New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)

   Q3 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Portsmouth when compared to any previous Q3.

   Q3 2011 was a record quarter for company registrations in Portsmouth when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 241 companies were registered in Portsmouth during the third quarter of 2011 (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011).

   This figure is an increase of 28.2% versus the same period last year (Q3 2010). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 12.8% against the same period last year.

   third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011)	Portsmouth	UK
   2011	241	114,512
   2010	188	101,492
   % change	28.2%	12.8%
   Record Year	2011 (241)	2011 (114,512)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q3 2011	241	Q3 2011	114512	1
   Q3 2010	188	Q3 2010	101492	1
   Q3 2009	162	Q3 2009	94671	1
   Q3 2008	156	Q3 2008	84894	1
   Q3 2007	173	Q3 2007	95412	1
   Q3 2006	168	Q3 2006	95504	1
   Q3 2005	152	Q3 2005	90727	1
   Q3 2004	141	Q3 2004	85252	1
   Q3 2003	188	Q3 2003	107203	1
   Q3 2002	171	Q3 2002	80207	1
   Q3 2011	241	Q3 2011	114512	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)

   August 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Portsmouth when compared to any previous August.

   July 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Portsmouth when compared to any previous July.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Sep 2011	38920	69
   Aug 2011	38461	85
   Jul 2011	37131	87
   Jun 2011	39725	81
   May 2011	38130	63
   Apr 2011	34489	64
   Mar 2011	44847	71
   Feb 2011	37762	72
   Jan 2011	33782	45
   Dec 2010	27134	51
   Nov 2010	34347	78
   Oct 2010	33636	59

   New Companies by Month

   	July	August	September
   New companies in 2011	87	85	69
   New companies in 2010	56	68	64
   % change	55.4%	25.0%	7.8%
   Record Year	2011 (87)	2011 (85)	2003 (81)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)

   A total of 131 companies were dissolved in Portsmouth during the third quarter of 2011 (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011).

   This figure is a decrease of 10.9% versus the same period last year (Q3 2010). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 17.6% against the same period last year.

   third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011)	Portsmouth	UK
   2011	131	72,230
   2010	147	87,705
   % change	-10.9%	-17.6%
   Record Year	2009 (214)	2009 (159,401)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q3 2011	131	Q3 2011	72230	1
   Q3 2010	147	Q3 2010	87705	1
   Q3 2009	214	Q3 2009	159401	1
   Q3 2008	127	Q3 2008	82747	1
   Q3 2007	112	Q3 2007	58665	1
   Q3 2006	116	Q3 2006	51444	1
   Q3 2005	109	Q3 2005	50134	1
   Q3 2004	98	Q3 2004	44295	1
   Q3 2003	72	Q3 2003	46606	1
   Q3 2002	86	Q3 2002	40963	1
   Q3 2009	214	Q3 2009	159401	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Sep 2011	22852	37
   Aug 2011	25745	46
   Jul 2011	23633	48
   Jun 2011	23848	44
   May 2011	31305	55
   Apr 2011	16171	19
   Mar 2011	27947	53
   Feb 2011	29849	33
   Jan 2011	33190	44
   Dec 2010	16283	32
   Nov 2010	31710	54
   Oct 2010	28903	44

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	July	August	September
   Closed companies in 2011	48	46	37
   Closed companies in 2010	50	50	47
   % change	-4.0%	-8.0%	-21%
   Record Year	2009 (61)	2008 (97)	2009 (92)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)

   Net company growth for Portsmouth during the third quarter of 2011 (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) was 110 companies.

   third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011)	Portsmouth	UK
   2011	110	42,282
   2010	41	13,787
   Record Year	2003 (116)	2003 (60,597)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q3 2011	110	188	Q3 2011	42282	101492	1
   Q3 2010	41	162	Q3 2010	13787	94671	1
   Q3 2009	-52	156	Q3 2009	-64730	84894	1
   Q3 2008	29	173	Q3 2008	2147	95412	1
   Q3 2007	61	168	Q3 2007	36747	95504	1
   Q3 2006	52	152	Q3 2006	44060	90727	1
   Q3 2005	43	141	Q3 2005	40593	85252	1
   Q3 2004	43	188	Q3 2004	40957	107203	1
   Q3 2003	116	171	Q3 2003	60597	80207	1
   Q3 2002	85	96	Q3 2002	39244	55588	1
   Q3 2003	116	0	Q3 2003	60597	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)

   August 2011 saw a new record in net growth in Portsmouth when compared to any previous August.

   month	uk net	net
   Sep 2011	16068	32
   Aug 2011	12716	39
   Jul 2011	13498	39
   Jun 2011	15877	37
   May 2011	6825	8
   Apr 2011	18318	45
   Mar 2011	16900	18
   Feb 2011	7913	39
   Jan 2011	592	1
   Dec 2010	10851	19
   Nov 2010	2637	24
   Oct 2010	4733	15

   Net Growth by Month

   	July	August	September
   Net growth in 2011	39	39	32
   Net growth in 2010	6	18	17
   Record Year	2008 (51)	2011 (39)	2003 (67)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)

   In the third quarter of 2011, Portsmouth formed 0.2% of all UK companies.

   third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011)	Portsmouth
   2011	0.2%
   2010	0.2%
   2009	0.2%
   2008	0.2%
   2007	0.2%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1990 (0.2%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q3 2011	0.2105	241	1
   Q3 2010	0.1852	188	1
   Q3 2009	0.1711	162	1
   Q3 2008	0.1838	156	1
   Q3 2007	0.1813	173	1
   Q3 2006	0.1759	168	1
   Q3 2005	0.1675	152	1
   Q3 2004	0.1654	141	1
   Q3 2003	0.1754	188	1
   Q3 2002	0.2132	171	1
   Q3 1990	0.2413	31	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)

   month	percentage	num town
   Sep 2011	0.1773	69
   Aug 2011	0.2210	85
   Jul 2011	0.2343	87
   Jun 2011	0.2039	81
   May 2011	0.1652	63
   Apr 2011	0.1856	64
   Mar 2011	0.1583	71
   Feb 2011	0.1907	72
   Jan 2011	0.1332	45
   Dec 2010	0.1880	51
   Nov 2010	0.2271	78
   Oct 2010	0.1754	59

   Company Share by Month

   	July	August	September
   UK formation share in 2011	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
   UK formation share in 2010	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
   % change	42.2%	5.2%	-2.6%
   Record Year	1963 (0.3%)	1960 (0.4%)	1967 (0.4%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)

   The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2011 was 42.4.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 4.0% compared to the UK figure of 4.0%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.4% compared to the UK figure of 4.1%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q3 2011	42.3992	4.4355	4.0323	43.2440	4.0201	4.0588
   Q3 2010	44.2361	6.0086	5.1502	44.1040	2.6545	4.3760
   Q3 2009	42.8927	1.6949	2.2599	45.0196	1.9363	5.1277
   Q3 2008	45.8593	3.5176	0.5025	45.7773	1.2079	5.3952
   Q3 2007	43.6587	3.3654	2.4038	46.7855	0.7349	6.2511
   Q3 2006	48.0896	6.1321	0.4717	47.6734	0.4904	6.9245
   Q3 2005	45.7411	1.5228	0.5076	48.5090	0.2806	7.7910
   Q3 2004	49.2286	11.4286	0.0000	49.3684	0.1860	9.1307
   Q3 2003	50.3600	10.4000	0.0000	50.5510	0.1275	10.1545
   Q3 2002	52.3276	12.0690	0.0000	51.6440	0.1157	11.8134

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)

   The record third quarter for female directors in Portsmouth was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.

   22.1% of all director appointments in Portsmouth in the third quarter of 2011 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.0% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q3 2011	22.1429	Q3 2011	26.0296	1
   Q3 2010	23.8095	Q3 2010	25.1918	1
   Q3 2009	22.3350	Q3 2009	25.6133	1
   Q3 2008	27.6786	Q3 2008	26.2196	1
   Q3 2007	33.3333	Q3 2007	26.8994	1
   Q3 2006	30.8943	Q3 2006	26.9861	1
   Q3 2005	28.8136	Q3 2005	26.4092	1
   Q3 2004	30.7692	Q3 2004	27.0507	1
   Q3 2003	32.7465	Q3 2003	29.5942	1
   Q3 2002	30.6818	Q3 2002	29.4906	1
   Q3 1862	50.0000	Q3 1923	83.3333	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

1. Previous 12 months (Sep 2010-Sep 2011)

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

   word	percentage	uk word	uk percentage
   CONSULTING	3.09%	CONSULTING	5.11%
   CONSULTANCY	2.72%	MANAGEMENT	4.75%
   SOCIAL	2.11%	CONSULTANCY	3.19%
   MANAGEMENT	1.74%	PROPERTY	2.41%
   PROPERTY	1.21%	TRADING	2.06%
   ENGINEERING	1.13%	DESIGN	1.94%
   CONSTRUCTION	1.13%	ASSOCIATES	1.85%
   CONSULTANTS	0.98%	BUSINESS	1.82%
   PORTSMOUTH	0.91%	CONSULTANTS	1.76%
   WORK	0.91%	ENGINEERING	1.74%
   IT	0.75%	MEDIA	1.72%
   SOUTHERN	0.75%	CONSTRUCTION	1.72%
   ASSOCIATES	0.75%	LONDON	1.63%
   ELECTRICAL	0.68%	J	1.47%
   CARE	0.68%	GLOBAL	1.46%
   MARINE	0.60%	INVESTMENTS	1.43%
   MAINTENANCE	0.60%	CARE	1.42%
   TRAINING	0.53%	IT	1.38%
   M	0.53%	BUILDING	1.30%
   S	0.53%	PROPERTIES	1.28%
   SOUTH	0.45%	ELECTRICAL	1.27%
   BUILDING	0.45%	M	1.25%
   BUILDERS	0.45%	ENERGY	1.22%
   PROPERTIES	0.45%	TRAINING	1.21%
   TRADING	0.45%	S	1.21%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	298	204,493
   7487 - Other business activities	125	65,177
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	72	29,245
   7260 - Other computer related activities	24	8,686
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	22	10,137
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	21	10,018
   9999 - Dormant Company	20	22,587
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	19	6,798
   7499 - Non-trading company	19	11,543
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	18	15,760
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	14	8,345
   9305 - Other service activities	14	10,525
   4534 - Other building installation	12	2,443
   99999 - Dormant Company	12	18,281
   98000 - Residents property management	11	2,664
   43210 - Electrical installation	11	2,938
   4521 - General construction & civil engineering	11	6,321
   5530 - Restaurants	11	5,640
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	9	7,551
   7415 - Holding companies including head offices	9	1,904

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07758763	KRH ROOFING LIMITED	01 Sep 2011
   07773200	ZIREH LIMITED	14 Sep 2011
   07776590	MATTHEW A SMITH LIMITED	16 Sep 2011
   07778792	K E CONSTRUCTION LIMITED	19 Sep 2011
   07784567	POMPEY PET ANGELS LTD	23 Sep 2011
   07788166	THE GARAGE LIMITED	27 Sep 2011
   07758505	UNDER 1 ROOF SOUTH LTD	01 Sep 2011
   07761503	JIM LEWIS ASSOCIATES LIMITED	05 Sep 2011
   07781067	DELIGHTFUL THINGS R US LTD	21 Sep 2011
   07781683	EDWARD CULLUM LIMITED	21 Sep 2011
   07782206	AYU.COM LIMITED	21 Sep 2011
   07782737	GWG CONSTRUCTION COMMERCIAL SERVICES LIMITED	22 Sep 2011
   07786515	KB TECHWORLD LTD	26 Sep 2011
   07787075	LULADA IT CONSULTANCY LTD	26 Sep 2011
   07788570	SPENCER CONSULTANT SERVICES LIMITED	27 Sep 2011
   07788881	DOCTUS LIMITED	27 Sep 2011
   07788945	J'ADORE BEAUTY LTD	27 Sep 2011
   07791111	SDE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS LIMITED	29 Sep 2011
   07786859	JS COMMERCIALS SOUTHERN LIMITED	26 Sep 2011
   07761958	TEMP PHARM LIMITED	05 Sep 2011
   07775818	EARDLEY FILM ACCOUNTING LIMITED	15 Sep 2011
   07780229	ANA WORKS LIMITED	20 Sep 2011
   07782155	THE RENAISSANCE CLUB LIMITED	21 Sep 2011
   07790498	RISKON UK LIMITED	28 Sep 2011
   07792043	ENMAC BUILDING CONTRACTORS LIMITED	29 Sep 2011