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
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