Celebrating being Irish on St Patrick's Day
As an Irish owned Company Information and Credit Risk Agency, we're getting our St. Patrick's Day hats on in order to celebrate all things Irish this week! To do that, we're going to start looking at the numbers:
| 181,350 | - Irish companies with a status of Normal |
| 5,708 | - new Irish businesses set up in 2013 |
| 4,558 | - first time directors of Irish companies in 2013 |
| 3,286 | - new Irish companies set up so far this year - up 10% on 2012 |
Did you know... ...Patrick is the third most popular name for a Male director in Ireland. Patricia is the 5th most popular amongst female directors.
| Male Director | Female Director | ||
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John | |
Mary |
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Michael | |
Margaret |
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Patrick | |
Anne |
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David | |
Catherine |
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James | |
Patricia |
...St. Patrick used the three leaf shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity to Irish people...there are 73 Irish companies with a "Normal" status that have Shamrock in their name ...the most common star sign for the director of an Irish company is Cancer... Aries and Pisces are second and third respectively. ...Dublin is the most popular location for start-ups in 2013 accounting for over 40% of new companies... Cork and Galway are the second and third most popular locations.
Insolvency Notices
2,206
The number of companies that have collapsed this year. This figure is up 25% compared to last year
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PREDICTIVE CREDIT REPORTS
Our Credit Reports are predicting over 80% of insolvencies at up to 6 months in advance.
Appointments
LIQUIDATORS
- 28 Companies
E8 (Notice Of Appointment Of Receiver)
- 23 Companies
EXAMINERS
- 1 Company
Meetings of Creditors
8th of March, 2013
- Arthouse Solutions Limited
- Irish Meat Trading Group Limited
- Knockmore Construction Limited
- Stephen Smith & Sons Limited
7th of March, 2013
Read MoreClosures
186
The number of companies that have closed this week.
New Startups
New Companies
- 302 Companies
New Businesses
- 317 Businesses
Important Changes
Changed Status
- 396 Companies
HIGH COURT NOTICES
- 4 Companies
Strike off & Struck off Companies
Strike Off
- 218 Companies
Struck Off
- 1 Company
