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How many tech companies are in Scotland?

ayeoh tracks 12,585 tech companies based in Scotland (2 Nov 2026), 6,917 of them with filed accounts we can read.

Most common sectors

Software

8,876 companies on the register

Data & Cloud

930 companies on the register

Telecoms

622 companies on the register

Games

495 companies on the register

Hardware

287 companies on the register

AI

234 companies on the register

Where they are based

Glasgow

3,836 companies on the register

Edinburgh

3,162 companies on the register

Aberdeen

572 companies on the register

Dundee

429 companies on the register

Stirling

399 companies on the register

Highlands

132 companies on the register

Largest Scotland tech companies by net assets

1. 4J Studios

£37.4m · Dundee

2. Clas-SiC Wafer Fab

£29.5m · Fife

3=. Liftango Group

£24.4m

3=. Liftango Group

£24.4m

5=. Allsee Technologies

£22.9m · Glasgow

5=. Allsee Technologies

£22.9m

7. Linn Products

£19.6m · Glasgow

8. Veracity

£18.8m

9. Aperta

£13.5m · North Lanarkshire

10. 2I Group

£13.3m · Edinburgh

Ranked from 5,892 companies whose filed accounts state this figure (Companies House, year ends in the last three years). Ties share a rank.

Largest Scotland tech companies by employees

1=. Systal Technology Solutions

309 employees · Glasgow

1=. Systal Technology Solutions

309 employees · Glasgow

3. 2I

215 employees · Edinburgh

4=. API Software

180 employees · Glasgow

4=. API Software

180 employees · Glasgow

6. Linn Products

170 employees · Glasgow

7=. Kick ICT

165 employees · Bellshill

7=. Solais Topco

165 employees

9. Storm Ideas

151 employees · Edinburgh

10=. BIP Solutions

137 employees · Glasgow

Ranked from 4,656 companies whose filed accounts state this figure (Companies House, year ends in the last three years). Ties share a rank.

Largest Scotland tech companies by cash at bank

1. Future Technology Devices International

£17.3m · Glasgow

2. Clas-SiC Wafer Fab

£10.9m · Fife

3. Aperta

£9.3m · North Lanarkshire

4=. Halo Service Solutions

£8.7m

4=. Halo Service Solutions

£8.7m

6. Star-Dundee

£8.4m · Dundee

7. Samtec

£7.6m · Glasgow

8. Credosoft

£7m · Edinburgh

9=. API Software

£6.5m · Glasgow

9=. API Software

£6.5m · Glasgow

Ranked from 2,382 companies whose filed accounts state this figure (Companies House, year ends in the last three years). Ties share a rank.

Cite this

ayeoh tracks 12,585 tech companies based in Scotland (2 Nov 2026), 6,917 of them with filed accounts we can read. Source: ayeoh.io, https://ayeoh.io/facts/tech-companies-in-scotland

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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