The Top 6000 Companies in Scotland: Companies with assets exceeding GBP3000000 (Business and Finance)

This study looks at all companies registered in Scotland and where their total assets are more than £3 million.The aim of this study is to provide an overview of the key movers and shakers in the Scottish corporate sector. Only key data has been isolated particularly the companys net worth and total assets but also their full name date incorporated registered office activities shareholders directors (with date of birth nationality and occupation) and number of employees (where available).Two indicators of size are used: net worth and total assets. These are preferable to turnover which is influenced by profit margins and whether the companies are capital or labour intensive.A short summary of the corporate sector in Scotland: There were 360000 small and medium-sized enterprises providing an estimated 1.2 million jobs. These accounted for 99% of all private sector enterprises accounting for 55% of private sector employment and 40% of private sector turnover.The number of VAT/PAYE registered businesses is 176000.Small companies (1-50 employees) alone accounted for 43% of private sector employment and 28% of private sector turnover. The 2300 large (250+ employees) companies accounted for 45% of private sector employment and 60% of private sector turnover.Companies with no employees (sole proprietors or one employee director) accounted for 70% of all private sector companies 13% of private sector employment and 5% of private sector turnover.The two largest industry sectors were Professional Scientific & Technical Activities (53000 companies) and Construction (47000 companies). Together these two sectors make up 27% of all private sector companies.Companies whose ultimate base is outside Scotland represented 3% of companies accounting for 34% of employment and 53% of turnover. For large companies (250+ employees) they represented 81% of companies accounting for 62% of employment and 74% of turnover.