Stourbridge, West Midlands
Q3 2011 Business Confidence Report
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
A total of 98 companies were registered in Stourbridge during the third quarter of 2011 (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011).
This figure is a decrease of 8.4% versus the same period last year (Q3 2010). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 12.8% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) Stourbridge UK 2011 98 114,512 2010 107 101,492 % change -8.4% 12.8% Record Year 2003 (123) 2011 (114,512) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2011 31 36 31 New companies in 2010 26 32 49 % change 19.2% 12.5% -36.7% Record Year 2003 (44) 2007 (45) 2010 (49)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
A total of 102 companies were dissolved in Stourbridge during the third quarter of 2011 (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011).
This figure is an increase of 6.3% versus the same period last year (Q3 2010). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 17.6% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) Stourbridge UK 2011 102 72,230 2010 96 87,705 % change 6.3% -17.6% Record Year 2009 (137) 2009 (159,401) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)
Dissolved Companies by Month
July August September Closed companies in 2011 33 37 32 Closed companies in 2010 26 30 40 % change 26.9% 23.3% -20% Record Year 2009 (34) 2008 (53) 2009 (64)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
Net company growth for Stourbridge during the third quarter of 2011 (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) was -4 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) Stourbridge UK 2011 -4 42,282 2010 11 13,787 Record Year 2007 (47) 2003 (60,597) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)
Net Growth by Month
July August September Net growth in 2011 -2 -1 -1 Net growth in 2010 0 2 9 Record Year 2008 (33) 2007 (22) 2008 (30)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
In the third quarter of 2011, Stourbridge formed 0.1% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) Stourbridge 2011 0.1% 2010 0.1% 2009 0.1% 2008 0.1% 2007 0.1% Record Year (since 1960) 1963 (0.4%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)
Company Share by Month
July August September UK formation share in 2011 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% UK formation share in 2010 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% % change 9.2% -5.4% -42.8% Record Year 1968 (0.6%) 1963 (0.5%) 1984 (0.4%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2011 was 47.2.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.9% compared to the UK figure of 4.0%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 7.2% compared to the UK figure of 4.1%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
The record third quarter for female directors in Stourbridge was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.
31.4% of all director appointments in Stourbridge in the third quarter of 2011 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.0% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Sep 2010-Sep 2011)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage MANAGEMENT 2.57% CONSULTING 5.11% (MIDLANDS) 0.98% MANAGEMENT 4.75% RIVERS 0.98% CONSULTANCY 3.19% PROPERTY 0.98% PROPERTY 2.41% FIVE 0.86% TRADING 2.06% DEVELOPMENTS 0.86% DESIGN 1.94% FINANCIAL 0.86% ASSOCIATES 1.85% INTERIORS 0.73% BUSINESS 1.82% CONSTRUCTION 0.73% CONSULTANTS 1.76% SOLAR 0.73% ENGINEERING 1.74% CONSULTING 0.73% MEDIA 1.72% STOURBRIDGE 0.73% CONSTRUCTION 1.72% MIDLANDS 0.61% LONDON 1.63% J 0.61% J 1.47% ASSOCIATES 0.61% GLOBAL 1.46% SYSTEMS 0.61% INVESTMENTS 1.43% S 0.49% CARE 1.42% IT 0.49% IT 1.38% CARE 0.49% BUILDING 1.30% PROPERTIES 0.49% PROPERTIES 1.28% CONSULTANCY 0.49% ELECTRICAL 1.27% SOCIAL 0.37% M 1.25% INVESTMENTS 0.37% ENERGY 1.22% RICHARDS 0.37% TRAINING 1.21% RETAIL 0.37% S 1.21%
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 204 204,493 7487 - Other business activities 96 65,177 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 31 7,551 9999 - Dormant Company 24 22,587 7499 - Non-trading company 21 11,543 74990 - Non-trading company 21 8,064 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 20 29,245 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 14 15,760 7414 - Business & management consultancy 12 14,755 99999 - Dormant Company 12 18,281 9305 - Other service activities 10 10,525 32990 - Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified 9 1,382 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 9 6,321 7260 - Other computer related activities 9 8,686 41100 - Development of building projects 8 3,697 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 8 10,137 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 7 10,018 86900 - Other human health activities 7 4,019 6024 - Freight transport by road 7 2,601 45200 - Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles 6 2,179
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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