Companies in Glasgow

Q: How many companies are in Glasgow?

Our Glasgow business directory currently lists every registered legal entity with a Glasgow address in the official United Kingdom business register. The exact count is shown live at the top of this page.

Q: Where does Glasgow company data come from?

Glasgow records are sourced directly from the official United Kingdom business register and enriched with 50+ data points: revenue, employees, industry codes, contact details, and ownership.

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Core registry fields are refreshed weekly. Enriched fields (revenue, employees, contact) are refreshed monthly so your Glasgow list never goes stale.

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Yes. Every Glasgow record is tagged with SIC industry codes. You can request your directory filtered by one or several SIC codes, employee size bands, or revenue thresholds.

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Behind every street in Glasgow sits a business. 21,049 of them, to be exact, all registered in the United Kingdom business register. The biggest single industry is general business services with 1,042 companies, roughly 5% of everything that does business in the city.

21,049 businesses indexed

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Clydesdale Bank PLC	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	177 Bothwell Street	Glasgow City	G2 7ER	cbonline.*****	1882	$9,278,664,975	7,305	Corporation	788	SC001111
2	Safeway Stores LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	22 Mitchell Arcade	Glasgow City	G73 2LS	morrisons.*****	1963	$9,056,154,932	34,681	Corporation	2513	00746956
3	Scottish Power UK PLC	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	320 St Vincent Street	Glasgow City	G2 5AD	scottishpower.*****	1992	$8,617,918,248	9,337	Corporation	3651	SC117120
4	Scottish Power LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	Scottishpower House	Glasgow City	G2 5AD	scottishpower.*****	1999	$8,617,918,248	9,337	Corporation	3651	SC193794
5	Scottishpower Energy Retail LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	Scottishpower House	Glasgow City	G2 5AD	scottishpower.*****	1998	$5,945,935,653	932	Corporation	3651	SC190287
6	Weir Group Plc(the)	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	1 West Regent Street	Glasgow City	G2 1RW	global.*****	1895	$3,391,751,281	11,898	Corporation	325	SC002934
7	Kintail Trustees LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	152 Bath Street	Glasgow City	G2 4TB	learninglinkscotland.*****	2012	$1,535,312,295	31,000	Corporation	N/A	SC428674
8	Scotrail Trains LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	50 Waterloo Street	Glasgow City	G2 6HQ	scotrail.*****	2007	$1,458,373,377	5,505	Corporation	360	SC328826
9	Scottishpower Renewables (UK) LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	Scottishpower House	Glasgow City	G2 5AD	scottishpower.*****	1994	$1,117,968,756	915	Corporation	3651	NI028425
10	The Restaurant Group LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	1 George Square	Glasgow City	G2 1DY	trgplc.*****	1954	$1,100,474,744	15,468	Corporation	128	SC030343
11	Spw Investments LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	1 Atlantic Quay	Glasgow City	G2 8SP	N/A	2014	$1,049,223,877	27	Corporation	3651	SC473190
12	Weir Holdings BV	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	4th Floor	Glasgow City	G2 6DB	N/A	2005	$964,356,562	14,092	Foreign company	10	SF000957
13	Edf Energy Nuclear Generation Group LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	B D O Llp	Glasgow City	G2 8JX	N/A	1989	$827,708,892	51	Corporation	72	SC270184
14	Sp Transmission PLC	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	320	Glasgow City	G2 5AD	spenergynetworks.*****	1998	$744,214,641	704	Corporation	3651	SC189126
15	Sp Distribution PLC	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	20 York Street	Glasgow City	G2 8GT	N/A	1998	$713,001,800	919	Corporation	3651	SC189125
16	Peter Vardy Holdings LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	2nd Floor Clyde Offices	Glasgow City	G2 1BP	petervardy.*****	2007	$582,867,138	616	Corporation	7	SC319442
17	Scottish Rail Holdings LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	3rd Floor St Vincent Plaza	Glasgow City	G2 5RG	railholdings.*****	2016	$527,897,215	28	Corporation	360	SC548826
18	Aggreko UK Finance LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	7th Floor Sentinel Building	Glasgow City	G2 7BW	N/A	2016	$416,366,897	76	Corporation	370	SC545597
19	Gap Group LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	Carrick House	Glasgow City	G2 8DA	gap-group.*****	1924	$412,196,627	2,104	Corporation	70	00198823
20	Whyte And Mackay LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	4th Floor St Vincent Plaza	Glasgow City	G2 5RG	whyteandmackayltd.*****	1927	$373,991,544	626	Corporation	192	SC014456
21	Whyte And Mackay Group LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	319 St Vincent Street	Glasgow City	G2 5LP	whyteandmackayltd.*****	2001	$373,991,544	740	Corporation	192	SC221954
22	Peter Vardy LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	2nd Floor Clyde Offices	Glasgow City	G2 1BP	petervardy.*****	2014	$370,908,782	320	Corporation	7	SC297001
23	Brewdog PLC	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	2nd Floor	Glasgow City	G2 1BP	brewdog.*****	2006	$355,215,906	2,411	Corporation	15	SC311560
24	Aggreko LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	7th Floor Sentinel Building	Glasgow City	G2 7BW	aggreko.*****	1997	$323,064,807	371	Corporation	370	SC177553
25	Virgin Money UK PLC	Unitedkingdom	Glasgow	177 Bothwell Street	Glasgow City	G2 7ER	uk.*****	2015	$319,781,888	8,157	Corporation	788	09595911

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Largest companies in Glasgow

Which company is the largest in Glasgow depends on how you measure. You can look at valuation, at revenue or at how many people work there. Valuations are private for most companies, so here we stick to revenue and headcount.

By revenue, Clydesdale Bank PLC comes first in Glasgow. It is part of a group with $9.3 billion in yearly revenue. By headcount, Safeway Stores LIMITED comes first with 34,681 employees. We only looked at the 13,816 corporations in Glasgow for this; sole traders, foundations and other legal forms are left out.

The two tables below show how all 21,049 companies in Glasgow are spread across revenue and headcount bands.

Yearly revenue

37.2%of companies have less than $100,000 in yearly revenue

Revenue (USD)	Count	Share
up to $100,000	7,838	37.2%
$100,000 to $500,000	5,803	27.6%
$500,000 to $1M	963	4.6%
$1M to $5M	974	4.6%
$5M to $10M	163	0.8%
$10M to $50M	222	1.1%
$50M to $100M	36	0.2%
$100M to $500M	52	0.2%
$500M to $1B	6	<0.1%
$1B or more	11	0.1%
Unknown	4,981	23.7%

Headcount

63.5%of companies have 1 to 4 employees

Employees	Count	Share
1-4	13,376	63.5%
5-9	1,394	6.6%
10-19	693	3.3%
20-49	506	2.4%
50-99	187	0.9%
100-199	91	0.4%
200-499	64	0.3%
500-999	28	0.1%
1,000-4,999	17	0.1%
5,000-9,999	2	<0.1%
10,000+	2	<0.1%
Unknown	4,689	22.3%

Source: business register and CompanyData. "Unknown" means no published figure.

Largest industries in Glasgow

The biggest industry groups in Glasgow by registered company count, with the top five companies by revenue in each.

General business services

1,042 companies

SIC 7389

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Restaurants and eating places

954 companies

SIC 5812

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Property lessors

903 companies

SIC 6519

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Property developers

890 companies

SIC 6552

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Management consulting

693 companies

SIC 8742

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IT services

540 companies

SIC 7379

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Holding firms

527 companies

SIC 6719

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Miscellaneous Personal Services, Not Elsewhere Classified

423 companies

SIC 7299

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All industries in Glasgow

Together, general business services, restaurants and eating places and property lessors make up the top three industries in Glasgow, accounting for 14% of the city's commercial activity. The oldest company we can find in Glasgow is Barbour Threads LIMITED, founded in 1784, with Andrew Mitchell & Company LIMITED not far behind. They are still here, along with 21,047 other businesses in Glasgow.

The Clyde's shipyards made Glasgow one of the world's great industrial ports, and the city has since rebuilt around finance, engineering firms and a busy events economy. All of them are in our data. Look up a company in the table at the top of this page, get the full list delivered as an Excel file, or pull the records straight into your own systems through our API.

Nonclassifiable Establishments4,082
Business Services, Not Elsewhere Classified1,042
Eating Places954
Lessors of Real Property, Not Elsewhere Classified903
Land Subdividers and Developers, Except Cemeteries890
Management Consulting Services693
Computer Related Services, Not Elsewhere Classified540
Offices of Holding Companies, Not Elsewhere Classified527
Miscellaneous Personal Services, Not Elsewhere Classified423
Computer Programming Services366
Other industries10,629

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