Stockport, Greater Manchester
Q1 2011 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- Q1 2011 saw a new record in company closures in Stockport when compared to any previous Q1.
- February 2011 saw a new record in company closures in Stockport when compared to any previous February.
- January 2011 saw a new record in company closures in Stockport when compared to any previous January.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
A total of 849 companies were registered in Stockport during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011).
This figure is a decrease of 8.4% versus the same period last year (Q1 2010). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 10.7% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) Stockport UK 2011 849 116,391 2010 927 105,137 % change -8.4% 10.7% Record Year 2007 (934) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2011 261 262 326 New companies in 2010 315 296 316 % change -17.1% -11.5% 3.2% Record Year 2008 (319) 2010 (296) 2007 (360)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
Q1 2011 saw a new record in company closures in Stockport when compared to any previous Q1.
A total of 642 companies were dissolved in Stockport during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011).
This figure is an increase of 25.4% versus the same period last year (Q1 2010). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 10.0% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) Stockport UK 2011 642 90,986 2010 512 82,677 % change 25.4% 10.0% Record Year 2011 (642) 2009 (108,060) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)
February 2011 saw a new record in company closures in Stockport when compared to any previous February.
January 2011 saw a new record in company closures in Stockport when compared to any previous January.
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2011 205 212 225 Closed companies in 2010 116 168 228 % change 76.7% 26.2% -1% Record Year 2011 (205) 2011 (212) 2009 (400)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
Net company growth for Stockport during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) was 207 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) Stockport UK 2011 207 25,405 2010 415 22,460 Record Year 2007 (609) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2011 56 50 101 Net growth in 2010 199 128 88 Record Year 2010 (199) 2007 (196) 2007 (256)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
In the first quarter of 2011, Stockport formed 0.7% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) Stockport 2011 0.7% 2010 0.9% 2009 0.8% 2008 0.8% 2007 0.6% Record Year (since 1960) 2010 (0.9%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2011 0.8% 0.7% 0.7% UK formation share in 2010 1.1% 0.9% 0.7% % change -28.5% -22.1% -1.6% Record Year 2010 (1.1%) 2010 (0.9%) 2009 (0.8%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2011 was 44.3.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.3% compared to the UK figure of 3.0%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.1% compared to the UK figure of 4.3%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
The record first quarter for female directors in Stockport was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
26.9% of all director appointments in Stockport in the first quarter of 2011 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.4% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2010-Mar 2011)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage NORWAY 4.44% CONSULTING 5.04% CONSULTING 2.26% MANAGEMENT 4.97% OG 1.97% CONSULTANCY 3.16% INVEST 1.86% PROPERTY 2.38% MANAGEMENT 1.26% TRADING 2.10% SERVICE 1.17% DESIGN 1.93% DESIGN 0.87% ASSOCIATES 1.92% MEDIA 0.83% BUSINESS 1.87% BYGG 0.81% CONSTRUCTION 1.80% TRANSPORT 0.76% CONSULTANTS 1.76% PROPERTY 0.63% MEDIA 1.69% BUSINESS 0.63% ENGINEERING 1.61% TRADING 0.56% LONDON 1.60% CONSULTANCY 0.56% CARE 1.45% ASSOCIATES 0.52% J 1.45% STOCKPORT 0.52% GLOBAL 1.44% CHESHIRE 0.49% INVESTMENTS 1.43% CONSTRUCTION 0.47% IT 1.41% IMPORT 0.45% PROPERTIES 1.36% IT 0.45% BUILDING 1.34% MARKETING 0.45% M 1.30% CONSULT 0.43% ELECTRICAL 1.28% ENGINEERING 0.43% S 1.24% NORGE 0.40% INTERNATIONAL 1.23% INVESTMENTS 0.40% SYSTEMS 1.23%
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 1,585 202,798 7487 - Other business activities 1,467 60,968 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 1,178 30,253 9999 - Dormant Company 132 19,765 99999 - Dormant Company 97 18,336 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 65 16,150 7414 - Business & management consultancy 57 12,916 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 56 10,085 74990 - Non-trading company 53 8,695 9305 - Other service activities 47 8,740 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 42 7,788 7499 - Non-trading company 41 11,316 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 33 10,246 7260 - Other computer related activities 33 7,789 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 29 6,183 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 25 7,000 41100 - Development of building projects 23 3,921 5530 - Restaurants 23 4,898 64999 - Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified 22 2,754 5263 - Other non-store retail sale 19 1,853
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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