Merseyside
Q3 2012 Business Confidence Report
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 1,881 companies were registered in Merseyside during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is an increase of 6.3% 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) Merseyside UK 2012 1,881 118,868 2011 1,769 114,512 % change 6.3% 3.8% Record Year 2006 (2,524) 2012 (118,868) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2012 594 617 670 New companies in 2011 594 603 572 % change 0.0% 2.3% 17.1% Record Year 2006 (772) 2007 (782) 2006 (996)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 1,069 companies were dissolved in Merseyside during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is an increase of 0.6% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares well 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) Merseyside UK 2012 1,069 74,772 2011 1,063 72,230 % change 0.6% 3.5% Record Year 2008 (3,856) 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 381 406 282 Closed companies in 2011 368 373 322 % change 3.5% 8.8% -12% Record Year 2007 (595) 2006 (1,102) 2008 (3,100)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
Net company growth for Merseyside during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) was 812 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Merseyside UK 2012 812 44,096 2011 706 42,282 Record Year 2006 (894) 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 213 211 388 Net growth in 2011 226 230 250 Record Year 2006 (560) 2011 (230) 2006 (680)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
In the third quarter of 2012, Merseyside formed 1.6% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Merseyside 2012 1.6% 2011 1.5% 2010 1.6% 2009 1.7% 2008 1.6% Record Year (since 1960) 2006 (2.6%) 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 1.4% 1.6% 1.7% UK formation share in 2011 1.6% 1.6% 1.5% % change -10.2% 3.1% 15.9% Record Year 1960 (2.6%) 2007 (2.5%) 2006 (3.0%)
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 41.9.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 6.4% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.0% 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 Merseyside was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.
25.3% of all director appointments in Merseyside 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 BEACH 3.31% CONSULTING 5.06% HOTEL 2.09% MANAGEMENT 4.77% MANAGEMENT 2.04% CONSULTANCY 3.29% SUITE 2.03% PROPERTY 2.36% DUNAS 1.86% TRADING 2.08% CONSULTANCY 1.69% DESIGN 1.87% LIVERPOOL 1.51% ASSOCIATES 1.83% PROPERTY 1.45% ENGINEERING 1.83% LLANA 1.36% CONSULTANTS 1.76% (NW) 1.27% BUSINESS 1.72% ENGINEERING 1.21% CONSTRUCTION 1.70% CONSULTING 1.13% MEDIA 1.68% J 1.07% LONDON 1.67% APARTMENT 0.96% J 1.55% FINANCIAL 0.94% GLOBAL 1.54% (LIVERPOOL) 0.85% INVESTMENTS 1.47% TRAINING 0.85% IT 1.43% CONSTRUCTION 0.85% PROPERTIES 1.34% PROPERTIES 0.80% CARE 1.32% TRADING 0.78% M 1.27% BUILDING 0.77% BUILDING 1.22% ASSOCIATES 0.76% ENTERPRISES 1.21% ELECTRICAL 0.76% ELECTRICAL 1.20% CARE 0.74% S 1.17% DESIGN 0.72% 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 3,715 228,243 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 704 50,446 99999 - Dormant Company 440 37,912 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 354 20,742 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 302 28,990 7487 - Other business activities 241 16,361 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 181 21,969 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 178 14,809 74990 - Non-trading company 177 13,641 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 139 6,519 43210 - Electrical installation 128 5,151 56302 - Public houses and bars 125 4,262 56101 - Licensed restaurants 114 6,004 86900 - Other human health activities 111 7,550 62090 - Other information technology service activities 110 11,950 96020 - Hairdressing and other beauty treatment 108 4,426 7450 - Labour recruitment 106 578 85590 - Other education not elsewhere classified 103 4,361 41100 - Development of building projects 102 7,545 68320 - Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis 96 4,786
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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