Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Q3 2011 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- August 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Huddersfield when compared to any previous August.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
A total of 269 companies were registered in Huddersfield during the third quarter of 2011 (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011).
This figure is an increase of 10.7% versus the same period last year (Q3 2010). This figure compares equally 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) Huddersfield UK 2011 269 114,512 2010 243 101,492 % change 10.7% 12.8% Record Year 2003 (294) 2011 (114,512) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)
August 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Huddersfield when compared to any previous August.
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2011 96 100 73 New companies in 2010 84 80 79 % change 14.3% 25.0% -7.6% Record Year 2003 (115) 2011 (100) 2003 (117)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
A total of 149 companies were dissolved in Huddersfield during the third quarter of 2011 (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011).
This figure is a decrease of 14.9% 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) Huddersfield UK 2011 149 72,230 2010 175 87,705 % change -14.9% -17.6% Record Year 2009 (239) 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 48 65 36 Closed companies in 2010 47 80 48 % change 2.1% -18.8% -25% Record Year 2009 (57) 2008 (149) 2009 (123)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
Net company growth for Huddersfield during the third quarter of 2011 (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) was 120 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) Huddersfield UK 2011 120 42,282 2010 68 13,787 Record Year 2003 (173) 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 48 35 37 Net growth in 2010 37 0 31 Record Year 2008 (83) 2007 (42) 2003 (81)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
In the third quarter of 2011, Huddersfield formed 0.2% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) Huddersfield 2011 0.2% 2010 0.2% 2009 0.2% 2008 0.3% 2007 0.2% Record Year (since 1960) 1970 (0.4%) 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 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% UK formation share in 2010 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% % change 4.6% 5.2% -16.5% Record Year 1982 (0.6%) 1976 (0.5%) 1970 (0.5%)
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 43.8.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.7% compared to the UK figure of 4.0%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.4% 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 Huddersfield was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.
27.6% of all director appointments in Huddersfield 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 CONSULTING 1.46% CONSULTING 5.11% YORKSHIRE 1.34% MANAGEMENT 4.75% MANAGEMENT 1.34% CONSULTANCY 3.19% HUDDERSFIELD 0.97% PROPERTY 2.41% STRATEGIES 0.91% TRADING 2.06% CONSTRUCTION 0.91% DESIGN 1.94% CARE 0.85% ASSOCIATES 1.85% CONSULTANCY 0.79% BUSINESS 1.82% ENERGY 0.73% CONSULTANTS 1.76% PROPERTY 0.73% ENGINEERING 1.74% (HUDDERSFIELD) 0.73% MEDIA 1.72% INVESTMENTS 0.67% CONSTRUCTION 1.72% R 0.67% LONDON 1.63% DIRECT 0.67% J 1.47% BAR 0.67% GLOBAL 1.46% TRADING 0.67% INVESTMENTS 1.43% (YORKSHIRE) 0.61% CARE 1.42% TRAINING 0.55% IT 1.38% DESIGN 0.55% BUILDING 1.30% CONSULTANTS 0.55% PROPERTIES 1.28% PROPERTIES 0.49% ELECTRICAL 1.27% ENTERPRISES 0.49% M 1.25% CLEANING 0.49% ENERGY 1.22% P 0.49% TRAINING 1.21% M 0.49% 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 480 204,493 7487 - Other business activities 127 65,177 99999 - Dormant Company 48 18,281 9999 - Dormant Company 44 22,587 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 41 15,760 9305 - Other service activities 40 10,525 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 40 29,245 7414 - Business & management consultancy 37 14,755 86900 - Other human health activities 32 4,019 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 30 7,551 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 26 6,321 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 24 10,018 74990 - Non-trading company 23 8,064 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 22 10,137 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 21 8,345 86210 - General medical practice activities 19 1,986 5530 - Restaurants 18 5,640 62090 - Other information technology service activities 17 6,798 7499 - Non-trading company 17 11,543 41100 - Development of building projects 17 3,697
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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