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Q1 2015 Business Confidence Report

Headlines

  • January 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in Bristol when compared to any previous January.
  • January 2015 saw a new record in net growth in Bristol when compared to any previous January.

Contents

  1. New Company Registrations
  2. Closed Companies (dissolved)
  3. Net Company Growth
  4. UK Company Share
  5. Director Age
  6. Director Gender
  7. Naming Trends
  8. SIC Data
  9. Recent Companies

New Company Registrations

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    A total of 2,072 companies were registered in Bristol during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015).

    This figure is an increase of 9.1% versus the same period last year (Q1 2014). This figure compares equally 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)BristolUK
    20152,072161,156
    20141,899150,722
    % change9.1%6.9%
    Record Year 2007 (2,575) 2007 (166,814)
    New Companies by Quarter

  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)

    January 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in Bristol when compared to any previous January.

    New Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    New companies in 2015667606799
    New companies in 2014615597687
    % change8.5%1.5%16.3%
    Record Year2015 (667)2007 (767)2007 (1,207)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    A total of 1,163 companies were dissolved in Bristol during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015).

    This figure is an increase of 8.3% 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)BristolUK
    20151,16389,523
    20141,07482,370
    % change8.3%8.7%
    Record Year 2009 (1,597) 2009 (108,066)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter

  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Closed companies in 2015287439437
    Closed companies in 2014324343407
    % change-11.4%28.0%7%
    Record Year2011 (456)2010 (444)2009 (1,072)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    Net company growth for Bristol during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) was 909 companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015)BristolUK
    201590971,633
    201482568,352
    Record Year 2007 (1,792) 2007 (111,282)
    Net Growth by Quarter

  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)

    January 2015 saw a new record in net growth in Bristol when compared to any previous January.

    Net Growth by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Net growth in 2015380167362
    Net growth in 2014291254280
    Record Year2015 (380)2007 (544)2007 (953)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    In the first quarter of 2015, Bristol formed 1.3% of all UK companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015)Bristol
    20151.3%
    20141.3%
    20131.3%
    20121.3%
    20111.4%
    Record Year (since 1960) 1989 (4.0%)
    Company Share by Quarter

  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)

    Company Share by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    UK formation share in 20151.4%1.2%1.3%
    UK formation share in 20141.3%1.2%1.2%
    % change6.4%-6.5%6.0%
    Record Year2008 (1.8%)1989 (7.4%)1989 (3.9%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2015 was 44.9.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.6% compared to the UK figure of 4.1%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 2.8% compared to the UK figure of 3.6%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    The record first quarter for female directors in Bristol was in 2008 when 29.9% of all directors were female.

    25.4% of all director appointments in Bristol 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

  1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2014-Mar 2015)

    Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    CONSULTING2.65%CONSULTING5.23%
    MANAGEMENT2.65%MANAGEMENT4.56%
    BRISTOL2.36%CONSULTANCY3.62%
    CONSULTANCY1.82%PROPERTY2.72%
    PROPERTY1.13%CONSTRUCTION2.19%
    (BRISTOL)1.08%CARE2.13%
    ELECTRICAL0.93%ENGINEERING2.12%
    DESIGN0.89%LONDON1.91%
    CARE0.86%TRADING1.88%
    CONSTRUCTION0.81%TRANSPORT1.82%
    ENGINEERING0.76%ELECTRICAL1.76%
    TRANSPORT0.75%DESIGN1.65%
    WEST0.71%PROPERTIES1.63%
    MEDIA0.65%CO.,1.58%
    IT0.64%J1.55%
    J0.61%CONSULTANTS1.54%
    SOUTH0.59%BUSINESS1.49%
    ROAD0.59%INVESTMENTS1.49%
    CO0.58%GLOBAL1.46%
    BUSINESS0.57%ASSOCIATES1.44%
    ASSOCIATES0.56%DEVELOPMENTS1.36%
    BUILDING0.56%BUILDING1.31%
    DEVELOPMENTS0.54%IT1.30%
    HOUSE0.53%MEDIA1.28%
    PROPERTIES0.52%M1.27%

SIC Data

  1. Previous 36 months, excluding companies less than 12 months old

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied3,566288,953
    99999 - Dormant Company97449,474
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management60243,081
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified48658,522
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities41330,825
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified25729,218
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified23919,098
    74990 - Non-trading company18413,794
    41100 - Development of building projects18211,863
    68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate16811,600
    86900 - Other human health activities16313,990
    62090 - Other information technology service activities16112,862
    62012 - Business and domestic software development1449,651
    47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet14210,200
    49410 - Freight transport by road13712,485
    43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified1289,080
    56101 - Licensed restaurants1168,909
    41202 - Construction of domestic buildings1027,797
    56103 - Take-away food shops and mobile food stands1028,607
    69201 - Accounting and auditing activities1007,682

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    09374020 IMPINJ UK LIMITED 05 Jan 2015
    09378108 CALADAN SOFTWARE LTD 07 Jan 2015
    09382989 WALK DON'T WALK LIMITED 12 Jan 2015
    09384507 ADDOCURA LIMITED 12 Jan 2015
    09386395 ARTERY GLOBAL LTD 13 Jan 2015
    09386565 CEOCORP LIMITED 13 Jan 2015
    09387617 KUSH IT LTD 14 Jan 2015
    09389605 IHYDRO TECH LIMITED 15 Jan 2015
    OC397530 PUT LLP 15 Jan 2015
    09395773 RATZOID LTD 19 Jan 2015
    09399717 THE PALM (LIVERPOOL) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED 21 Jan 2015
    09409773 TELCO & IT CONSULTING LTD 28 Jan 2015
    09409980 BANGKOK JOE'S LIMITED 28 Jan 2015
    09410120 SAFE HOUSE NO.2 LIMITED 28 Jan 2015
    09410871 POWER GS LTD 28 Jan 2015
    09413463 BLUE CORPS BRISTOL LIMITED 30 Jan 2015
    09415286 EFOLDER LTD 30 Jan 2015
    09374687 MARIANNE WEST MARKETING LTD 06 Jan 2015
    09395177 COTTLESTON PROPERTY LIMITED 19 Jan 2015
    09397513 K BANGOURA LTD 20 Jan 2015
    09385251 TOTTERDOWN LIMITED 12 Jan 2015
    09395845 M R SHELLEY & CO (IP) LIMITED 19 Jan 2015
    09395919 OLIVER CANE VIDEO EDITOR LIMITED 20 Jan 2015
    09404557 KINVESTA LTD 26 Jan 2015
    09408823 DWB COMPUTING LIMITED 27 Jan 2015

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