY 0.86% ASSOCIATES 1.84% CONSULTANTS 0.76% CONSULTANTS 1.79% R 0.76% BUSINESS 1.73% ASSOCIATES 0.65% MEDIA 1.72% ENTERPRISES 0.65% CONSTRUCTION 1.72% (ESSEX) 0.65% LONDON 1.66% J 0.65% J 1.54% ELECTRICAL 0.54% INVESTMENTS 1.51% SECURITY 0.54% GLOBAL 1.50% CREATIVE 0.54% IT 1.40% CO 0.54% CARE 1.34% HOUSE 0.54% PROPERTIES 1.31% S 0.54% ELECTRICAL 1.27% TRAINING 0.54% M 1.27% CONSTRUCTION 0.54% BUILDING 1.24% ENERGY 0.54% ENERGY 1.20% ENGINEERING 0.54% S 1.20% CAPITAL 0.54% 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 215 216,665 7487 - Other business activities 73 52,735 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 54 35,233 99999 - Dormant Company 47 25,084 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 28 19,704 9999 - Dormant Company 25 18,617 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 18 14,303 7414 - Business & management consultancy 18 12,113 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 16 13,637 62090 - Other information technology service activities 14 8,145 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 12 9,892 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet 11 3,439 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 11 5,169 9305 - Other service activities 10 8,818 7499 - Non-trading company 10 9,102 43220 - Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation 9 2,693 43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified 9 3,931 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 8 4,132 74990 - Non-trading company 8 9,729 7260 - Other computer related activities 8 7,154
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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