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How many tech companies are in Edinburgh?

ayeoh tracks 3,162 tech companies based in Edinburgh (2 Nov 2026), 1,691 of them with filed accounts we can read.

Most common sectors in Edinburgh

Software

2,399 companies on the register

Data & Cloud

233 companies on the register

Games

142 companies on the register

Telecoms

91 companies on the register

AI

76 companies on the register

Hardware

61 companies on the register

Largest Edinburgh tech companies by net assets

1. 2I Group

£13.3m · Edinburgh

2. Dovetail Games

£11.7m · Edinburgh

3. Cryptography

£11.6m · Edinburgh

4. Shot Scope

£10.2m · Edinburgh

5. Comcarde

£10m · Edinburgh

6. Sofant Technologies

£9.3m · Edinburgh

7. Credosoft

£6.8m · Edinburgh

8. XD Holdings

£6.7m · Edinburgh

9. Aveni

£6.2m · Edinburgh

10. PRO DBA

£5.7m · Edinburgh

Ranked from 1,480 companies whose filed accounts state this figure (Companies House, year ends in the last three years). Ties share a rank.

Largest Edinburgh tech companies by employees

1. 2I

215 employees · Edinburgh

2. Storm Ideas

151 employees · Edinburgh

3=. Avaloq Innovation

94 employees · Edinburgh

3=. Avaloq Innovation

94 employees · Edinburgh

5. SeeByte

86 employees · Edinburgh

6. Comcarde

83 employees · Edinburgh

7=. Amiqus

77 employees · Edinburgh

7=. Amiqus Resolution

77 employees · Edinburgh

9. Storm ID

74 employees · Edinburgh

10. Careathomeservice.Tech

64 employees · Edinburgh

Ranked from 1,164 companies whose filed accounts state this figure (Companies House, year ends in the last three years). Ties share a rank.

Largest Edinburgh tech companies by cash at bank

1. Credosoft

£7m · Edinburgh

2. Aveni

£5.2m · Edinburgh

3=. Desana Network

£4.9m · Edinburgh

3=. Desana Network

£4.9m · Edinburgh

5. Cryptography

£4.6m · Edinburgh

6. Shot Scope

£4.5m · Edinburgh

7. Dovetail Games

£3.1m · Edinburgh

8. 2I

£2.8m · Edinburgh

9=. Amiqus

£2.7m · Edinburgh

9=. Amiqus Resolution

£2.7m · Edinburgh

Ranked from 571 companies whose filed accounts state this figure (Companies House, year ends in the last three years). Ties share a rank.

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ayeoh tracks 3,162 tech companies based in Edinburgh (2 Nov 2026), 1,691 of them with filed accounts we can read. Source: ayeoh.io, https://ayeoh.io/facts/tech-companies-in-edinburgh

Counts are companies on ayeoh's register of Scottish technology firms, rebuilt daily; they are not a census. How ayeoh sources its data.

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