Stockport, Greater Manchester
Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 673 companies were registered in Stockport during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 20.7% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 13.0% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Stockport UK 2012 673 131,491 2011 849 116,391 % change -20.7% 13.0% Record Year 2007 (934) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2012 224 232 217 New companies in 2011 261 262 326 % change -14.2% -11.5% -33.4% Record Year 2008 (319) 2010 (296) 2007 (360)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 476 companies were dissolved in Stockport during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 25.9% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 25.7% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Stockport UK 2012 476 67,576 2011 642 90,987 % change -25.9% -25.7% Record Year 2011 (642) 2009 (108,065) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2012 169 168 139 Closed companies in 2011 205 212 225 % change -17.6% -20.8% -38% Record Year 2011 (205) 2011 (212) 2009 (400)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
Net company growth for Stockport during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 197 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Stockport UK 2012 197 63,915 2011 207 25,404 Record Year 2007 (609) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2012 55 64 78 Net growth in 2011 56 50 101 Record Year 2010 (199) 2007 (196) 2007 (256)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
In the first quarter of 2012, Stockport formed 0.5% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Stockport 2012 0.5% 2011 0.7% 2010 0.9% 2009 0.8% 2008 0.8% Record Year (since 1960) 2010 (0.9%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2012 0.6% 0.5% 0.5% UK formation share in 2011 0.8% 0.7% 0.7% % change -26.4% -24.3% -37.7% Record Year 2010 (1.1%) 2010 (0.9%) 2009 (0.8%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 42.7.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 4.6% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 2.4% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
The record first quarter for female directors in Stockport was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
25.0% of all director appointments in Stockport in the first quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2011-Mar 2012)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage NORWAY 2.55% CONSULTING 5.07% CONSULTING 1.81% MANAGEMENT 4.74% MANAGEMENT 1.43% CONSULTANCY 3.30% OG 1.20% PROPERTY 2.37% MEDIA 0.98% TRADING 2.07% CONSULTANCY 0.77% DESIGN 1.93% INVEST 0.77% ENGINEERING 1.86% DESIGN 0.72% ASSOCIATES 1.84% ENGINEERING 0.69% CONSULTANTS 1.79% MARKETING 0.64% BUSINESS 1.73% TRADING 0.58% MEDIA 1.72% NORDIC 0.58% CONSTRUCTION 1.72% BUSINESS 0.56% LONDON 1.66% BYGG 0.56% J 1.54% CONSULTANTS 0.50% INVESTMENTS 1.51% SERVICE 0.50% GLOBAL 1.50% STOCKPORT 0.48% IT 1.40% PROPERTIES 0.48% CARE 1.34% NORGE 0.45% PROPERTIES 1.31% CARE 0.45% ELECTRICAL 1.27% J 0.43% M 1.27% PROPERTY 0.43% BUILDING 1.24% CONSULT 0.43% ENERGY 1.20% CHESHIRE 0.43% S 1.20% BUILDING 0.40% ENTERPRISES 1.19%
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 1,763 216,665 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 1,523 35,233 7487 - Other business activities 1,387 52,735 99999 - Dormant Company 102 25,084 9999 - Dormant Company 83 18,617 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 65 13,637 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 64 19,704 7414 - Business & management consultancy 52 12,113 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 51 14,303 74990 - Non-trading company 50 9,729 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 43 9,892 9305 - Other service activities 41 8,818 7260 - Other computer related activities 31 7,154 7499 - Non-trading company 30 9,102 62090 - Other information technology service activities 27 8,145 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 26 6,934 62012 - Business and domestic software development 24 4,356 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 23 4,132 64999 - Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified 23 3,136 5530 - Restaurants 21 4,633
Recent Companies
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