St Albans, Hertfordshire
Q3 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
- Q3 2013 saw a new record in company registrations in St Albans when compared to any previous Q3.
- September 2013 saw a new record in company registrations in St Albans when compared to any previous September.
- August 2013 saw a new record in company registrations in St Albans when compared to any previous August.
- July 2013 saw a new record in company closures in St Albans when compared to any previous July.
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
Q3 2013 saw a new record in company registrations in St Albans when compared to any previous Q3.
A total of 338 companies were registered in St Albans during the third quarter of 2013 (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013).
This figure is an increase of 5.3% versus the same period last year (Q3 2012). This figure compares equally to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 11.6% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013) St Albans UK 2013 338 132,684 2012 321 118,868 % change 5.3% 11.6% Record Year 2013 (338) 2013 (132,684) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2013)
September 2013 saw a new record in company registrations in St Albans when compared to any previous September.
August 2013 saw a new record in company registrations in St Albans when compared to any previous August.
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2013 118 113 107 New companies in 2012 121 98 102 % change -2.5% 15.3% 4.9% Record Year 2012 (121) 2013 (113) 2013 (107)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
A total of 237 companies were dissolved in St Albans during the third quarter of 2013 (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013).
This figure is a decrease of 0.4% versus the same period last year (Q3 2012). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 13.5% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013) St Albans UK 2013 237 86,170 2012 238 75,908 % change -0.4% 13.5% Record Year 2009 (451) 2009 (159,405) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2013)
July 2013 saw a new record in company closures in St Albans when compared to any previous July.
Dissolved Companies by Month
July August September Closed companies in 2013 101 66 70 Closed companies in 2012 91 67 80 % change 11.0% -1.5% -13% Record Year 2013 (101) 2008 (201) 2009 (184)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
Net company growth for St Albans during the third quarter of 2013 (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013) was 101 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013) St Albans UK 2013 101 46,514 2012 83 42,960 Record Year 2007 (116) 2013 (46,514) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2013)
Net Growth by Month
July August September Net growth in 2013 17 47 37 Net growth in 2012 30 31 22 Record Year 2008 (52) 1995 (52) 2002 (59)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
In the third quarter of 2013, St Albans formed 0.3% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013) St Albans 2013 0.3% 2012 0.3% 2011 0.3% 2010 0.3% 2009 0.3% Record Year (since 1960) 1994 (0.5%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2013)
Company Share by Month
July August September UK formation share in 2013 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% UK formation share in 2012 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% % change -12.7% 5.8% -8.0% Record Year 1978 (0.6%) 1975 (0.6%) 1971 (0.5%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2013 was 43.6.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 2.4% compared to the UK figure of 3.7%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.0% compared to the UK figure of 4.5%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
The record third quarter for female directors in St Albans was in 2007 when 36.7% of all directors were female.
28.1% of all director appointments in St Albans in the third quarter of 2013 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.2% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Sep 2012-Sep 2013)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTING 2.78% CONSULTING 5.27% MANAGEMENT 2.11% MANAGEMENT 4.75% MEDICAL 1.34% CONSULTANCY 3.45% CONSULTANCY 1.08% PROPERTY 2.53% ASSOCIATES 0.93% TRADING 2.08% DESIGN 0.82% ENGINEERING 1.83% ENGINEERING 0.77% LONDON 1.79% PROPERTY 0.67% DESIGN 1.78% PRODUCTIONS 0.62% BUSINESS 1.74% J 0.57% CONSTRUCTION 1.70% IT 0.46% CONSULTANTS 1.69% ALBANS 0.46% CARE 1.64% ROAD 0.41% ASSOCIATES 1.61% BUSINESS 0.41% GLOBAL 1.59% BUILDING 0.41% J 1.54% CONSULTANTS 0.41% MEDIA 1.54% RIGGING 0.41% INVESTMENTS 1.53% ST 0.41% PROPERTIES 1.45% MEDIA 0.36% IT 1.39% ESTATES 0.36% M 1.25% LONDON 0.36% ELECTRICAL 1.20% S 0.36% BUILDING 1.19% CARE 0.36% CAPITAL 1.19% TRAINING 0.36% DEVELOPMENTS 1.16% CONSTRUCTION 0.36% TRAINING 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 491 260,135 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 185 54,854 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 161 34,970 86101 - Hospital activities 117 2,494 99999 - Dormant Company 113 46,169 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 96 26,675 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 78 17,715 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 56 25,547 62090 - Other information technology service activities 48 12,516 43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified 44 7,590 41100 - Development of building projects 33 9,271 59113 - Television programme production activities 31 1,981 86900 - Other human health activities 30 9,203 62012 - Business and domestic software development 28 9,104 74990 - Non-trading company 25 14,228 41202 - Construction of domestic buildings 22 6,039 43390 - Other building completion and finishing 21 5,382 74100 - specialised design activities 20 4,171 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 20 6,979 98000 - Residents property management 19 4,680
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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