Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Q3 2013 Business Confidence Report
NOTICE: We have improved our calculations of the statistics in these reports, so some figures and records may not match previous reports.
Headlines
- Q3 2013 saw a new record in company registrations in Huddersfield when compared to any previous Q3.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
Q3 2013 saw a new record in company registrations in Huddersfield when compared to any previous Q3.
A total of 317 companies were registered in Huddersfield during the third quarter of 2013 (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013).
This figure is an increase of 10.8% versus the same period last year (Q3 2012). This figure compares equally to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 11.6% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013) Huddersfield UK 2013 317 132,684 2012 286 118,868 % change 10.8% 11.6% Record Year 2013 (317) 2013 (132,684) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2013)
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2013 106 100 111 New companies in 2012 96 88 102 % change 10.4% 13.6% 8.8% Record Year 2003 (115) 2013 (100) 2003 (117)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
A total of 212 companies were dissolved in Huddersfield during the third quarter of 2013 (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013).
This figure is an increase of 10.4% versus the same period last year (Q3 2012). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 13.5% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013) Huddersfield UK 2013 212 86,170 2012 192 75,908 % change 10.4% 13.5% Record Year 2009 (239) 2009 (159,405) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2013)
Dissolved Companies by Month
July August September Closed companies in 2013 60 73 79 Closed companies in 2012 69 80 43 % change -13.0% -8.8% 84% Record Year 2012 (69) 2008 (149) 2009 (123)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
Net company growth for Huddersfield during the third quarter of 2013 (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013) was 105 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013) Huddersfield UK 2013 105 46,514 2012 94 42,960 Record Year 2011 (120) 2013 (46,514) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2013)
Net Growth by Month
July August September Net growth in 2013 46 27 32 Net growth in 2012 27 8 59 Record Year 2008 (83) 2007 (42) 2003 (81)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
In the third quarter of 2013, Huddersfield formed 0.2% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013) Huddersfield 2013 0.2% 2012 0.2% 2011 0.2% 2010 0.2% 2009 0.2% Record Year (since 1960) 2003 (0.3%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2013)
Company Share by Month
July August September UK formation share in 2013 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% UK formation share in 2012 0.2% 0.2% 0.3% % change -1.2% 4.2% -4.6% Record Year 2008 (0.3%) 1973 (0.5%) 2003 (0.3%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2013 was 41.3.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 1.3% compared to the UK figure of 3.7%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 6.3% compared to the UK figure of 4.5%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
The record third quarter for female directors in Huddersfield was in 2006 when 33.1% of all directors were female.
28.1% of all director appointments in Huddersfield in the third quarter of 2013 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.2% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Sep 2012-Sep 2013)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage HUDDERSFIELD 1.20% CONSULTING 5.27% CONSULTANCY 1.20% MANAGEMENT 4.75% S 0.93% CONSULTANCY 3.45% CONSULTING 0.82% PROPERTY 2.53% MANAGEMENT 0.76% TRADING 2.08% (HUDDERSFIELD) 0.76% ENGINEERING 1.83% MARKETING 0.76% LONDON 1.79% PROPERTY 0.71% DESIGN 1.78% YORKSHIRE 0.71% BUSINESS 1.74% CARE 0.65% CONSTRUCTION 1.70% HEALTH 0.60% CONSULTANTS 1.69% ENGINEERING 0.60% CARE 1.64% ASSOCIATES 0.60% ASSOCIATES 1.61% (YORKSHIRE) 0.54% GLOBAL 1.59% ELECTRICAL 0.54% J 1.54% DIRECT 0.54% MEDIA 1.54% H 0.49% INVESTMENTS 1.53% CONSTRUCTION 0.49% PROPERTIES 1.45% MEDICAL 0.49% IT 1.39% TRAINING 0.44% M 1.25% IT 0.44% ELECTRICAL 1.20% INVESTMENTS 0.44% BUILDING 1.19% PROJECT 0.44% CAPITAL 1.19% BUSINESS 0.38% DEVELOPMENTS 1.16% DESIGN 0.38% TRAINING 1.15%
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 552 260,135 99999 - Dormant Company 141 46,169 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 86 34,970 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 71 26,675 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 68 54,854 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 56 17,715 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 45 25,547 86900 - Other human health activities 29 9,203 74990 - Non-trading company 28 14,228 43210 - Electrical installation 28 5,724 62012 - Business and domestic software development 27 9,104 47990 - Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets 26 5,706 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet 25 8,475 62090 - Other information technology service activities 24 12,516 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 22 6,979 43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified 21 7,590 56101 - Licensed restaurants 21 7,531 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 21 8,312 41100 - Development of building projects 20 9,271 56302 - Public houses and bars 20 5,437
Recent Companies
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