Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Q3 2011 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- Q3 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Glasgow when compared to any previous Q3.
- September 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Glasgow when compared to any previous September.
- August 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Glasgow when compared to any previous August.
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
Q3 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Glasgow when compared to any previous Q3.
A total of 1,589 companies were registered in Glasgow during the third quarter of 2011 (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011).
This figure is an increase of 15.5% versus the same period last year (Q3 2010). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 12.8% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) Glasgow UK 2011 1,589 114,512 2010 1,376 101,492 % change 15.5% 12.8% Record Year 2011 (1,589) 2011 (114,512) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)
September 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Glasgow when compared to any previous September.
August 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Glasgow when compared to any previous August.
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2011 423 602 564 New companies in 2010 427 470 479 % change -0.9% 28.1% 17.7% Record Year 2010 (427) 2011 (602) 2011 (564)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
A total of 1,256 companies were dissolved in Glasgow during the third quarter of 2011 (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011).
This figure is a decrease of 6.6% versus the same period last year (Q3 2010). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 17.6% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) Glasgow UK 2011 1,256 72,230 2010 1,345 87,705 % change -6.6% -17.6% Record Year 2009 (1,640) 2009 (159,401) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)
Dissolved Companies by Month
July August September Closed companies in 2011 356 416 484 Closed companies in 2010 569 283 493 % change -37.4% 47.0% -2% Record Year 2010 (569) 2009 (799) 2010 (493)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
Net company growth for Glasgow during the third quarter of 2011 (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) was 333 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) Glasgow UK 2011 333 42,282 2010 31 13,787 Record Year 2008 (716) 2003 (60,597) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)
Net Growth by Month
July August September Net growth in 2011 67 186 80 Net growth in 2010 -142 187 -14 Record Year 2003 (243) 2008 (385) 2008 (317)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
In the third quarter of 2011, Glasgow formed 1.4% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) Glasgow 2011 1.4% 2010 1.4% 2009 1.4% 2008 1.3% 2007 1.3% Record Year (since 1960) 1975 (2.5%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)
Company Share by Month
July August September UK formation share in 2011 1.1% 1.6% 1.4% UK formation share in 2010 1.3% 1.5% 1.4% % change -9.3% 7.8% 6.3% Record Year 1975 (3.5%) 1967 (2.4%) 1990 (2.7%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2011 was 42.5.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 4.3% compared to the UK figure of 4.0%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.1% compared to the UK figure of 4.1%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
The record third quarter for female directors in Glasgow was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.
24.4% of all director appointments in Glasgow in the third quarter of 2011 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.0% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Sep 2010-Sep 2011)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage (SCOTLAND) 2.96% CONSULTING 5.11% SCOTLAND 1.73% MANAGEMENT 4.75% CONSULTING 1.59% CONSULTANCY 3.19% MANAGEMENT 1.56% PROPERTY 2.41% GLASGOW 1.55% TRADING 2.06% PROPERTY 1.32% DESIGN 1.94% CONSULTANCY 1.25% ASSOCIATES 1.85% TRADING 0.86% BUSINESS 1.82% ENERGY 0.79% CONSULTANTS 1.76% (GLASGOW) 0.79% ENGINEERING 1.74% BUSINESS 0.77% MEDIA 1.72% PROPERTIES 0.76% CONSTRUCTION 1.72% CENTRE 0.70% LONDON 1.63% ENTERPRISES 0.67% J 1.47% ENGINEERING 0.65% GLOBAL 1.46% DESIGN 0.64% INVESTMENTS 1.43% CONTRACTS 0.64% CARE 1.42% M 0.62% IT 1.38% CONSTRUCTION 0.61% BUILDING 1.30% INVESTMENTS 0.59% PROPERTIES 1.28% CONSULTANTS 0.59% ELECTRICAL 1.27% J 0.59% M 1.25% SYSTEMS 0.55% ENERGY 1.22% SOLAR 0.55% TRAINING 1.21% ELECTRICAL 0.54% S 1.21%
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 3,153 204,493 7487 - Other business activities 898 65,177 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 395 29,245 9999 - Dormant Company 239 22,587 99999 - Dormant Company 196 18,281 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 182 15,760 5530 - Restaurants 158 5,640 7414 - Business & management consultancy 151 14,755 5552 - Catering 128 2,363 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 126 10,137 7260 - Other computer related activities 126 8,686 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 120 7,551 56103 - Take-away food shops and mobile food stands 116 1,777 9305 - Other service activities 115 10,525 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 103 10,018 5540 - Bars 98 2,379 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 90 8,345 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 85 6,321 7499 - Non-trading company 84 11,543 62090 - Other information technology service activities 81 6,798
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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