Leeds, West Yorkshire
Q3 2010 Business Confidence Report
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)
A total of 962 companies were registered in Leeds during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010).
This figure is an increase of 20.6% versus the same period last year (Q3 2009). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 7.2% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010) Leeds UK 2010 962 101,492 2009 798 94,671 % change 20.6% 7.2% Record Year 2006 (1,774) 2003 (107,203) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2010 322 315 325 New companies in 2009 261 249 288 % change 23.4% 26.5% 12.8% Record Year 2004 (587) 2006 (596) 2006 (630)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)
A total of 921 companies were dissolved in Leeds during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010).
This figure is a decrease of 91.2% versus the same period last year (Q3 2009). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 45.0% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010) Leeds UK 2010 921 87,705 2009 10,519 159,401 % change -91.2% -45.0% Record Year 2009 (10,519) 2009 (159,401) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)
Dissolved Companies by Month
July August September Closed companies in 2010 291 298 332 Closed companies in 2009 5,157 4,219 1,143 % change -94.4% -92.9% -71% Record Year 2009 (5,157) 2009 (4,219) 2009 (1,143)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)
Net company growth for Leeds during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010) was 41 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010) Leeds UK 2010 41 13,787 2009 -9,721 -64,730 Record Year 2006 (1,414) 2003 (60,597) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)
Net Growth by Month
July August September Net growth in 2010 31 17 -7 Net growth in 2009 -4,896 -3,970 -855 Record Year 2004 (489) 2006 (458) 2004 (528)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)
In the third quarter of 2010, Leeds formed 0.9% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010) Leeds 2010 0.9% 2009 0.8% 2008 0.9% 2007 0.9% 2006 1.9% Record Year (since 1960) 1964 (2.2%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)
Company Share by Month
July August September UK formation share in 2010 0.9% 1.0% 0.9% UK formation share in 2009 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% % change 14.7% 14.8% 8.2% Record Year 1964 (2.9%) 1977 (2.4%) 1963 (2.6%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)
The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2010 was 42.8.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.0% compared to the UK figure of 2.7%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.5% compared to the UK figure of 4.4%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)
The record third quarter for female directors in Leeds was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.
24.7% of all director appointments in Leeds in the third quarter of 2010 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Sep 2009-Sep 2010)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage MANAGEMENT 2.20% MANAGEMENT 5.06% LEEDS 1.93% CONSULTING 4.99% CONSULTING 1.64% CONSULTANCY 3.12% (LEEDS) 1.51% PROPERTY 2.38% PROPERTY 1.19% TRADING 2.04% ASSOCIATES 0.97% ASSOCIATES 2.01% (YORKSHIRE) 0.94% DESIGN 1.93% CONSULTANCY 0.92% CONSTRUCTION 1.86% MEDIA 0.83% BUSINESS 1.80% YORKSHIRE 0.83% MEDIA 1.75% DESIGN 0.81% CONSULTANTS 1.73% BUSINESS 0.81% LONDON 1.59% CONSTRUCTION 0.72% ENGINEERING 1.59% MARKETING 0.70% INVESTMENTS 1.49% CARE 0.63% CARE 1.44% HOLDINGS 0.63% J 1.44% INVESTMENTS 0.63% INTERNATIONAL 1.43% DIRECT 0.61% GLOBAL 1.42% C 0.58% IT 1.35% PROPERTIES 0.56% PROPERTIES 1.35% BUILDING 0.54% BUILDING 1.32% ELECTRICAL 0.54% ELECTRICAL 1.30% CONSULTANTS 0.52% M 1.28% TRAINING 0.52% SYSTEMS 1.26% SYSTEMS 0.52% S 1.24%
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 1,838 202,902 7487 - Other business activities 425 69,802 9999 - Dormant Company 156 21,484 99999 - Dormant Company 132 14,072 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 125 25,053 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 112 13,161 7414 - Business & management consultancy 105 14,940 7499 - Non-trading company 102 13,408 7260 - Other computer related activities 90 8,967 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 77 8,183 9305 - Other service activities 69 9,454 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 64 7,634 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 63 8,292 74990 - Non-trading company 62 7,649 7011 - Development & sell real estate 54 3,743 62090 - Other information technology service activities 53 5,716 7450 - Labour recruitment 50 2,972 5530 - Restaurants 49 5,181 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 47 7,767 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 43 3,631
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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