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.
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New Company Registrations
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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) Stockport UK 2013 520 132,684 2012 611 118,868 % change -14.9% 11.6% Record Year 2010 (894) 2013 (132,684) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2013)
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2013 180 183 157 New companies in 2012 212 191 208 % change -15.1% -4.2% -24.5% Record Year 2010 (270) 2010 (316) 2009 (309)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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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) Stockport UK 2013 604 86,170 2012 587 75,908 % change 2.9% 13.5% Record Year 2009 (738) 2009 (159,405) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2013)
Dissolved Companies by Month
July August September Closed companies in 2013 168 148 288 Closed companies in 2012 204 206 177 % change -17.6% -28.2% 63% Record Year 2012 (204) 2008 (277) 2009 (405)
Net Company Growth
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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) Stockport UK 2013 -84 46,514 2012 24 42,960 Record Year 2007 (406) 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 12 35 -131 Net growth in 2012 8 -15 31 Record Year 2008 (221) 2007 (139) 2008 (202)
UK Company Share
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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 2013 0.4% 2012 0.5% 2011 0.6% 2010 0.9% 2009 0.8% Record Year (since 1960) 2010 (0.9%) 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 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% UK formation share in 2012 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% % change -24.0% -12.1% -33.8% Record Year 2010 (0.8%) 2010 (1.0%) 2009 (0.9%)
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 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
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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
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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 1.94% CONSULTING 5.27% MANAGEMENT 0.90% MANAGEMENT 4.75% CONSULTANTS 0.90% CONSULTANCY 3.45% MEDIA 0.77% PROPERTY 2.53% PROPERTY 0.74% TRADING 2.08% ASSOCIATES 0.74% ENGINEERING 1.83% NORWAY 0.74% LONDON 1.79% CONSULTANCY 0.70% DESIGN 1.78% TRADING 0.67% BUSINESS 1.74% CARE 0.67% CONSTRUCTION 1.70% DESIGN 0.64% CONSULTANTS 1.69% BUSINESS 0.64% CARE 1.64% MARKETING 0.57% ASSOCIATES 1.61% ENGINEERING 0.57% GLOBAL 1.59% DEVELOPMENTS 0.57% J 1.54% BUILDING 0.53% MEDIA 1.54% CHESHIRE 0.50% INVESTMENTS 1.53% SYSTEMS 0.47% PROPERTIES 1.45% NORTH 0.47% IT 1.39% CONSTRUCTION 0.47% M 1.25% TECHNOLOGY 0.43% ELECTRICAL 1.20% HOME 0.43% BUILDING 1.19% ELECTRICAL 0.43% CAPITAL 1.19% J 0.40% DEVELOPMENTS 1.16% SUPPORT 0.40% 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 1,651 260,135 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 1,566 54,854 99999 - Dormant Company 173 46,169 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 150 34,970 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 107 25,547 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 80 26,675 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 67 17,715 7487 - Other business activities 50 1,143 74990 - Non-trading company 48 14,228 62090 - Other information technology service activities 44 12,516 56103 - Take-away food shops and mobile food stands 43 6,651 86900 - Other human health activities 42 9,203 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 40 8,312 62012 - Business and domestic software development 33 9,104 41100 - Development of building projects 32 9,271 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet 32 8,475 73110 - Advertising agencies 30 3,623 96020 - Hairdressing and other beauty treatment 29 5,859 68100 - Buying and selling of own real estate 29 5,430 41202 - Construction of domestic buildings 28 6,039
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE 08590435 CQ MARKETING LIMITED 01 Jul 2013 08592516 SOCIALUTIONS LTD 01 Jul 2013 08613844 GSL GLOBAL COATINGS LIMITED 17 Jul 2013 08616315 ASTLEY GRANGE HOMES LIMITED 19 Jul 2013 08625126 BEE MOTION MARKETING LTD 25 Jul 2013 08625994 BEN'S PIZZA (ROTHERHAM) LIMITED 26 Jul 2013 08631473 CD CABINETS LIMITED 31 Jul 2013 08593318 OUTMARKET LIMITED 02 Jul 2013 08600620 FUNK E SWEETS LIMITED 08 Jul 2013 08611821 MINTED MELON LIMITED 16 Jul 2013 08600303 NUMBERS FOR NERDS LIMITED 08 Jul 2013 08618226 A & K RETAIL LIMITED 22 Jul 2013 08619367 NATURAL CATERING LIMITED 22 Jul 2013 08590534 THE CREATIVES NETWORK LTD 01 Jul 2013 08592389 KANJI VENTURES LIMITED 01 Jul 2013 08597425 THE INTUITIVE GP COMPANY LIMITED 04 Jul 2013 08597864 OPTIMA POOL LIMITED 04 Jul 2013 08610913 KARNOY LIMITED 16 Jul 2013 08613717 CRUMPSALL LANE (MANAGEMENT) LIMITED 17 Jul 2013 08615175 A1 ACCOUNTING & IT LIMITED 18 Jul 2013 08616372 NATUU'S LIMITED 19 Jul 2013 08616734 ANNY'S PROFESSIONAL DRIVING SOLUTIONS LTD 19 Jul 2013 08627672 ANW TECHNOLOGY LTD 29 Jul 2013 08628413 EVOKE PHOTOGRAPHY LTD 29 Jul 2013 08630876 STYLEART LIMITED 30 Jul 2013
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