New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2014)

   Q3 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Gravesend when compared to any previous Q3.

   Q3 2014 was a record quarter for company registrations in Gravesend when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 296 companies were registered in Gravesend during the third quarter of 2014 (Jul 2014 - Sep 2014).

   This figure is an increase of 32.7% versus the same period last year (Q3 2013). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 8.1% against the same period last year.

   third quarter (Jul 2014 - Sep 2014)	Gravesend	UK
   2014	296	143,414
   2013	223	132,684
   % change	32.7%	8.1%
   Record Year	2014 (296)	2014 (143,414)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q3 2014	296	Q3 2014	143414	1
   Q3 2013	223	Q3 2013	132684	1
   Q3 2012	155	Q3 2012	118868	1
   Q3 2011	167	Q3 2011	114512	1
   Q3 2010	145	Q3 2010	101492	1
   Q3 2009	152	Q3 2009	94671	1
   Q3 2008	139	Q3 2008	84894	1
   Q3 2007	182	Q3 2007	95412	1
   Q3 2006	143	Q3 2006	95504	1
   Q3 2005	130	Q3 2005	90727	1
   Q3 2014	296	Q3 2014	143414	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2014)

   September 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Gravesend when compared to any previous September.

   August 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Gravesend when compared to any previous August.

   July 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Gravesend when compared to any previous July.

   July 2014 was a record month for company registrations in Gravesend when compared to any month in history.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Sep 2014	48913	95
   Aug 2014	43642	88
   Jul 2014	50859	113
   Jun 2014	47457	73
   May 2014	48503	68
   Apr 2014	54049	83
   Mar 2014	55573	80
   Feb 2014	48177	66
   Jan 2014	46972	70
   Dec 2013	34573	61
   Nov 2013	43108	58
   Oct 2013	49566	88

   New Companies by Month

   	July	August	September
   New companies in 2014	113	88	95
   New companies in 2013	74	81	68
   % change	52.7%	8.6%	39.7%
   Record Year	2014 (113)	2014 (88)	2014 (95)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2014)

   A total of 174 companies were dissolved in Gravesend during the third quarter of 2014 (Jul 2014 - Sep 2014).

   This figure is an increase of 43.8% versus the same period last year (Q3 2013). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 18.0% against the same period last year.

   third quarter (Jul 2014 - Sep 2014)	Gravesend	UK
   2014	174	101,670
   2013	121	86,170
   % change	43.8%	18.0%
   Record Year	2009 (190)	2009 (159,405)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q3 2014	174	Q3 2014	101670	1
   Q3 2013	121	Q3 2013	86170	1
   Q3 2012	124	Q3 2012	75908	1
   Q3 2011	115	Q3 2011	72230	1
   Q3 2010	161	Q3 2010	87705	1
   Q3 2009	190	Q3 2009	159405	1
   Q3 2008	73	Q3 2008	82738	1
   Q3 2007	147	Q3 2007	58666	1
   Q3 2006	47	Q3 2006	51444	1
   Q3 2005	50	Q3 2005	50134	1
   Q3 2009	190	Q3 2009	159405	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2014)

   July 2014 saw a new record in company closures in Gravesend when compared to any previous July.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Sep 2014	36901	70
   Aug 2014	27334	39
   Jul 2014	37435	65
   Jun 2014	32217	49
   May 2014	41200	64
   Apr 2014	21420	35
   Mar 2014	27899	50
   Feb 2014	28186	37
   Jan 2014	26285	27
   Dec 2013	28961	45
   Nov 2013	26600	46
   Oct 2013	35290	77

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	July	August	September
   Closed companies in 2014	65	39	70
   Closed companies in 2013	42	33	46
   % change	54.8%	18.2%	52%
   Record Year	2014 (65)	2010 (60)	2009 (106)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2014)

   Net company growth for Gravesend during the third quarter of 2014 (Jul 2014 - Sep 2014) was 122 companies.

   third quarter (Jul 2014 - Sep 2014)	Gravesend	UK
   2014	122	41,744
   2013	102	46,514
   Record Year	2014 (122)	2013 (46,514)

   quarter	net	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q3 2014	122	Q3 2014	41744	143414	1
   Q3 2013	102	Q3 2013	46514	132684	1
   Q3 2012	31	Q3 2012	42960	118868	1
   Q3 2011	52	Q3 2011	42282	114512	1
   Q3 2010	-16	Q3 2010	13787	101492	1
   Q3 2009	-38	Q3 2009	-64734	94671	1
   Q3 2008	66	Q3 2008	2156	84894	1
   Q3 2007	35	Q3 2007	36746	95412	1
   Q3 2006	96	Q3 2006	44060	95504	1
   Q3 2005	80	Q3 2005	40593	90727	1
   Q3 2014	122	Q3 2013	46514	132684	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2014)

   August 2014 saw a new record in net growth in Gravesend when compared to any previous August.

   month	uk net	net
   Sep 2014	12012	25
   Aug 2014	16308	49
   Jul 2014	13424	48
   Jun 2014	15240	24
   May 2014	7303	4
   Apr 2014	32629	48
   Mar 2014	27674	30
   Feb 2014	19991	29
   Jan 2014	20687	43
   Dec 2013	5612	16
   Nov 2013	16508	12
   Oct 2013	14276	11

   Net Growth by Month

   	July	August	September
   Net growth in 2014	48	49	25
   Net growth in 2013	32	48	22
   Record Year	2008 (50)	2014 (49)	2006 (45)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2014)

   In the third quarter of 2014, Gravesend formed 0.2% of all UK companies.

   third quarter (Jul 2014 - Sep 2014)	Gravesend
   2014	0.2%
   2013	0.2%
   2012	0.1%
   2011	0.1%
   2010	0.1%
   Record Year (since 1960)	2014 (0.2%)

   quarter	percentage	num towns	sort
   Q3 2014	0.2064	296	1
   Q3 2013	0.1681	223	1
   Q3 2012	0.1304	155	1
   Q3 2011	0.1458	167	1
   Q3 2010	0.1429	145	1
   Q3 2009	0.1606	152	1
   Q3 2008	0.1637	139	1
   Q3 2007	0.1908	182	1
   Q3 2006	0.1497	143	1
   Q3 2005	0.1433	130	1
   Q3 2014	0.2064	296	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2014)

   month	percentage	number of companies
   Sep 2014	0.1942	95
   Aug 2014	0.2016	88
   Jul 2014	0.2222	113
   Jun 2014	0.1538	73
   May 2014	0.1402	68
   Apr 2014	0.1536	83
   Mar 2014	0.1440	80
   Feb 2014	0.1370	66
   Jan 2014	0.1490	70
   Dec 2013	0.1764	61
   Nov 2013	0.1345	58
   Oct 2013	0.1775	88

   Company Share by Month

   	July	August	September
   UK formation share in 2014	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
   UK formation share in 2013	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
   % change	38.8%	3.5%	28.2%
   Record Year	2014 (0.2%)	1993 (0.2%)	2007 (0.2%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2014)

   The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2014 was 40.6.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.5% compared to the UK figure of 3.7%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 5.6% compared to the UK figure of 4.5%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q3 2014	40.56617236385227	5.6133	3.5343	42.90946017210008	3.6772	4.5010
   Q3 2013	40.93990725019704	5.1630	2.9891	42.923638440596655	3.6585	4.4862
   Q3 2012	40.86093021133571	5.1780	2.2654	43.2588350388961	3.7057	4.3051
   Q3 2011	42.02572158857577	4.9133	3.4682	43.398876334155844	3.6557	3.9424
   Q3 2010	41.0581296093059	4.9057	1.5094	43.30722610618801	3.2172	3.5799
   Q3 2009	40.38895360923108	10.1852	2.7778	42.91300690059605	3.1815	4.2373
   Q3 2008	39.05323959876751	8.2759	1.3793	42.86334642452172	3.0092	3.8814
   Q3 2007	40.73684253549217	5.0125	2.2556	42.50010083686829	2.4061	3.8631
   Q3 2006	39.669789849558185	3.8710	1.9355	42.375456597680525	2.3686	3.9617
   Q3 2005	40.25576742007709	3.5144	0.6390	42.247439270689526	2.2849	3.8932

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2014)

   The record third quarter for female directors in Gravesend was in 2006 when 34.2% of all directors were female.

   27.4% of all director appointments in Gravesend in the third quarter of 2014 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.3% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q3 2014	27.4428	Q3 2014	26.3294	1
   Q3 2013	26.6304	Q3 2013	26.2380	1
   Q3 2012	29.4498	Q3 2012	26.2498	1
   Q3 2011	23.1214	Q3 2011	26.3269	1
   Q3 2010	24.9057	Q3 2010	25.5482	1
   Q3 2009	25.3086	Q3 2009	25.8498	1
   Q3 2008	27.2414	Q3 2008	26.3760	1
   Q3 2007	32.0802	Q3 2007	27.6529	1
   Q3 2006	34.1935	Q3 2006	27.1470	1
   Q3 2005	25.5591	Q3 2005	26.7499	1
   Q3 2006	34.1935	Q3 2007	27.6529	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

1. Previous 12 months (Sep 2013-Sep 2014)

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

   word	percentage	uk word	uk percentage
   CONSTRUCTION	2.06%	CONSULTING	5.17%
   CONSULTING	1.37%	MANAGEMENT	4.63%
   MANAGEMENT	1.10%	CONSULTANCY	3.55%
   CONSULTANCY	0.89%	PROPERTY	2.62%
   ELECTRICAL	0.89%	ENGINEERING	2.07%
   PROPERTIES	0.89%	CONSTRUCTION	2.05%
   PROPERTY	0.82%	TRADING	2.00%
   BUILDING	0.76%	LONDON	1.95%
   KENT	0.69%	CARE	1.94%
   CONTRACTORS	0.69%	TRANSPORT	1.76%
   TRANSPORT	0.62%	DESIGN	1.70%
   SECURITY	0.62%	CONSULTANTS	1.70%
   PROJECTS	0.55%	PROPERTIES	1.63%
   DESIGN	0.55%	BUSINESS	1.62%
   HAULAGE	0.55%	J	1.53%
   CONSULTANTS	0.55%	ELECTRICAL	1.53%
   HEATING	0.55%	GLOBAL	1.51%
   RAIL	0.55%	INVESTMENTS	1.50%
   ENGINEERING	0.55%	ASSOCIATES	1.48%
   R	0.55%	MEDIA	1.38%
   ASSOCIATES	0.48%	CO.,	1.36%
   MEDICAL	0.48%	DEVELOPMENTS	1.35%
   VENTURES	0.48%	BUILDING	1.30%
   S	0.48%	IT	1.30%
   P	0.48%	M	1.23%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	498	278,481
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	85	57,264
   99999 - Dormant Company	63	48,286
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	47	40,717
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	45	29,313
   43390 - Other building completion and finishing	39	5,786
   43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified	33	8,501
   86900 - Other human health activities	30	11,807
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	29	28,224
   43210 - Electrical installation	26	5,922
   41202 - Construction of domestic buildings	22	7,151
   49410 - Freight transport by road	21	9,960
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	16	12,795
   96020 - Hairdressing and other beauty treatment	16	6,630
   41100 - Development of building projects	15	10,604
   47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet	15	9,914
   86101 - Hospital activities	14	3,680
   47990 - Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets	13	6,327
   43220 - Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation	13	5,083
   62012 - Business and domestic software development	12	9,675

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   09198896	P1 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS LTD	02 Sep 2014
   09201608	N & D CONTRACTING SERVICES LIMITED	03 Sep 2014
   09207156	KAROL LTD	08 Sep 2014
   09210889	BURNETT OIL & HEATING SERVICES LIMITED	09 Sep 2014
   09217101	MUSTGAME LTD	15 Sep 2014
   09222571	EARLY FOUNDATIONS TEACHING SCHOOL ALLIANCE	17 Sep 2014
   09224353	AL BURAQ CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED	18 Sep 2014
   09229566	SOUTH EAST FINEST CONSTRUCTION LTD	22 Sep 2014
   09241932	AMBERS CHOICE LIMITED	30 Sep 2014
   09242549	MONROE DRILLING LTD	30 Sep 2014
   09242606	TRANSPORT ORIENT LIMITED	30 Sep 2014
   OC395489	PENTAR DESIGN PARTNERSHIP LLP	23 Sep 2014
   09197449	MARSSE LIMITED	01 Sep 2014
   09200635	DAVID HEASMAN LTD	02 Sep 2014
   09201687	PFUMO PVT LTD	03 Sep 2014
   09209827	SJG SITE SERVICES LTD	09 Sep 2014
   09226359	OPAL LASER LTD	19 Sep 2014
   09226691	STEFAN BUD LTD	19 Sep 2014
   09227580	SOUTH WESTERN PROJECTS LTD	19 Sep 2014
   09230589	KPM PROJECTS LIMITED	23 Sep 2014
   09234162	SUCHA SUPPLEMENTS LIMITED	24 Sep 2014
   09235301	WARBURTONS ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD	25 Sep 2014
   09237641	DMN DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED	26 Sep 2014
   09241726	LUCYTRANS LIMITED	30 Sep 2014
   09203612	THE GEORGE INN MEOPHAM LIMITED	04 Sep 2014