Aberdeen South: companies and business figures

Westminster parliamentary constituency (2024 boundaries), Scotland · ONS code S14000061

9,911 active companies have their registered office in Aberdeen South, and 7,335 of them are based here rather than at a mass-registration or default address. 945 companies based here were incorporated in the 12 months to 10 October 2026.

Key figures

FigureHereMedian
Active companies registered9,9116,653
Active companies based here7,3355,198
New companies, last 12 months945673
New companies, September 20269659
Companies entering insolvency, last 12 months537
Share facing strike-off8.3%7.6%
Share with net liabilities23.1%21.3%
Share filing accounts late7.0%5.8%
Single owners aged 65 or over9.3%7.9%

The median constituency: half of all constituencies have a lower figure and half a higher one. Shares are compared only across areas where the share is published.

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Registered and based here

Active companies registered
9,911
At mass-registration addresses
2,576 (26.0%; median 17.0%)
At the registrar's default address
0
Active companies based here
7,335

Active companies whose registered office on the Companies House register is in the constituency, on 10 October 2026. Active means the status Active, including companies with a proposal to strike off. Every company type on the register is counted.

Active companies registered in the constituency, leaving out those at mass-registration addresses (an address line and postcode shared by 50 or more companies: formation agents, accountants, virtual offices) and those whose registered office Companies House has removed (the registrar's default address). A registered office is where a company receives official post; it is usually, but not always, where the company trades.

Active companies registered at an address shared by 50 or more companies (the same first address line and postcode), as a share of all active companies registered in the constituency.

New companies

10 October 2025 to 10 October 2026
945 based here (1,113 registered here)
September 2026
96 based here (111 registered here)

Companies incorporated from 10 October 2025 to 10 October 2026 that are on the register now (any status) and based in the constituency as defined above. The figure in brackets counts every company registered here, including those at mass-registration and default addresses.

Companies incorporated in September 2026, the last complete month, on the same basis.

Companies entering insolvency

10 October 2025 to 10 October 2026
53
Administration
fewer than 10
Creditors' voluntary liquidation
10
Compulsory winding up
38
Latest first notice here
25 September 2026

Companies whose first Gazette notice of administration, creditors' voluntary liquidation or compulsory winding up was published from 10 October 2025 to 10 October 2026 (The Gazette, corporate insolvency notices held to 9 October 2026). A company is placed by the principal trading address its notice gives; otherwise by its registered office, unless that is a mass-registration or default address, which is usually the insolvency practitioner's office after an appointment. Companies that cannot be placed are counted in the UK total only. Across the UK, 11,106 of the 23,785 companies entering insolvency in this period (46.7%) could be placed in an area, so area figures count fewer companies than entered insolvency there. Members' voluntary liquidations are solvent and not counted; notices without a company number cannot be matched.

Industries

Industry (SIC 2007 section)Companies based hereShare
Professional, scientific and technical activities1,50020.4%
Real estate activities83911.4%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles76710.5%
Accommodation and food services6228.5%
Administrative and support services6088.3%
Information and communication4626.3%
Construction4456.1%
Other service activities4185.7%
Manufacturing2843.9%
Human health and social work2483.4%
Mining and quarrying2383.2%
Financial and insurance activities2002.7%

Active companies based in the constituency by the UK SIC 2007 section of their first SIC code. Dormant companies (SIC 99999) are shown on their own.

Balance sheets and filing

FigureHereMedian
Companies with recent accounts4,900—
Share with net liabilities23.1%21.3%
Median net assets£4,395£2,053
Share filing accounts late7.0%5.8%
Share facing strike-off8.3%7.6%

Latest accounts we hold for active companies based in the constituency, with a balance sheet date from 10 April 2024 to 10 October 2026. Figures are the companies' own filings, shown as filed and not audited by CompanyStack; figures that contradict each other are left out.

Companies whose latest accounts show net liabilities (net assets below zero), as a share of those whose accounts give net assets.

The middle value of net assets in those accounts, filed in pounds sterling (accounts filed in other currencies are not converted and are left out).

Active companies based in the constituency whose next accounts were due before 10 October 2026 according to the register, as a share of those with an accounts due date.

Active companies based in the constituency with a proposal to strike off on the register (status "Active - Proposal to Strike off"), as a share of active companies based there.

Owners aged 65 or over

Single owners aged 65 or over
9.3% of 3,833 companies with a single owner (median 7.9%)

Of the active companies based in the constituency with exactly one person with significant control holding 75% or more of the shares, an individual whose month and year of birth are published: the share whose owner was 65 or over throughout October 2026. Day of birth is not published, so an owner who turns 65 in that month is not counted. Shown only when at least 10 different people are 65 or over and at least 10 are under 65 (someone who owns several of these companies counts once).

Largest employers by filed head count

CompanyEmployees (as filed)Accounts to
SIGNATURE PUBS LIMITED73631 October 2025
MCPHERSON LIMITED45731 July 2025
MCPHERSON GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED45731 July 2025
STATS (UK) LTD.43931 March 2025
CHAMPION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED29131 December 2024
SPECIALIST RESOURCE SOLUTIONS LTD24330 April 2025
STREAMLINE SHIPPING AGENCIES LIMITED23631 December 2025
ABERDEEN CLEANING SERVICES LTD.21230 November 2025
JOHN CODONA'S PLEASURE FAIRS LIMITED20431 January 2025
SODEXO REMOTE SITES SCOTLAND LIMITED18631 August 2025

Up to ten companies based in the constituency with the largest average number of employees in their latest accounts, 10 or more (as filed: group accounts give the group's figure, which may include staff elsewhere). Companies only: limited liability partnerships, partnerships and other bodies are not listed.

Information only, not advice. Register details and accounts figures are the company's own filings, shown as filed: CompanyStack does not audit or verify them and accepts no responsibility for decisions made on them. Check important facts at Companies House.

Use these figures

Developers can fetch every figure for this constituency as JSON with GET https://api.companystack.co.uk/places/constituency/S14000061; see the API documentation. A count from 1 to 9 is shown as "fewer than 10", and a share or median built from fewer than 10 companies is not shown.

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Data from Companies House (the register, accounts and people with significant control), The Gazette (corporate insolvency notices) and the ONS Postcode Directory (constituency, council and ward of each postcode), as held on 10 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0. CompanyStack is not affiliated with or endorsed by Companies House, The Gazette or the Office for National Statistics.

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