Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Q1 2010 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- February 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Harrogate when compared to any previous February.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
A total of 162 companies were registered in Harrogate during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).
This figure is a decrease of 2.4% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 15.5% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) Harrogate UK 2010 162 105,137 2009 166 91,034 % change -2.4% 15.5% Record Year 2007 (187) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
February 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Harrogate when compared to any previous February.
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2010 33 61 68 New companies in 2009 57 50 59 % change -42.1% 22.0% 15.3% Record Year 2009 (57) 2010 (61) 2007 (87)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
A total of 93 companies were dissolved in Harrogate during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).
This figure is a decrease of 18.4% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 23.5% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) Harrogate UK 2010 93 82,677 2009 114 108,060 % change -18.4% -23.5% Record Year 2009 (114) 2009 (108,060) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2010 21 32 40 Closed companies in 2009 23 23 68 % change -8.7% 39.1% -41% Record Year 2007 (26) 2008 (41) 2009 (68)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
Net company growth for Harrogate during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) was 69 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) Harrogate UK 2010 69 22,460 2009 52 -17,026 Record Year 2007 (123) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2010 12 29 28 Net growth in 2009 34 27 -9 Record Year 2009 (34) 2003 (44) 2007 (72)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
In the first quarter of 2010, Harrogate formed 0.2% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) Harrogate 2010 0.2% 2009 0.2% 2008 0.1% 2007 0.1% 2006 0.1% Record Year (since 1960) 1974 (0.3%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2010 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% UK formation share in 2009 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% % change -46.3% 4.5% -4.2% Record Year 1964 (0.6%) 1968 (0.3%) 1974 (0.7%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2010 was 46.8.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 1.0% compared to the UK figure of 2.0%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.4% compared to the UK figure of 4.9%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
The record first quarter for female directors in Harrogate was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
29.3% of all director appointments in Harrogate in the first quarter of 2010 were female. This compares to a UK average of 24.7% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2009-Mar 2010)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTING 2.07% MANAGEMENT 5.01% MANAGEMENT 1.97% CONSULTING 4.60% HARROGATE 1.68% CONSULTANCY 2.87% YORKSHIRE 1.38% PROPERTY 2.50% (HARROGATE) 1.18% ASSOCIATES 2.04% CONSULTANCY 1.08% TRADING 1.93% PROPERTY 0.99% DESIGN 1.91% BUSINESS 0.99% CONSTRUCTION 1.87% DESIGN 0.89% MEDIA 1.84% INVESTMENTS 0.69% BUSINESS 1.74% M 0.59% INTERNATIONAL 1.73% MAINTENANCE 0.59% CONSULTANTS 1.63% CAPITAL 0.59% ENGINEERING 1.54% MEDIA 0.59% J 1.48% ASSOCIATES 0.59% LONDON 1.45% PROPERTIES 0.49% INVESTMENTS 1.45% PRODUCTS 0.49% GROUP 1.37% HEALTH 0.49% GLOBAL 1.35% SPIRITUS 0.49% PROPERTIES 1.35% RIPLEY 0.49% BUILDING 1.34% NORTH 0.39% CARE 1.33% PARTNERSHIP 0.39% ELECTRICAL 1.30% HOLDINGS 0.39% M 1.28% INTERNATIONAL 0.39% SYSTEMS 1.25% MARKETING 0.39% S 1.23%
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 232 228,645 7487 - Other business activities 77 74,904 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 42 14,007 99999 - Dormant Company 34 13,808 7414 - Business & management consultancy 33 17,003 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 30 26,974 9999 - Dormant Company 27 19,948 7499 - Non-trading company 25 15,398 70100 - Activities of head offices 24 3,137 74990 - Non-trading company 21 8,149 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 19 9,943 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 19 7,143 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 19 9,659 7260 - Other computer related activities 18 10,331 7011 - Development & sell real estate 13 5,300 41100 - Development of building projects 12 4,513 62090 - Other information technology service activities 12 6,340 7032 - Manage real estate, fee or contract 12 2,355 9305 - Other service activities 11 9,038 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 11 8,154
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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