Southampton, Hampshire
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.
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
A total of 648 companies were registered in Southampton during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).
This figure is a decrease of 5.3% versus the same period last year (Q1 2012). This figure compares badly 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) Southampton UK 2013 648 134,802 2012 684 131,491 % change -5.3% 2.5% Record Year 2007 (984) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2013 195 217 236 New companies in 2012 227 229 228 % change -14.1% -5.2% 3.5% Record Year 2012 (227) 2012 (229) 2007 (595)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
A total of 392 companies were dissolved in Southampton during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).
This figure is a decrease of 1.3% 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) Southampton UK 2013 392 77,914 2012 397 67,576 % change -1.3% 15.3% Record Year 2009 (510) 2009 (108,066) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2013 156 110 126 Closed companies in 2012 149 129 119 % change 4.7% -14.7% 6% Record Year 2008 (167) 2008 (275) 2009 (291)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
Net company growth for Southampton during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) was 256 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Southampton UK 2013 256 56,888 2012 287 63,915 Record Year 2007 (626) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2013 39 107 110 Net growth in 2012 78 100 109 Record Year 2003 (87) 2003 (129) 2007 (485)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
In the first quarter of 2013, Southampton formed 0.5% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Southampton 2013 0.5% 2012 0.5% 2011 0.5% 2010 0.5% 2009 0.4% Record Year (since 1960) 1975 (0.8%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2013 0.4% 0.5% 0.5% UK formation share in 2012 0.6% 0.5% 0.5% % change -23.0% -5.9% 7.0% Record Year 1975 (1.2%) 1985 (0.9%) 1975 (1.0%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2013 was 46.8.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 7.0% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 2.1% compared to the UK figure of 1.8%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
The record first quarter for female directors in Southampton was in 2007 when 34.0% of all directors were female.
27.9% of all director appointments in Southampton 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
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2012-Mar 2013)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTING 2.89% CONSULTING 5.18% CARE 1.57% MANAGEMENT 4.78% MANAGEMENT 1.44% CONSULTANCY 3.30% CONSULTANCY 1.09% PROPERTY 2.44% PROPERTY 0.96% TRADING 2.06% ELECTRICAL 0.90% DESIGN 1.79% ENGINEERING 0.77% ENGINEERING 1.78% SOUTHAMPTON 0.77% BUSINESS 1.77% CONSTRUCTION 0.71% ASSOCIATES 1.75% J 0.71% LONDON 1.72% S 0.61% CONSULTANTS 1.71% DESIGN 0.61% CONSTRUCTION 1.69% IT 0.58% MEDIA 1.63% BUSINESS 0.58% GLOBAL 1.57% MAINTENANCE 0.55% J 1.56% TRAINING 0.55% CARE 1.46% MARINE 0.55% IT 1.43% (SOUTHAMPTON) 0.51% INVESTMENTS 1.41% ASSOCIATES 0.51% PROPERTIES 1.36% GLOBAL 0.51% M 1.25% TRANSPORT 0.51% BUILDING 1.21% BUILDING 0.51% ENTERPRISES 1.19% FINANCIAL 0.51% ELECTRICAL 1.18% SOUTH 0.51% TRAINING 1.17% NEW 0.48% SECURITY 1.15%
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 1,050 249,183 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 175 54,531 66190 - Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified 174 1,397 99999 - Dormant Company 158 43,384 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 133 32,624 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 121 24,894 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 92 16,448 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 86 23,532 62090 - Other information technology service activities 62 12,664 43210 - Electrical installation 62 5,625 86900 - Other human health activities 50 8,465 43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified 48 6,954 74990 - Non-trading company 48 14,129 62012 - Business and domestic software development 47 8,099 41100 - Development of building projects 44 8,637 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet 43 7,199 56101 - Licensed restaurants 41 6,894 49410 - Freight transport by road 39 5,834 43220 - Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation 38 4,332 56302 - Public houses and bars 35 4,952
Recent Companies
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