New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   Q1 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in County Down when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2012 was a record quarter for company registrations in County Down when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 438 companies were registered in County Down during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

   This figure is an increase of 19.7% 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)	County Down	UK
   2012	438	131,491
   2011	366	116,391
   % change	19.7%	13.0%
   Record Year	2012 (438)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2012	438	Q1 2012	131491	1
   Q1 2011	366	Q1 2011	116391	1
   Q1 2010	311	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	237	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	279	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	378	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	279	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	281	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	266	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	331	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2012	438	Q1 2007	166814	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in County Down when compared to any previous February.

   February 2012 was a record month for company registrations in County Down when compared to any month in history.

   January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in County Down when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2012	47941	156
   Feb 2012	44149	159
   Jan 2012	39401	123
   Dec 2011	30598	84
   Nov 2011	40319	141
   Oct 2011	38706	151
   Sep 2011	38920	123
   Aug 2011	38461	129
   Jul 2011	37131	92
   Jun 2011	39725	115
   May 2011	38130	126
   Apr 2011	34489	96

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2012	123	159	156
   New companies in 2011	101	107	158
   % change	21.8%	48.6%	-1.3%
   Record Year	2012 (123)	2012 (159)	2011 (158)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   Q1 2012 saw a new record in company closures in County Down when compared to any previous Q1.

   A total of 213 companies were dissolved in County Down during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

   This figure is a decrease of 7.8% 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)	County Down	UK
   2012	213	67,576
   2011	231	90,986
   % change	-7.8%	-25.7%
   Record Year	2011 (231)	2009 (108,060)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2012	213	Q1 2012	67576	1
   Q1 2011	231	Q1 2011	90986	1
   Q1 2010	104	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	81	Q1 2009	108060	1
   Q1 2008	42	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	66	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	56	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	39	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	36	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	49	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2011	231	Q1 2009	108060	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   February 2012 saw a new record in company closures in County Down when compared to any previous February.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2012	21089	68
   Feb 2012	23245	86
   Jan 2012	23242	59
   Dec 2011	29283	91
   Nov 2011	31065	84
   Oct 2011	19635	64
   Sep 2011	22852	85
   Aug 2011	25745	74
   Jul 2011	23633	76
   Jun 2011	23848	91
   May 2011	31305	152
   Apr 2011	16171	44

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2012	59	86	68
   Closed companies in 2011	66	76	89
   % change	-10.6%	13.2%	-24%
   Record Year	2011 (66)	2012 (86)	2011 (89)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   Net company growth for County Down during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 225 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)	County Down	UK
   2012	225	63,915
   2011	135	25,405
   Record Year	2007 (312)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2012	225	366	Q1 2012	63915	116391	1
   Q1 2011	135	311	Q1 2011	25405	105137	1
   Q1 2010	207	237	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	156	279	Q1 2009	-17026	96698	1
   Q1 2008	237	378	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	312	279	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	223	281	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	242	266	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	230	331	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	282	198	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2007	312	0	Q1 2007	111282	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   February 2012 saw a new record in net growth in County Down when compared to any previous February.

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2012	26852	88
   Feb 2012	20904	73
   Jan 2012	16159	64
   Dec 2011	1315	-7
   Nov 2011	9254	57
   Oct 2011	19071	87
   Sep 2011	16068	38
   Aug 2011	12716	55
   Jul 2011	13498	16
   Jun 2011	15877	24
   May 2011	6825	-26
   Apr 2011	18318	52

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2012	64	73	88
   Net growth in 2011	35	31	69
   Record Year	2007 (82)	2007 (108)	2003 (125)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   In the first quarter of 2012, County Down formed 0.3% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)	County Down
   2012	0.3%
   2011	0.3%
   2010	0.3%
   2009	0.3%
   2008	0.3%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1977 (0.9%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2012	0.3331	438	1
   Q1 2011	0.3145	366	1
   Q1 2010	0.2958	311	1
   Q1 2009	0.2603	237	1
   Q1 2008	0.2885	279	1
   Q1 2007	0.2266	378	1
   Q1 2006	0.2555	279	1
   Q1 2005	0.2983	281	1
   Q1 2004	0.2908	266	1
   Q1 2003	0.3397	331	1
   Q1 1977	0.9483	35	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2012	0.3254	156
   Feb 2012	0.3601	159
   Jan 2012	0.3122	123
   Dec 2011	0.2745	84
   Nov 2011	0.3497	141
   Oct 2011	0.3901	151
   Sep 2011	0.3160	123
   Aug 2011	0.3354	129
   Jul 2011	0.2478	92
   Jun 2011	0.2895	115
   May 2011	0.3304	126
   Apr 2011	0.2783	96

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2012	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%
   UK formation share in 2011	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%
   % change	4.4%	27.1%	-7.6%
   Record Year	1964 (0.9%)	1962 (1.3%)	1979 (5.7%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 43.7.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.7% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 5.8% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q1 2012	43.7237	5.8366	3.6965	42.7076	4.6029	3.4625
   Q1 2011	45.6659	7.5294	2.5882	43.9398	3.0278	4.2627
   Q1 2010	44.3183	4.8048	2.1021	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	48.6422	11.4370	0.5865	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	47.8145	6.2651	0.2410	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	48.3813	6.9959	0.2743	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	48.0525	7.1429	0.8403	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	49.7319	9.7872	0.0000	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	52.7056	16.0173	0.4329	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	50.7881	10.4089	0.0000	51.4824	0.1191	11.5520

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   The record first quarter for female directors in County Down was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.

   26.7% of all director appointments in County Down in the first quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q1 2012	26.7462	Q1 2012	25.1929	1
   Q1 2011	24.1090	Q1 2011	25.4684	1
   Q1 2010	21.6710	Q1 2010	24.7553	1
   Q1 2009	30.0792	Q1 2009	26.1125	1
   Q1 2008	32.6960	Q1 2008	28.3497	1
   Q1 2007	25.7525	Q1 2007	27.4481	1
   Q1 2006	28.5714	Q1 2006	26.9433	1
   Q1 2005	29.5026	Q1 2005	26.8387	1
   Q1 2004	28.5950	Q1 2004	27.1410	1
   Q1 2003	30.4533	Q1 2003	30.5573	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1926	66.6667	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

1. 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
   (NI)	2.52%	CONSULTING	5.07%
   MANAGEMENT	1.37%	MANAGEMENT	4.74%
   CONSTRUCTION	1.10%	CONSULTANCY	3.30%
   TRADING	1.05%	PROPERTY	2.37%
   PROPERTIES	0.92%	TRADING	2.07%
   ENGINEERING	0.87%	DESIGN	1.93%
   (N.I.)	0.82%	ENGINEERING	1.86%
   ENERGY	0.78%	ASSOCIATES	1.84%
   PROPERTY	0.78%	CONSULTANTS	1.79%
   ENTERPRISES	0.78%	BUSINESS	1.73%
   DESIGN	0.78%	MEDIA	1.72%
   NI	0.73%	CONSTRUCTION	1.72%
   RETAIL	0.64%	LONDON	1.66%
   CONTRACTS	0.64%	J	1.54%
   CONSULTANCY	0.64%	INVESTMENTS	1.51%
   DEVELOPMENTS	0.60%	GLOBAL	1.50%
   COMMUNITY	0.60%	IT	1.40%
   GREEN	0.55%	CARE	1.34%
   LEISURE	0.55%	PROPERTIES	1.31%
   DIRECT	0.55%	ELECTRICAL	1.27%
   CARE	0.55%	M	1.27%
   CONSULTING	0.55%	BUILDING	1.24%
   S	0.55%	ENERGY	1.20%
   TRANSPORT	0.50%	S	1.20%
   ELECTRICAL	0.50%	ENTERPRISES	1.19%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	500	216,665
   7487 - Other business activities	119	52,735
   99999 - Dormant Company	94	25,084
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	64	35,233
   9999 - Dormant Company	62	18,617
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	37	19,704
   41100 - Development of building projects	34	4,984
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	31	12,113
   74990 - Non-trading company	27	9,729
   9305 - Other service activities	27	8,818
   68320 - Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis	26	3,448
   4521 - General construction & civil engineering	24	5,169
   5530 - Restaurants	22	4,633
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	21	14,303
   7499 - Non-trading company	21	9,102
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	20	13,637
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	19	9,892
   49410 - Freight transport by road	19	2,781
   41202 - Construction of domestic buildings	19	3,052
   98000 - Residents property management	18	3,050

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   NI611611	CB2BC LTD	08 Mar 2012
   NI611684	BRIGHT SOLAR RENEWABLES LTD	12 Mar 2012
   NI611769	CULTRA DEVELOPMENTS LTD	16 Mar 2012
   NI611685	BUBBLES DAY CARE LTD	12 Mar 2012
   NI611885	GREEN CHILLI RESTAURANT (BANGOR) LIMITED	26 Mar 2012
   NI611524	ICT316 LTD	05 Mar 2012
   NI611634	NORTH DOWN FUELS LTD	09 Mar 2012
   NI611693	MOTO-GLYM LTD	13 Mar 2012
   NI611924	CERVICAL CANCER NI LTD	27 Mar 2012
   NI611788	COMMANDER IP LIMITED	20 Mar 2012
   NI611990	ARK GLASS LIMITED	30 Mar 2012
   NI611961	B PARK LIVESTOCK LTD	29 Mar 2012
   NI612011	PROTEUS SOLUTIONS (NI) LIMITED	30 Mar 2012
   NI611580	TREEPLE LTD	07 Mar 2012
   NI611891	SM HUGHES LTD	26 Mar 2012
   NI611558	IVEX CONSTRUCTION LTD	06 Mar 2012
   NI611732	JP RETAIL (NI) LTD	14 Mar 2012
   NI611822	EMDALE TRADING LTD	22 Mar 2012
   NI611508	ELK SPIRITS LTD.	02 Mar 2012
   NI611538	CONWAY'S GARAGE LIMITED	05 Mar 2012
   NI611888	AT PROPERTY LTD	26 Mar 2012
   NI611469	GASREFILLS LTD	01 Mar 2012
   NI611586	DESTINATION NEWRY LIMITED	07 Mar 2012
   NI611629	GALGORM PROPERTIES LIMITED	09 Mar 2012
   NI611697	OCB DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED	13 Mar 2012