Crawley, West Sussex
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
- January 2013 saw a new record in company registrations in Crawley when compared to any previous January.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
A total of 175 companies were registered in Crawley during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).
This figure is a decrease of 22.2% versus the same period last year (Q1 2012). This figure compares badly 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) Crawley UK 2013 175 134,802 2012 225 131,491 % change -22.2% 2.5% Record Year 2012 (225) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
January 2013 saw a new record in company registrations in Crawley when compared to any previous January.
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2013 75 44 56 New companies in 2012 60 83 82 % change 25.0% -47.0% -31.7% Record Year 2013 (75) 2012 (83) 2012 (82)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
A total of 149 companies were dissolved in Crawley during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).
This figure is an increase of 33.0% 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) Crawley UK 2013 149 77,914 2012 112 67,576 % change 33.0% 15.3% Record Year 2010 (151) 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 51 46 52 Closed companies in 2012 31 43 38 % change 64.5% 7.0% 37% Record Year 2011 (54) 2010 (56) 2009 (79)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
Net company growth for Crawley during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) was 26 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Crawley UK 2013 26 56,888 2012 113 63,915 Record Year 2007 (115) 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 24 -2 4 Net growth in 2012 29 40 44 Record Year 2007 (32) 2012 (40) 2007 (48)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
In the first quarter of 2013, Crawley formed 0.1% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Crawley 2013 0.1% 2012 0.2% 2011 0.1% 2010 0.1% 2009 0.1% Record Year (since 1960) 1991 (0.3%) 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 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% UK formation share in 2012 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% % change 12.0% -47.4% -29.4% Record Year 1979 (0.3%) 1991 (0.3%) 1991 (0.3%)
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 46.0.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 1.3% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 0.4% 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 Crawley was in 2008 when 27.6% of all directors were female.
25.2% of all director appointments in Crawley 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 CONSULTING 1.63% CONSULTING 5.18% MANAGEMENT 1.15% MANAGEMENT 4.78% GATWICK 0.96% CONSULTANCY 3.30% SUSSEX 0.96% PROPERTY 2.44% PARKING 0.96% TRADING 2.06% PROPERTY 0.96% DESIGN 1.79% GLOBAL 0.86% ENGINEERING 1.78% CONSULTANCY 0.77% BUSINESS 1.77% BUSINESS 0.67% ASSOCIATES 1.75% INVESTMENTS 0.67% LONDON 1.72% CLEANING 0.67% CONSULTANTS 1.71% FINANCE 0.58% CONSTRUCTION 1.69% PRODUCTS 0.58% MEDIA 1.63% M 0.58% GLOBAL 1.57% CRAWLEY 0.48% J 1.56% TRADING 0.48% CARE 1.46% MARKETING 0.48% IT 1.43% AIR 0.48% INVESTMENTS 1.41% INTERNATIONAL 0.48% PROPERTIES 1.36% CONSULTANTS 0.48% M 1.25% SUPPORT 0.38% BUILDING 1.21% TRAINING 0.38% ENTERPRISES 1.19% PARTNERS 0.38% ELECTRICAL 1.18% IT 0.38% TRAINING 1.17% CAR 0.38% 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 400 249,183 99999 - Dormant Company 53 43,384 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 49 24,894 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 44 32,624 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 38 54,531 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 27 23,532 62090 - Other information technology service activities 24 12,664 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 22 16,448 74990 - Non-trading company 21 14,129 62012 - Business and domestic software development 19 8,099 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet 14 7,199 70100 - Activities of head offices 14 3,950 85590 - Other education not elsewhere classified 13 5,062 43210 - Electrical installation 13 5,625 86900 - Other human health activities 12 8,465 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 12 6,591 56290 - Other food services 11 3,148 78109 - Other activities of employment placement agencies 10 3,240 45200 - Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles 10 4,684 43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified 10 6,954
Recent Companies
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