Leicester, Leicestershire
Q3 2012 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- Q3 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Leicester when compared to any previous Q3.
- August 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Leicester when compared to any previous August.
- July 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Leicester when compared to any previous July.
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
Q3 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Leicester when compared to any previous Q3.
A total of 918 companies were registered in Leicester during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is an increase of 16.5% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares well 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) Leicester UK 2012 918 118,868 2011 788 114,512 % change 16.5% 3.8% Record Year 2012 (918) 2012 (118,868) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
August 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Leicester when compared to any previous August.
July 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Leicester when compared to any previous July.
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2012 291 343 284 New companies in 2011 239 252 297 % change 21.8% 36.1% -4.4% Record Year 2012 (291) 2012 (343) 2011 (297)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 551 companies were dissolved in Leicester during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is an increase of 7.0% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares poorly 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) Leicester UK 2012 551 74,772 2011 515 72,230 % change 7.0% 3.5% Record Year 2009 (1,059) 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 189 212 150 Closed companies in 2011 150 193 172 % change 26.0% 9.8% -13% Record Year 2009 (255) 2008 (375) 2009 (431)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
Net company growth for Leicester during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) was 367 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Leicester UK 2012 367 44,096 2011 273 42,282 Record Year 2003 (449) 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 102 131 134 Net growth in 2011 89 59 125 Record Year 2008 (187) 2003 (157) 2002 (189)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
In the third quarter of 2012, Leicester formed 0.8% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Leicester 2012 0.8% 2011 0.7% 2010 0.7% 2009 0.7% 2008 0.7% Record Year (since 1960) 1972 (1.1%) 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 0.7% 0.9% 0.7% UK formation share in 2011 0.6% 0.7% 0.8% % change 9.3% 37.2% -5.4% Record Year 1974 (1.5%) 1965 (1.4%) 1971 (1.3%)
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 40.9.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 7.7% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.3% 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 Leicester was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.
26.5% of all director appointments in Leicester 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 LEICESTER 1.89% CONSULTING 5.05% (LEICESTER) 1.89% MANAGEMENT 4.75% MANAGEMENT 1.40% CONSULTANCY 3.28% CONSULTANCY 1.37% PROPERTY 2.35% CONSULTING 1.24% TRADING 2.08% TRADING 0.95% DESIGN 1.87% INVESTMENTS 0.81% ASSOCIATES 1.84% R 0.81% ENGINEERING 1.83% CARE 0.79% CONSULTANTS 1.76% M 0.77% BUSINESS 1.72% S 0.74% CONSTRUCTION 1.70% MEDIA 0.68% MEDIA 1.67% PROPERTY 0.65% LONDON 1.67% GLOBAL 0.63% J 1.55% CENTRE 0.61% GLOBAL 1.53% BUSINESS 0.59% INVESTMENTS 1.46% IT 0.56% IT 1.43% CLOTHING 0.56% PROPERTIES 1.34% DESIGN 0.56% CARE 1.32% ASSOCIATES 0.54% M 1.27% COMMUNITY 0.54% BUILDING 1.22% HOUSE 0.52% ENTERPRISES 1.20% J 0.52% ELECTRICAL 1.20% SCHOOL 0.52% S 1.17% PROPERTIES 0.50% 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 2,345 331,455 7487 - Other business activities 177 35,545 99999 - Dormant Company 157 25,035 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 125 33,677 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 107 19,425 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 98 13,716 9999 - Dormant Company 84 12,598 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 65 14,774 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 57 4,294 86900 - Other human health activities 53 4,998 49410 - Freight transport by road 46 2,795 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet 44 3,712 9305 - Other service activities 43 6,142 62090 - Other information technology service activities 43 7,869 7414 - Business & management consultancy 40 8,437 74990 - Non-trading company 40 9,203 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 39 9,891 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 38 4,119 7260 - Other computer related activities 35 4,979 41100 - Development of building projects 35 4,965
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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