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How many tech companies are in Highlands?

ayeoh tracks 132 tech companies based in Highlands (2 Nov 2026), 87 of them with filed accounts we can read.

Most common sectors in Highlands

Software

87 companies on the register

Telecoms

14 companies on the register

Data & Cloud

10 companies on the register

Games

6 companies on the register

Energy

5 companies on the register

Hardware

5 companies on the register

Largest Highlands tech companies by net assets

1. Just Members

£4.5m · Argyll

2. Hunted Cow Studios

£3.8m · Moray

3. NB Communication

£463k · Shetland

4. Wobbly Tooth

£392k · Moray

5. Shadow Detect

£374k · Argyll

6. Caisteal Court

£250k · Argyll

7. Nitraminos

£249k · Thurso

8. TIG Marketing

£132k · Argyll

9. Telacad

£119k · Argyll

10. Oban

£103k · Argyll

Ranked from 74 companies whose filed accounts state this figure (Companies House, year ends in the last three years). Ties share a rank.

Largest Highlands tech companies by employees

1. Hunted Cow Studios

40 employees · Moray

2. NB Communication

12 employees · Shetland

3. Navertech

9 employees · Thurso

4=. Ontime IT & Comms

5 employees · Western Isles

4=. Wobbly Tooth

5 employees · Moray

6. Craine Communications

4 employees · Argyll

7=. DMR IT Consultancy

3 employees · Western Isles

7=. Earth Fibre Optics

3 employees · Orkney

7=. Lamontdesign

3 employees · Fort William

7=. Lamontdesign

3 employees · Fort William

Ranked from 63 companies whose filed accounts state this figure (Companies House, year ends in the last three years). Ties share a rank.

Largest Highlands tech companies by cash at bank

1. Thurso Electrical Control Systems

£799k · Thurso

2. NB Communication

£660k · Shetland

3. Wobbly Tooth

£395k · Moray

4. Hunted Cow Studios

£338k · Moray

5. Model Solution

£119k · Highlands

6. Telacad

£77.6k · Argyll

7. MH Apps

£73.3k · Shetland

8. Agentik

£70.2k · Orkney

9. Jrgw Comms

£44.3k · Shetland

10. Doolallys Entertainment

£23.5k · Wick

Ranked from 34 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 132 tech companies based in Highlands (2 Nov 2026), 87 of them with filed accounts we can read. Source: ayeoh.io, https://ayeoh.io/facts/tech-companies-in-highlands

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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