Stockport, Greater Manchester

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.

Contents

  1. New Company Registrations
  2. Closed Companies (dissolved)
  3. Net Company Growth
  4. UK Company Share
  5. Director Age
  6. Director Gender
  7. Naming Trends
  8. SIC Data
  9. Recent Companies

New Company Registrations

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)

    A total of 520 companies were registered in Stockport during the third quarter of 2013 (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013).

    This figure is a decrease of 14.9% versus the same period last year (Q3 2012). This figure compares badly 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)StockportUK
    2013520132,684
    2012611118,868
    % change-14.9%11.6%
    Record Year 2010 (894) 2013 (132,684)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2013)

    New Companies by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    New companies in 2013180183157
    New companies in 2012212191208
    % change-15.1%-4.2%-24.5%
    Record Year2010 (270)2010 (316)2009 (309)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)

    A total of 604 companies were dissolved in Stockport during the third quarter of 2013 (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013).

    This figure is an increase of 2.9% 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)StockportUK
    201360486,170
    201258775,908
    % change2.9%13.5%
    Record Year 2009 (738) 2009 (159,405)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2013)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    Closed companies in 2013168148288
    Closed companies in 2012204206177
    % change-17.6%-28.2%63%
    Record Year2012 (204)2008 (277)2009 (405)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)

    Net company growth for Stockport during the third quarter of 2013 (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013) was -84 companies.

    third quarter (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013)StockportUK
    2013-8446,514
    20122442,960
    Record Year 2007 (406) 2013 (46,514)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2013)

    Net Growth by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    Net growth in 20131235-131
    Net growth in 20128-1531
    Record Year2008 (221)2007 (139)2008 (202)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)

    In the third quarter of 2013, Stockport formed 0.4% of all UK companies.

    third quarter (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013)Stockport
    20130.4%
    20120.5%
    20110.6%
    20100.9%
    20090.8%
    Record Year (since 1960) 2010 (0.9%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2013)

    Company Share by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    UK formation share in 20130.4%0.4%0.3%
    UK formation share in 20120.5%0.5%0.5%
    % change-24.0%-12.1%-33.8%
    Record Year2010 (0.8%)2010 (1.0%)2009 (0.9%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)

    The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2013 was 42.7.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 4.5% compared to the UK figure of 3.7%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.6% compared to the UK figure of 4.5%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)

    The record third quarter for female directors in Stockport was in 2004 when 28.3% of all directors were female.

    24.9% of all director appointments in Stockport 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

  1. Previous 12 months (Sep 2012-Sep 2013)

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

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    CONSULTING1.94%CONSULTING5.27%
    MANAGEMENT0.90%MANAGEMENT4.75%
    CONSULTANTS0.90%CONSULTANCY3.45%
    MEDIA0.77%PROPERTY2.53%
    PROPERTY0.74%TRADING2.08%
    ASSOCIATES0.74%ENGINEERING1.83%
    NORWAY0.74%LONDON1.79%
    CONSULTANCY0.70%DESIGN1.78%
    TRADING0.67%BUSINESS1.74%
    CARE0.67%CONSTRUCTION1.70%
    DESIGN0.64%CONSULTANTS1.69%
    BUSINESS0.64%CARE1.64%
    MARKETING0.57%ASSOCIATES1.61%
    ENGINEERING0.57%GLOBAL1.59%
    DEVELOPMENTS0.57%J1.54%
    BUILDING0.53%MEDIA1.54%
    CHESHIRE0.50%INVESTMENTS1.53%
    SYSTEMS0.47%PROPERTIES1.45%
    NORTH0.47%IT1.39%
    CONSTRUCTION0.47%M1.25%
    TECHNOLOGY0.43%ELECTRICAL1.20%
    HOME0.43%BUILDING1.19%
    ELECTRICAL0.43%CAPITAL1.19%
    J0.40%DEVELOPMENTS1.16%
    SUPPORT0.40%TRAINING1.15%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied1,651260,135
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified1,56654,854
    99999 - Dormant Company17346,169
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management15034,970
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified10725,547
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities8026,675
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified6717,715
    7487 - Other business activities501,143
    74990 - Non-trading company4814,228
    62090 - Other information technology service activities4412,516
    56103 - Take-away food shops and mobile food stands436,651
    86900 - Other human health activities429,203
    68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate408,312
    62012 - Business and domestic software development339,104
    41100 - Development of building projects329,271
    47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet328,475
    73110 - Advertising agencies303,623
    96020 - Hairdressing and other beauty treatment295,859
    68100 - Buying and selling of own real estate295,430
    41202 - Construction of domestic buildings286,039

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    08637234 ICIS DESIGN LIMITED 05 Aug 2013
    08640126 MIKE POWER LTD. 06 Aug 2013
    08648478 LIMEX CONSULT LTD 13 Aug 2013
    08648518 BARCLAY CAVENDISH TRUSTEES LIMITED 13 Aug 2013
    08648861 WARWICK & EATON ADMINISTRATORS LIMITED 13 Aug 2013
    08649492 JJMC SERVICES LTD 14 Aug 2013
    08650458 DUB PHIZIX LTD 14 Aug 2013
    08650510 HIT SQUAD LIMITED 14 Aug 2013
    08653305 HOME RUN (PARKHILLS) LIMITED 16 Aug 2013
    08653415 PIZZA LA VITA LIMITED 16 Aug 2013
    08661735 AMS WINES LTD 22 Aug 2013
    08645668 LOVE LENDERS LIMITED 12 Aug 2013
    08655780 DUCKS FEET DESIGN LIMITED 19 Aug 2013
    08644126 COPYRITE HOUSE LIMITED 09 Aug 2013
    08644152 MANKIND SOLUTIONS LTD 09 Aug 2013
    08661328 ARGW LIMITED 22 Aug 2013
    08663032 ALLROUND STUC EN SPACKSPUITBEDRIJF LTD 27 Aug 2013
    08667015 OILCONNEXION LTD 28 Aug 2013
    OC387568 M&N IM- & EXPORT LLP 30 Aug 2013
    08633109 DTW TRACK SERVICES LIMITED 01 Aug 2013
    08635319 FACADE GK LIMITED 02 Aug 2013
    08638511 CORSON BUSINESS CONSULTANCY LIMITED 05 Aug 2013
    08639818 WALKWAY PROMOTIONS LIMITED 06 Aug 2013
    08645160 SHOOT NORTH UK LIMITED 09 Aug 2013
    08658218 JOHN CORNALL ANTIQUES LIMITED 20 Aug 2013