New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)

   Q1 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Stevenage when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2014 was a record quarter for company registrations in Stevenage when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 223 companies were registered in Stevenage during the first quarter of 2014 (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014).

   This figure is an increase of 21.2% versus the same period last year (Q1 2013). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 11.8% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014)	Stevenage	UK
   2014	223	150,722
   2013	184	134,802
   % change	21.2%	11.8%
   Record Year	2014 (223)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2014	223	Q1 2014	150722	1
   Q1 2013	184	Q1 2013	134802	1
   Q1 2012	157	Q1 2012	131491	1
   Q1 2011	174	Q1 2011	116391	1
   Q1 2010	119	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	113	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	131	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	186	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	130	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	127	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2014	223	Q1 2007	166814	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)

   March 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Stevenage when compared to any previous March.

   March 2014 was a record month for company registrations in Stevenage when compared to any month in history.

   January 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Stevenage when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2014	55573	91
   Feb 2014	48177	59
   Jan 2014	46972	73
   Dec 2013	34573	37
   Nov 2013	43108	77
   Oct 2013	49566	79
   Sep 2013	44871	69
   Aug 2013	41601	63
   Jul 2013	46212	53
   Jun 2013	41116	55
   May 2013	44767	55
   Apr 2013	48747	56

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2014	73	59	91
   New companies in 2013	53	72	59
   % change	37.7%	-18.1%	54.2%
   Record Year	2014 (73)	2013 (72)	2014 (91)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)

   A total of 113 companies were dissolved in Stevenage during the first quarter of 2014 (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014).

   This figure is an increase of 0.0% versus the same period last year (Q1 2013). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 5.7% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014)	Stevenage	UK
   2014	113	82,370
   2013	113	77,914
   % change	0.0%	5.7%
   Record Year	2009 (128)	2009 (108,066)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2014	113	Q1 2014	82370	1
   Q1 2013	113	Q1 2013	77914	1
   Q1 2012	96	Q1 2012	67576	1
   Q1 2011	111	Q1 2011	90987	1
   Q1 2010	97	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	128	Q1 2009	108066	1
   Q1 2008	41	Q1 2008	51376	1
   Q1 2007	63	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	53	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	53	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2009	128	Q1 2009	108066	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)

   February 2014 saw a new record in company closures in Stevenage when compared to any previous February.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2014	27899	36
   Feb 2014	28186	41
   Jan 2014	26285	36
   Dec 2013	28961	21
   Nov 2013	26600	30
   Oct 2013	35290	43
   Sep 2013	32570	26
   Aug 2013	24827	34
   Jul 2013	28773	33
   Jun 2013	27035	41
   May 2013	23613	28
   Apr 2013	26630	39

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2014	36	41	36
   Closed companies in 2013	46	24	43
   % change	-21.7%	70.8%	-16%
   Record Year	2011 (52)	2014 (41)	2009 (84)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)

   Net company growth for Stevenage during the first quarter of 2014 (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014) was 110 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014)	Stevenage	UK
   2014	110	68,352
   2013	71	56,888
   Record Year	2007 (123)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2014	110	Q1 2014	68352	150722	1
   Q1 2013	71	Q1 2013	56888	134802	1
   Q1 2012	61	Q1 2012	63915	131491	1
   Q1 2011	63	Q1 2011	25404	116391	1
   Q1 2010	22	Q1 2010	22460	105137	1
   Q1 2009	-15	Q1 2009	-17032	91034	1
   Q1 2008	90	Q1 2008	45322	96698	1
   Q1 2007	123	Q1 2007	111282	166814	1
   Q1 2006	77	Q1 2006	60830	109194	1
   Q1 2005	74	Q1 2005	50904	94205	1
   Q1 2007	123	Q1 2007	111282	166814	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)

   January 2014 saw a new record in net growth in Stevenage when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2014	27674	55
   Feb 2014	19991	18
   Jan 2014	20687	37
   Dec 2013	5612	16
   Nov 2013	16508	47
   Oct 2013	14276	36
   Sep 2013	12301	43
   Aug 2013	16774	29
   Jul 2013	17439	20
   Jun 2013	14081	14
   May 2013	21154	27
   Apr 2013	22117	17

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2014	37	18	55
   Net growth in 2013	7	48	16
   Record Year	2014 (37)	2013 (48)	2007 (64)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)

   In the first quarter of 2014, Stevenage formed 0.1% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014)	Stevenage
   2014	0.1%
   2013	0.1%
   2012	0.1%
   2011	0.1%
   2010	0.1%
   Record Year (since 1960)	2011 (0.1%)

   quarter	percentage	num towns	sort
   Q1 2014	0.1480	223	1
   Q1 2013	0.1365	184	1
   Q1 2012	0.1194	157	1
   Q1 2011	0.1495	174	1
   Q1 2010	0.1132	119	1
   Q1 2009	0.1241	113	1
   Q1 2008	0.1355	131	1
   Q1 2007	0.1115	186	1
   Q1 2006	0.1191	130	1
   Q1 2005	0.1348	127	1
   Q1 2011	0.1495	174	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)

   month	percentage	number of companies
   Mar 2014	0.1637	91
   Feb 2014	0.1225	59
   Jan 2014	0.1554	73
   Dec 2013	0.1070	37
   Nov 2013	0.1786	77
   Oct 2013	0.1594	79
   Sep 2013	0.1538	69
   Aug 2013	0.1514	63
   Jul 2013	0.1147	53
   Jun 2013	0.1338	55
   May 2013	0.1229	55
   Apr 2013	0.1149	56

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2014	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%
   UK formation share in 2013	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
   % change	28.9%	-24.3%	28.7%
   Record Year	2005 (0.2%)	1991 (0.2%)	2014 (0.2%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2014 was 43.7.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 2.7% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 2.7% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q1 2014	43.669838749869314	2.6764	2.6764	43.94994212503957	4.6278	3.4868
   Q1 2013	49.01757528426799	1.0638	5.3191	47.10964595133047	5.8125	1.8040
   Q1 2012	42.68911816523625	2.0979	2.7972	44.01567304438694	3.9464	3.3606
   Q1 2011	43.6984863161291	1.8868	2.5157	44.00308572788409	3.7160	3.0977
   Q1 2010	43.00064819118988	2.8436	3.3175	43.81168206067708	3.2605	2.8750
   Q1 2009	42.08712396866236	5.1282	2.9915	43.63602571510853	3.2764	3.3544
   Q1 2008	43.982860708099274	2.5937	2.0173	43.36089401370794	2.7792	3.0433
   Q1 2007	41.796135537167814	3.1915	1.8617	42.72392947089597	2.3497	3.1279
   Q1 2006	42.61335919120095	4.5455	1.5152	42.92317941897058	2.3888	3.0956
   Q1 2005	42.12486349367628	2.6144	1.3072	42.78572690088313	2.3512	3.2112

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)

   The record first quarter for female directors in Stevenage was in 2005 when 32.0% of all directors were female.

   28.0% of all director appointments in Stevenage in the first quarter of 2014 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.4% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q1 2014	27.9805	Q1 2014	26.3556	1
   Q1 2013	20.2128	Q1 2013	28.0893	1
   Q1 2012	27.2727	Q1 2012	25.8138	1
   Q1 2011	24.5283	Q1 2011	25.8807	1
   Q1 2010	26.0664	Q1 2010	25.1961	1
   Q1 2009	23.9316	Q1 2009	26.1804	1
   Q1 2008	29.3948	Q1 2008	28.4373	1
   Q1 2007	29.2553	Q1 2007	27.8398	1
   Q1 2006	30.6818	Q1 2006	26.8327	1
   Q1 2005	32.0261	Q1 2005	27.5241	1
   Q1 2005	32.0261	Q1 2008	28.4373	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2013-Mar 2014)

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

   word	percentage	uk word	uk percentage
   CARE	1.26%	CONSULTING	5.22%
   CONSULTANCY	1.18%	MANAGEMENT	4.67%
   CONSULTING	1.10%	CONSULTANCY	3.49%
   PROPERTY	1.02%	PROPERTY	2.64%
   J	1.02%	TRADING	2.05%
   MANAGEMENT	1.02%	LONDON	1.88%
   CONSTRUCTION	0.94%	ENGINEERING	1.86%
   HEALTHCARE	0.86%	CARE	1.79%
   STEVENAGE	0.78%	CONSTRUCTION	1.75%
   MEDICAL	0.63%	DESIGN	1.75%
   MEDIA	0.55%	CONSULTANTS	1.73%
   TRAINING	0.55%	BUSINESS	1.71%
   HEALTH	0.55%	PROPERTIES	1.60%
   CO	0.55%	INVESTMENTS	1.60%
   IT	0.47%	GLOBAL	1.58%
   HOUSE	0.47%	J	1.48%
   PRODUCTIONS	0.47%	ASSOCIATES	1.48%
   ENTERPRISES	0.47%	MEDIA	1.48%
   ENGINEERING	0.47%	IT	1.33%
   ASSOCIATES	0.47%	TRANSPORT	1.30%
   ELECTRICAL	0.47%	DEVELOPMENTS	1.29%
   TRADING	0.39%	BUILDING	1.24%
   GLOBAL	0.39%	M	1.21%
   K	0.39%	CAPITAL	1.20%
   HOLDINGS	0.39%	ELECTRICAL	1.19%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	318	280,210
   99999 - Dormant Company	89	47,084
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	59	37,882
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	55	56,411
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	41	26,700
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	39	27,750
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	30	18,491
   47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet	18	9,358
   86900 - Other human health activities	18	10,273
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	17	12,813
   74990 - Non-trading company	15	14,135
   86210 - General medical practice activities	13	3,987
   41100 - Development of building projects	13	9,855
   47990 - Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets	13	5,988
   86101 - Hospital activities	13	2,870
   43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified	12	8,155
   41201 - Construction of commercial buildings	12	2,086
   68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate	11	9,284
   69201 - Accounting and auditing activities	11	7,313
   71129 - Other engineering activities	11	5,477

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   08829483	PAUL STALLARD PROPERTIES LIMITED	02 Jan 2014
   08829498	HARRIS BUILDING CONTRACTORS LIMITED	02 Jan 2014
   08829513	SNOW INFOTECH LIMITED	02 Jan 2014
   08833969	DENTAL PROPERTY CLUB LIMITED	07 Jan 2014
   08836321	BG CARESERVICES LTD	08 Jan 2014
   08843539	RWPC ASSOCIATES LIMITED	14 Jan 2014
   08843758	KUMMITE LTD	14 Jan 2014
   08845800	MAR BASIL COMPANY LIMITED	15 Jan 2014
   08847859	QUANTOCK SMALL BUILDERS LTD	16 Jan 2014
   08849872	VIMIC LIMITED	17 Jan 2014
   08854068	APE REMOVALS LIMITED	21 Jan 2014
   08855290	CONSULTANTE ADMINISTRATIVE RABARDEAU LTD	21 Jan 2014
   08859318	YOUNIQUE CARE SOLUTIONS LTD.	23 Jan 2014
   08859958	PRIVERTEN LIMITED	24 Jan 2014
   08861995	NA HELPING HAND LTD	27 Jan 2014
   08864377	GFL CONSTRUCTION LIMITED	28 Jan 2014
   08868520	GALLIUM-31 LIMITED	30 Jan 2014
   08868758	NTC DESIGNS LTD	30 Jan 2014
   08870010	360 MUSIC TELEVISION LTD	30 Jan 2014
   08871458	VANISH CAR SALES LIMITED	31 Jan 2014
   08830603	STEP INTO THE NEW YOU LIMITED	03 Jan 2014
   08839076	C.L.S.B CONSTRUCTION LTD	09 Jan 2014
   08840660	ECG CONSULTING LTD	10 Jan 2014
   08844227	ACTIVE CARE CONSULTANCY LTD.	14 Jan 2014
   08866771	MSH-HEALTHCARE LIMITED	29 Jan 2014