List of companies of Scotland

Location of Scotland (in the United Kingdom and Europe)

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

Traditionally, the Scottish economy has been dominated by heavy industry underpinned by shipbuilding in Glasgow, coal mining and steel industries. Petroleum related industries associated with the extraction of North Sea oil have also been important employers from the 1970s, especially in the north-east of Scotland. Edinburgh is the financial services centre of Scotland, with many large banking and finance firms based there, including the Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group (owners of HBOS); the Government owned Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Life.

Other notable companies based in Edinburgh include Rockstar North, whilst Glasgow, the countries largest city, is home to the International Financial Services District which houses offices of the Scottish Government, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan Chase, and Buchanan Wharf, headquarters of Barclays in Europe. Glasgow also serves as the headquarters of other notable companies, including drinks manufacturer A.G. Barr. Other notable Scottish brands, such as Johnnie Walker, was established in Kilmarnock, and The Designer Rooms was established in Ayr. Popular clothing brands Lyle & Scott and Pringle of Scotland also originate from the country, whilst bus transportation company, Stagecoach Group, is based in Perth.

Notable firms

This list includes notable companies with primary headquarters located in the country. The industry and sector follow the Industry Classification Benchmark taxonomy. Organizations which have ceased operations are included and noted as defunct.

The list includes notable companies as defined under the Companies Act 1985 and the Companies Act 2006, as well as other bodies such as limited liability partnerships and building societies.

Notable companies
Status: P=Private, S=State; A=Active, D=Defunct

Name	Industry	Sector	Headquarters	Founded	Notes	Status
Abrdn	Financials	Life insurance	Edinburgh	1825	Formerly Europe's largest mutual life assurance company	P	A
Aberdeen Asset Management	Financials	Asset managers	Aberdeen	1983	Asset management	P	A
Adam & Company	Financials	Banks	Edinburgh	1983	Bank	P	A
Aegon UK	Financials	Banks	Edinburgh	1831	Bank	P	A
A.G. Barr	Consumer goods	Soft drinks	Cumbernauld	1875	Soft drinks, including Irn-Bru and Tizer	P	A
Agenor Technology	Industrials	Business support services	Edinburgh	2006	IT consulting	P	A
Aggreko	Industrials	Electronic equipment	Glasgow	1962	Power generation equipment	P	A
Airdrie Savings Bank	Financials	Banks	Airdrie	1835	Bank	P	A
Albion Motors	Consumer goods	Automobiles	Glasgow	1899	Car manufacturer	P	A
Alexander Dennis	Industrials	Commercial vehicles & trucks	Larbert	2004	Bus manufacturer	P	A
Alliance Trust	Financials	Banks	Dundee	1888	Bank	P	A
Arnold Clark Automobiles	Consumer services	Motor vehicles	Glasgow	1954	Transportation	P	A
Apex Hotels	Consumer services	Hotels	Edinburgh	1996	Hotels	P	A
BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships	Industrials	Defence	Glasgow	2008	Military ships, part of BAE Systems and VT Group	P	A
Barr Construction	Industrials	Heavy construction	Paisley	1898	Construction	P	A
Baxters	Consumer goods	Food products	Fochabers	1868	Food producer	P	A
BBC Scotland	Consumer services	Broadcasting & entertainment	Glasgow	1952	National public broadcaster, part of the BBC	S	A
Britoil	Oil & gas	Exploration & production	Glasgow	1975	Oil and gas, part of BP	P	A
Business Stream	Utilities	Water	Edinburgh	2006	Water, part of Scottish Water	P	A
Cairn Energy	Oil & gas	Exploration & production	Edinburgh	1981	Oil and gas development	P	A
Caledonian Brewing Company	Consumer goods	Brewers	Edinburgh	1869	Brewery, part of Heineken International (Netherlands)	P	A
Caledonian MacBrayne	Consumer services	Travel & tourism	Gourock	1851	Ferry company operating on the west coast of Scotland, Scottish Government owned through David MacBrayne	S	A
Cashmaster International	Industrials	Industrial machinery	Dalgety Bay	1977	Money counting machines	P	A
Century Building Society	Financials	Banks	Edinburgh	1899	Bank, merged into Scottish Building Society in 2013	P	D
Christian Salvesen	Industrials	Marine transportation	Leith	1872	Transportation, merged into Norbert Dentressangle (France)	P	D
Clyde Broadcast	Industrials	Electronic equipment	Clydebank	1997	Broadcasting equipment	P	A
Clydesdale Bank	Financials	Banks	Glasgow	1838	Commercial bank	P	A
Cupid plc	Technology	Internet	Edinburgh	2005	Dating websites	P	A
Dana Petroleum	Oil & gas	Exploration & production	Aberdeen	1994	North Sea exploration and production	P	A
DC Thomson	Consumer services	Publishing	Dundee	1905	Publisher of the Sunday Post, the Beano	P	A
Doosan Babcock	Industrials	Electronic equipment	Renfrew	1891	Power equipment	P	A
Drambuie	Consumer goods	Distillers & vintners	Glasgow	1910	Whisky producer	P	A
Dunfermline Building Society	Financials	Banks	Dunfermline	1869	Bank, building society	P	A
Edesix	Industrials	Electronic equipment	Edinburgh	2002	Body cameras	P	A
Edinburgh Woollen Mill	Consumer services	Apparel retailers	Langholm	1947	Clothing, knitwear retailer	P	A
Edrington	Consumer goods	Distillers & vintners	Glasgow	1850	Whisky producers	P	A
Farmfoods	Consumer services	Food retailers & wholesalers	Cumbernauld	1955	Frozen food supermarkets	P	A
FirstGroup	Consumer services	Travel & tourism	Aberdeen	1995	Passenger transportation	P	A
Forth Ports	Industrials	Transportation services	Edinburgh	1967	Port operator	P	A
German Doner Kebab	Consumer goods	Food products	Glasgow	2017	Fast casual kebab chain	P	A
Gleneagles Hotel	Consumer services	Hotels	Auchterarder	1924	Hotel	P	A
HBOS	Financials	Banks	Edinburgh	2001	Holding company of the Bank of Scotland, part of Lloyds Banking Group	P	A
Highland Spring	Consumer goods	Soft drinks	Blackford	1979	Bottled water supplier	P	A
Highlands and Islands Airports	Industrials	Transportation services	Inverness	1986	Airports, owned by the Scottish Government	S	A
Inver House	Consumer goods	Distillers & vintners	Airdrie	1964	Whisky producers	P	A
Jenners	Consumer services	Broadline retailers	Edinburgh	1838	Department stores, part of House of Fraser	P	A
Johnston Press	Consumer services	Publishing	Edinburgh	1767	Owner of The Scotsman	P	A
Kelvin Diesels	Industrials	Industrial machinery	Glasgow	1904	Motors	P	A
Kwik Fit	Consumer services	Specialized consumer services	Edinburgh	1971	Car repairs, mechanics	P	A
Linn Products	Industrials	Electronic equipment	Glasgow	1973	Audio equipment	P	A
Loganair	Consumer services	Airlines	Paisley	1962	Airline	P	A
Lothian Buses	Consumer services	Travel & tourism	Edinburgh	1919	Regional bus operator publicly-owned by Edinburgh City Council	S	A
Lyle & Scott	Customer services	Clothing	Hawick	1874	Clothing manufacturer and retailer	P	A
M&Co.	Consumer services	Apparel retailers	Inchinnan	1834	Clothing retailer	P	A
Megabus	Consumer services	Travel & tourism	Perth	2003	Low-cost inter-city bus operator	P	A
Menzies Aviation	Industrials	Delivery services	Edinburgh	1833	Logistics and distribution	P	A
Müller Milk & Ingredients	Consumer goods	Food products	East Kilbride	1947	Milk and dairy	P	A
NatWest Group	Financials	Banks	Edinburgh	1969	Banking and insurance, formerly Royal Bank of Scotland Group	P	A
NorthLink Ferries	Industrials	Marine transportation	Stromness	2002	Operator of ferries to the Northern Isles	P	A
Park's Motor Group	Consumer services	Travel & tourism	Hamilton	1971	Coach operator	P	A
Pelamis Wave Power	Oil & gas	Renewable energy equipment	Edinburgh	1998	Wave power equipment, defunct 2014	P	D
Pringle of Scotland	Consumer goods	Clothing & accessories	Edinburgh	1815	Fashion	P	A
Realtime Worlds	Technology	Software	Dundee	2002	Game developer, defunct 2010	P	D
RHA Audio	Technology	Audio electronics	Glasgow	2008	Personal headphones and audio electronics	P	A
Robert Noble	Consumer goods	Clothing & accessories	Killybegs	1666	Clothing, textiles	P	A
Rockstar North	Technology	Software	Edinburgh	1984	Game developer, part of Rockstar Games (US)	P	A
Royal Bank of Scotland	Financials	Banks	Edinburgh	1727	Bank, part of NatWest Group	P	A
Schuh	Consumer services	Apparel retailers	Livingston	1981	Footwear retailers	P	A
Scotmid	Consumer services	Food retailers & wholesalers	Edinburgh	1859	Scotland-wide supermarket chain	P	A
ScotRail	Consumer services	Travel & tourism	Glasgow	2022	Passenger rail operator	P	A
SSE	Utilities	Multiutilities	Perth	1998	Electricity and natural gas supplier	P	A
Scottish Building Society	Financials	Banks	Edinburgh	1848	Bank and building society	P	A
Scottish Citylink	Consumer services	Travel & tourism	Glasgow	1985	Inter-city coach operator	P	A
Scottish Friendly	Financials	Full line insurance	Glasgow	1862	Insurance and friendly society	P	A
Scottish Power	Utilities	Multiutilities	Glasgow	1990	Gas and electricity, part of Iberdrola (Spain)	P	A
Scottish Water	Utilities	Water	Dunfermline	2002	Public water utility owned by the Scottish Government	S	A
Scottish Widows	Financials	Investment services	Edinburgh	1815	Pensions, part of Lloyds Banking Group	P	A
SgurrEnergy	Industrials	Business support services	Glasgow	2002	Engineering consultancy specialising in renewable energy	P	A
Skyscanner	Technology	Internet	Edinburgh	2001	Flight aggregation website, part of Ctrip (China)	P	A
Stagecoach Group	Consumer services	Travel & tourism	Perth	1980	Bus and train operator	P	A
Stoats Porridge Bars	Consumer goods	Food products	Edinburgh	2004	Porridge providers	P	A
STV Group	Consumer services	Broadcasting & entertainment	Glasgow	1957	Formerly Scottish Media Group, owner of STV	P	A
Tesco Bank	Financials	Banks	Edinburgh	1997	Bank, part of Tesco	P	A
The Ashvale	Consumer services	Restaurants & bars	Aberdeen	1979	Fish and chip restaurant chain	P	A
The Comedy Unit	Consumer services	Broadcasting & entertainment	Glasgow	1996	Sitcom and comedy developer	P	A
The Designer Rooms	Consumer goods	Homeware and furniture	Ayr	2010	Premium furniture and homeware	P	A
Thus	Telecommunications	Fixed line telecommunications	Glasgow	1999	Telecom, formerly known as Scottish Telecom	P	A
TSB Bank	Financials	Banks	Edinburgh	1985	Retail and commercial bank	P	A
Tunnock's	Consumer goods	Food products	Uddingston	1890	Biscuit and confectionery producer	P	A
Visioncall	Health care	Health care providers	Cambuslang	1994	Eye care chain	P	A
Walkers Shortbread	Consumer goods	Food products	Aberlour	1898	Shortbread, biscuit and cracker company	P	A
Wavegen	Oil & gas	Renewable energy equipment	Inverness	1990	Wave power equipment, defunct 2013	P	D
Weir Group	Industrials	Industrial machinery	Glasgow	1871	Machinery	P	A
Wellpark Brewery	Consumer goods	Brewers	Glasgow	1556	Brewing company, part of C&C Group (Ireland)	P	A
Western Ferries	Consumer services	Marine transportation	Hunters Quay	1868	Operator of ferry services on the River Clyde	P	A
Whyte & Mackay	Consumer goods	Distillers & vintners	Glasgow	1844	Whisky producers	P	A
William Grant & Sons	Consumer goods	Distillers & vintners	Dufftown	1887	Whisky producers	P	A
Wolfson Microelectronics	Technology	Semiconductors	Edinburgh	1984	Fabless semiconductors, defunct 2014	P	D
Wood Group	Oil & gas	Oil equipment & services	Aberdeen	1982	Oil and gas support	P	A
Wood Mackenzie	Industrials	Business support services	Edinburgh	1973	Analytics	P	A

• 
  Headquarters for the Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh.
• 
  The Glenfiddich whisky distillery in Moray.
• 
  The Gleneagles Hotel grounds in Perthshire.
• 
  The Govan shipyard, part of BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships.

See also

• Economy of Scotland
• List of restaurants in Scotland
• List of Scotland–based production companies
• Media in Scotland

External links

• The Scotsman Business 250 (2005), The Scotsman
• SCOTBIS, the Scottish Business Information Service, part of the National Library of Scotland