Leicester, Leicestershire
Q1 2010 Business Confidence Report
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
A total of 766 companies were registered in Leicester during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).
This figure is an increase of 12.6% 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) Leicester UK 2010 766 105,137 2009 680 91,034 % change 12.6% 15.5% Record Year 2003 (798) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2010 207 243 316 New companies in 2009 160 201 319 % change 29.4% 20.9% -0.9% Record Year 2003 (242) 2007 (252) 2009 (319)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
A total of 581 companies were dissolved in Leicester during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).
This figure is a decrease of 6.0% 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) Leicester UK 2010 581 82,677 2009 618 108,060 % change -6.0% -23.5% Record Year 2009 (618) 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 145 153 283 Closed companies in 2009 90 135 393 % change 61.1% 13.3% -28% Record Year 2006 (151) 2008 (181) 2009 (393)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
Net company growth for Leicester during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) was 185 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) Leicester UK 2010 185 22,460 2009 62 -17,026 Record Year 2003 (519) 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 62 90 33 Net growth in 2009 70 66 -74 Record Year 2003 (143) 2003 (168) 2008 (238)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
In the first quarter of 2010, Leicester formed 0.7% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) Leicester 2010 0.7% 2009 0.7% 2008 0.7% 2007 0.5% 2006 0.7% Record Year (since 1960) 1971 (1.2%) 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 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% UK formation share in 2009 0.6% 0.7% 0.9% % change 20.0% 3.5% -17.7% Record Year 1971 (1.8%) 1969 (1.7%) 1973 (1.2%)
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 43.8.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 2.4% compared to the UK figure of 2.0%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.2% 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 Leicester was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
22.4% of all director appointments in Leicester 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 (LEICESTER) 2.35% MANAGEMENT 5.01% LEICESTER 1.87% CONSULTING 4.60% MANAGEMENT 1.35% CONSULTANCY 2.87% CONSULTANCY 0.98% PROPERTY 2.50% CARE 0.89% ASSOCIATES 2.04% CONSULTING 0.83% TRADING 1.93% S 0.80% DESIGN 1.91% PROPERTY 0.75% CONSTRUCTION 1.87% TRADING 0.75% MEDIA 1.84% BUSINESS 0.72% BUSINESS 1.74% CENTRE 0.72% INTERNATIONAL 1.73% DESIGN 0.69% CONSULTANTS 1.63% ASSOCIATES 0.69% ENGINEERING 1.54% M 0.69% J 1.48% SYSTEMS 0.66% LONDON 1.45% PROPERTIES 0.66% INVESTMENTS 1.45% CONSTRUCTION 0.63% GROUP 1.37% J 0.63% GLOBAL 1.35% INTERNATIONAL 0.60% PROPERTIES 1.35% CLOTHING 0.60% BUILDING 1.34% INVESTMENTS 0.60% CARE 1.33% GLOBAL 0.57% ELECTRICAL 1.30% R 0.57% M 1.28% MARKETING 0.55% SYSTEMS 1.25% K 0.55% 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 1,416 228,645 7487 - Other business activities 392 74,904 9999 - Dormant Company 150 19,948 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 109 26,974 7499 - Non-trading company 100 15,398 99999 - Dormant Company 98 13,808 7414 - Business & management consultancy 75 17,003 7260 - Other computer related activities 74 10,331 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 58 9,943 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 53 9,659 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 53 9,325 9305 - Other service activities 52 9,038 6024 - Freight transport by road 51 3,665 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 51 14,007 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 49 8,154 5530 - Restaurants 47 4,798 49410 - Freight transport by road 42 2,152 74990 - Non-trading company 40 8,149 86900 - Other human health activities 39 3,445 62090 - Other information technology service activities 35 6,340
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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