Stockport, Greater Manchester
Q1 2014 Business Confidence Report
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)
A total of 651 companies were registered in Stockport during the first quarter of 2014 (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014).
This figure is an increase of 16.5% versus the same period last year (Q1 2013). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 11.8% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014) Stockport UK 2014 651 150,722 2013 559 134,802 % change 16.5% 11.8% Record Year 2007 (934) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2014 193 220 238 New companies in 2013 193 180 186 % change 0.0% 22.2% 28.0% Record Year 2008 (319) 2010 (296) 2007 (360)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)
A total of 564 companies were dissolved in Stockport during the first quarter of 2014 (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014).
This figure is an increase of 7.0% versus the same period last year (Q1 2013). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 5.7% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014) Stockport UK 2014 564 82,370 2013 527 77,914 % change 7.0% 5.7% Record Year 2011 (642) 2009 (108,066) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2014 196 207 161 Closed companies in 2013 246 148 133 % change -20.3% 39.9% 21% Record Year 2013 (246) 2011 (212) 2009 (400)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)
Net company growth for Stockport during the first quarter of 2014 (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014) was 87 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014) Stockport UK 2014 87 68,352 2013 32 56,888 Record Year 2007 (609) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2014 -3 13 77 Net growth in 2013 -53 32 53 Record Year 2010 (199) 2007 (196) 2007 (256)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)
In the first quarter of 2014, Stockport formed 0.4% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014) Stockport 2014 0.4% 2013 0.4% 2012 0.5% 2011 0.7% 2010 0.9% Record Year (since 1960) 2010 (0.9%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2014 0.4% 0.5% 0.4% UK formation share in 2013 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% % change -6.4% 12.8% 6.8% Record Year 2010 (1.1%) 2010 (0.9%) 2009 (0.8%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2014 was 43.7.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 4.4% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.7% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)
The record first quarter for female directors in Stockport was in 2005 when 27.5% of all directors were female.
24.9% of all director appointments in Stockport in the first quarter of 2014 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.4% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2013-Mar 2014)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTING 1.54% CONSULTING 5.22% MANAGEMENT 1.31% MANAGEMENT 4.67% CONSULTANCY 1.24% CONSULTANCY 3.49% CARE 0.82% PROPERTY 2.64% PROPERTY 0.78% TRADING 2.05% ENGINEERING 0.75% LONDON 1.88% CONSULTANTS 0.72% ENGINEERING 1.86% NORWAY 0.69% CARE 1.79% ASSOCIATES 0.69% CONSTRUCTION 1.75% BUSINESS 0.65% DESIGN 1.75% DESIGN 0.65% CONSULTANTS 1.73% TRADING 0.62% BUSINESS 1.71% MARKETING 0.59% PROPERTIES 1.60% DEVELOPMENTS 0.56% INVESTMENTS 1.60% MEDIA 0.56% GLOBAL 1.58% INVESTMENTS 0.52% J 1.48% BUILDING 0.49% ASSOCIATES 1.48% R 0.49% MEDIA 1.48% MANCHESTER 0.43% IT 1.33% S 0.43% TRANSPORT 1.30% SERVICE 0.43% DEVELOPMENTS 1.29% SECURITY 0.43% BUILDING 1.24% STOCKPORT 0.43% M 1.21% PROJECT 0.39% CAPITAL 1.20% CONSTRUCTION 0.39% ELECTRICAL 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 1,483 280,210 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 1,091 56,411 99999 - Dormant Company 188 47,084 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 164 37,882 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 116 26,700 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 87 27,750 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 80 18,491 56103 - Take-away food shops and mobile food stands 56 7,300 86900 - Other human health activities 49 10,273 74990 - Non-trading company 47 14,135 62090 - Other information technology service activities 45 12,813 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 44 9,284 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet 39 9,358 41100 - Development of building projects 37 9,855 43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified 37 8,155 62012 - Business and domestic software development 34 9,509 71129 - Other engineering activities 31 5,477 43210 - Electrical installation 30 5,885 63990 - Other information service activities not elsewhere classified 29 5,949 73110 - Advertising agencies 28 3,882
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE 08879114 PH. CAPITAL & ADVISORY LTD 06 Feb 2014 08892761 WAHU FOOD LIMITED 13 Feb 2014 08901356 NORTHBROOME LTD. 19 Feb 2014 08909672 CRYPTO SALVUS LIMITED 25 Feb 2014 08912964 ADVENTUREHOLIDAYCENTRE LTD 26 Feb 2014 08916401 THE BAKE HOUSE BY LAURA CAMPBELL LIMITED 28 Feb 2014 OC391062 LAMI TRADING LLP 11 Feb 2014 OC391064 POET MAKER LLP 11 Feb 2014 08885519 SEARCH OPTIMUM LTD 11 Feb 2014 08887999 SMR AKHTAR LTD 12 Feb 2014 OC391093 STRATING AUDICIENS LLP 13 Feb 2014 08892117 COOKIES & CREAM LTD 12 Feb 2014 08892169 REALLY HAPPY PILLS LTD 12 Feb 2014 08892210 AMAZING PEOPLE LIMITED 12 Feb 2014 08902492 CHESTERGATE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 19 Feb 2014 08905544 LOCKERBOKX LTD 20 Feb 2014 08906283 MACO EUROPE LTD 21 Feb 2014 08908899 VISHANDEL DE LEKKERBEK LTD 24 Feb 2014 08912887 JOB GROEP LTD 26 Feb 2014 08915367 EVALIFT LTD 27 Feb 2014 OC390817 ALBINUS LLP 03 Feb 2014 OC390915 SAINSBURY-MASON LLP 05 Feb 2014 08877006 HEATON MERSEY TYRES LIMITED 05 Feb 2014 08892080 SOPHIE BAILEY LTD 12 Feb 2014 08894544 MOTOR2TRADE LIMITED 13 Feb 2014
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