Harrow, Greater London
Q3 2012 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- July 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Harrow when compared to any previous July.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 684 companies were registered in Harrow during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 2.8% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares equally to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.8% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Harrow UK 2012 684 118,868 2011 704 114,512 % change -2.8% 3.8% Record Year 2011 (704) 2012 (118,868) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
July 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Harrow when compared to any previous July.
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2012 243 210 231 New companies in 2011 219 223 262 % change 11.0% -5.8% -11.8% Record Year 2012 (243) 2006 (252) 2011 (262)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 458 companies were dissolved in Harrow during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 5.0% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.5% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Harrow UK 2012 458 74,772 2011 482 72,230 % change -5.0% 3.5% Record Year 2009 (748) 2009 (159,401) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Dissolved Companies by Month
July August September Closed companies in 2012 164 148 146 Closed companies in 2011 152 174 156 % change 7.9% -14.9% -6% Record Year 2009 (203) 2008 (411) 2009 (328)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
Net company growth for Harrow during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) was 226 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Harrow UK 2012 226 44,096 2011 222 42,282 Record Year 1995 (256) 2003 (60,597) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Net Growth by Month
July August September Net growth in 2012 79 62 85 Net growth in 2011 67 49 106 Record Year 2008 (207) 1995 (101) 2008 (132)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
In the third quarter of 2012, Harrow formed 0.6% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Harrow 2012 0.6% 2011 0.6% 2010 0.6% 2009 0.7% 2008 0.7% Record Year (since 1960) 1962 (1.0%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Company Share by Month
July August September UK formation share in 2012 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% UK formation share in 2011 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% % change -0.4% -5.1% -12.8% Record Year 1972 (1.0%) 1962 (1.1%) 1962 (1.1%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2012 was 39.5.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 7.2% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.8% compared to the UK figure of 3.2%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
The record third quarter for female directors in Harrow was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.
19.9% of all director appointments in Harrow in the third quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.7% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Sep 2011-Sep 2012)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTING 1.81% CONSULTING 5.05% LONDON 1.54% MANAGEMENT 4.75% CONSULTANCY 1.46% CONSULTANCY 3.28% CONSULTANTS 1.11% PROPERTY 2.35% MANAGEMENT 1.05% TRADING 2.08% TRADING 1.05% DESIGN 1.87% PROPERTY 1.03% ASSOCIATES 1.84% PROPERTIES 0.81% ENGINEERING 1.83% BUSINESS 0.78% CONSULTANTS 1.76% INVESTMENTS 0.70% BUSINESS 1.72% IT 0.59% CONSTRUCTION 1.70% PRODUCTIONS 0.59% MEDIA 1.67% CAR 0.59% LONDON 1.67% CONSTRUCTION 0.57% J 1.55% MEDIA 0.57% GLOBAL 1.53% ASSOCIATES 0.57% INVESTMENTS 1.46% CARE 0.57% IT 1.43% GLOBAL 0.57% PROPERTIES 1.34% DESIGN 0.54% CARE 1.32% TECHNOLOGIES 0.54% M 1.27% S 0.51% BUILDING 1.22% ENTERPRISES 0.51% ENTERPRISES 1.20% M 0.49% ELECTRICAL 1.20% (LONDON) 0.49% S 1.17% MEDICAL 0.46% SECURITY 1.16%
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 2,089 331,455 7487 - Other business activities 288 35,545 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 185 33,677 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 177 13,716 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 152 14,774 99999 - Dormant Company 130 25,035 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 98 19,425 62090 - Other information technology service activities 69 7,869 7414 - Business & management consultancy 58 8,437 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 58 4,997 9999 - Dormant Company 55 12,598 9305 - Other service activities 50 6,142 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 42 4,119 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 41 9,891 74990 - Non-trading company 41 9,203 62012 - Business and domestic software development 40 4,584 5530 - Restaurants 39 3,142 41100 - Development of building projects 36 4,965 56101 - Licenced restaurants 35 2,563 7260 - Other computer related activities 33 4,979
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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