Derby, Derbyshire
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
- February 2013 saw a new record in net growth in Derby when compared to any previous February.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
A total of 511 companies were registered in Derby during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).
This figure is a decrease of 2.7% 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) Derby UK 2013 511 134,802 2012 525 131,491 % change -2.7% 2.5% Record Year 2012 (525) 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 166 150 195 New companies in 2012 169 185 171 % change -1.8% -18.9% 14.0% Record Year 2012 (169) 2012 (185) 2007 (206)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
A total of 221 companies were dissolved in Derby during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).
This figure is a decrease of 4.3% versus the same period last year (Q1 2012). This figure compares well 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) Derby UK 2013 221 77,914 2012 231 67,576 % change -4.3% 15.3% Record Year 2009 (347) 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 113 35 73 Closed companies in 2012 69 78 84 % change 63.8% -55.1% -13% Record Year 2011 (136) 2011 (97) 2009 (225)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
Net company growth for Derby during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) was 290 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Derby UK 2013 290 56,888 2012 294 63,915 Record Year 2012 (294) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
February 2013 saw a new record in net growth in Derby when compared to any previous February.
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2013 53 115 122 Net growth in 2012 100 107 87 Record Year 2012 (100) 2013 (115) 2007 (138)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
In the first quarter of 2013, Derby formed 0.4% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Derby 2013 0.4% 2012 0.4% 2011 0.4% 2010 0.4% 2009 0.4% Record Year (since 1960) 2003 (0.4%) 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 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% UK formation share in 2012 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% % change -11.9% -19.5% 17.9% Record Year 1977 (0.7%) 1986 (0.5%) 1982 (0.5%)
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 47.5.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.5% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 1.6% 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 Derby was in 2004 when 36.3% of all directors were female.
29.8% of all director appointments in Derby 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 DERBY 2.00% CONSULTING 5.18% ENGINEERING 1.69% MANAGEMENT 4.78% CONSULTING 1.65% CONSULTANCY 3.30% (DERBY) 1.61% PROPERTY 2.44% MANAGEMENT 1.42% TRADING 2.06% CONSULTANCY 0.96% DESIGN 1.79% BUSINESS 0.85% ENGINEERING 1.78% CONSTRUCTION 0.85% BUSINESS 1.77% IT 0.73% ASSOCIATES 1.75% ELECTRICAL 0.73% LONDON 1.72% PROPERTIES 0.73% CONSULTANTS 1.71% ASSOCIATES 0.69% CONSTRUCTION 1.69% TRADING 0.69% MEDIA 1.63% MIDLANDS 0.65% GLOBAL 1.57% SUPPORT 0.61% J 1.56% M 0.61% CARE 1.46% DESIGN 0.61% IT 1.43% BUILDING 0.58% INVESTMENTS 1.41% R 0.58% PROPERTIES 1.36% J 0.58% M 1.25% PROPERTY 0.50% BUILDING 1.21% MARKETING 0.50% ENTERPRISES 1.19% GLOBAL 0.46% ELECTRICAL 1.18% C 0.46% TRAINING 1.17% ENTERPRISES 0.46% 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 788 249,183 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 137 32,624 99999 - Dormant Company 136 43,384 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 104 54,531 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 91 24,894 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 63 23,532 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 55 16,448 30200 - Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock 52 99 62090 - Other information technology service activities 45 12,664 64209 - Activities of other holding companies not elsewhere classified 43 2,280 74990 - Non-trading company 43 14,129 86900 - Other human health activities 40 8,465 96020 - Hairdressing and other beauty treatment 36 5,248 49410 - Freight transport by road 34 5,834 41100 - Development of building projects 33 8,637 43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified 32 6,954 43390 - Other building completion and finishing 32 5,145 45200 - Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles 32 4,684 42990 - Construction of other civil engineering projects not elsewhere classified 31 2,297 62012 - Business and domestic software development 31 8,099
Recent Companies
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