Northampton, Northamptonshire

Q1 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

  • February 2013 saw a new record in company registrations in Northampton when compared to any previous February.
  • February 2013 saw a new record in net growth in Northampton when compared to any previous February.

Contents

  1. New Company Registrations
  2. Closed Companies (dissolved)
  3. Net Company Growth
  4. UK Company Share
  5. Director Age
  6. Director Gender
  7. Naming Trends
  8. SIC Data
  9. Recent Companies

New Company Registrations

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)

    A total of 825 companies were registered in Northampton during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).

    This figure is an increase of 60.8% versus the same period last year (Q1 2012). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 2.5% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013)NorthamptonUK
    2013825134,802
    2012513131,491
    % change60.8%2.5%
    Record Year 2007 (864) 2007 (166,814)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)

    February 2013 saw a new record in company registrations in Northampton when compared to any previous February.

    New Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    New companies in 2013239265321
    New companies in 2012146172195
    % change63.7%54.1%64.6%
    Record Year2008 (304)2013 (265)2007 (555)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)

    A total of 259 companies were dissolved in Northampton during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).

    This figure is a decrease of 13.1% versus the same period last year (Q1 2012). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 15.3% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013)NorthamptonUK
    201325977,914
    201229867,576
    % change-13.1%15.3%
    Record Year 2011 (430) 2009 (108,066)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Closed companies in 20131424275
    Closed companies in 201211511370
    % change23.5%-62.8%7%
    Record Year2011 (171)2011 (118)2009 (294)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)

    Net company growth for Northampton during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) was 566 companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013)NorthamptonUK
    201356656,888
    201221563,915
    Record Year 2007 (667) 2007 (111,282)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)

    February 2013 saw a new record in net growth in Northampton when compared to any previous February.

    Net Growth by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Net growth in 201397223246
    Net growth in 20123159125
    Record Year2008 (231)2013 (223)2007 (486)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)

    In the first quarter of 2013, Northampton formed 0.6% of all UK companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013)Northampton
    20130.6%
    20120.4%
    20110.4%
    20100.4%
    20090.4%
    Record Year (since 1960) 2013 (0.6%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)

    Company Share by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    UK formation share in 20130.5%0.6%0.7%
    UK formation share in 20120.4%0.4%0.4%
    % change46.8%52.9%70.2%
    Record Year2008 (1.0%)2013 (0.6%)2007 (0.8%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)

    The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2013 was 47.0.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 5.0% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 1.0% compared to the UK figure of 1.8%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)

    The record first quarter for female directors in Northampton was in 2007 when 30.4% of all directors were female.

    26.9% of all director appointments in Northampton in the first quarter of 2013 were female. This compares to a UK average of 28.1% for the same period.

    Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

  1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2012-Mar 2013)

    Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    TRANSPORT3.65%CONSULTING5.18%
    CONSULTING2.03%MANAGEMENT4.78%
    DRIVING1.90%CONSULTANCY3.30%
    CONSULTANCY1.32%PROPERTY2.44%
    MANAGEMENT1.24%TRADING2.06%
    J1.19%DESIGN1.79%
    M1.01%ENGINEERING1.78%
    D0.89%BUSINESS1.77%
    LOGISTICS0.84%ASSOCIATES1.75%
    R0.76%LONDON1.72%
    S0.76%CONSULTANTS1.71%
    G0.71%CONSTRUCTION1.69%
    PROPERTY0.66%MEDIA1.63%
    C0.63%GLOBAL1.57%
    CONSULTANTS0.63%J1.56%
    IT0.58%CARE1.46%
    CARE0.56%IT1.43%
    BUSINESS0.53%INVESTMENTS1.41%
    DESIGN0.53%PROPERTIES1.36%
    NORTHAMPTON0.53%M1.25%
    P0.53%BUILDING1.21%
    ENGINEERING0.51%ENTERPRISES1.19%
    TRADING0.48%ELECTRICAL1.18%
    T0.46%TRAINING1.17%
    HAULAGE0.43%SECURITY1.15%

SIC Data

  1. Previous 36 months, excluding companies less than 12 months old

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied958249,183
    99999 - Dormant Company22343,384
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management17932,624
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified13254,531
    49410 - Freight transport by road1145,834
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities10424,894
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified7723,532
    74990 - Non-trading company6614,129
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified6416,448
    62090 - Other information technology service activities5612,664
    86900 - Other human health activities398,465
    45200 - Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles364,684
    7487 - Other business activities337,556
    47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet337,199
    93199 - Other sports activities313,375
    41100 - Development of building projects298,637
    43210 - Electrical installation275,625
    9999 - Dormant Company263,385
    85590 - Other education not elsewhere classified245,062
    62012 - Business and domestic software development248,099

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    08346369 MILNER TRANSPORT LIMITED 03 Jan 2013
    08349635 MACPHERSON TRANSPORT LIMITED 07 Jan 2013
    08351546 ROUBAIX LAND AND DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 08 Jan 2013
    08352314 KAORNICA LIMITED 08 Jan 2013
    08357340 JUST PUBS ACCOUNTING LIMITED 11 Jan 2013
    08358877 FOXTALES UK LIMITED 14 Jan 2013
    08359887 R MURPHY SERVICES LIMITED 14 Jan 2013
    08364319 SHA'KARNI LIMITED 17 Jan 2013
    08368012 KEN TURNER DRIVING LIMITED 21 Jan 2013
    08369831 SYMPHONIC ARC LTD 22 Jan 2013
    08370836 LION OF JUDAH LTD 22 Jan 2013
    08371433 MARRUM DISTRIBUTION LTD 23 Jan 2013
    08371471 ZHONGCAN LTD 23 Jan 2013
    08373539 MADE WITH INTEGRITY LIMITED 24 Jan 2013
    08373552 VARSITY OUTFITS LTD 24 Jan 2013
    08375871 LITTLE PICKLE CAFE LIMITED 25 Jan 2013
    08376172 CARL DAVIES TRANSPORT LIMITED 25 Jan 2013
    08376721 ADS CAR WASH LTD 28 Jan 2013
    08377410 BERNARD ELLIOTT DRIVING SERVICES LIMITED 28 Jan 2013
    08379717 JOHN WRIGHT DRIVING SERVICES LIMITED 29 Jan 2013
    08380525 GUNTIS SJOMKANS SERVICES LIMITED 29 Jan 2013
    08381674 LANZE COMPANY LIMITED 30 Jan 2013
    08382846 DEXTERITY MCT LIMITED 31 Jan 2013
    08348093 IMPRESS GAMES LTD 04 Jan 2013
    08367674 BABBY LIMITED 21 Jan 2013