Scottish Economic Statistics 2006

Table 2.3: Number of registered enterprises ¹ in Scotland and their total Scottish employment and turnover ² by Local Enterprise Company area, November 2004

Local Enterprise Company3	Total			0 to 49 employees			50 to 249 employees			250 or more employees
Local Enterprise Company3	Number of enterprises	Total Scottish employment	Turnover in £ millions	Number of enterprises	Total Scottish employment	Turnover in £ millions	Number of enterprises	Total Scottish employment	Turnover in £ millions	Number of enterprises	Total Scottish employment	Turnover in £ millions
Argyll and the Islands	3,825	20,240	1,510	3,655	13,690	864	55	1,780	176	115	4,770	469
Ayrshire	9,515	92,680	10,101	8,850	37,930	2,610	245	13,430	1,202	420	41,320	6,290
Borders	5,285	32,220	2,319	5,020	19,510	1,367	100	5,540	333	165	7,180	619
Caithness and Sutherland	2,160	12,110	818	2,040	6,760	424	45	1,560	108	70	3,800	286
Dumfries and Galloway	7,085	45,360	3,784	6,685	25,800	1,814	125	5,280	472	280	14,280	1,499
Dunbartonshire	4,875	44,800	3,749	4,445	18,320	1,273	125	5,720	513	305	20,760	1,962
Edinburgh and Lothian	23,630	330,310	27,122	21,640	94,470	7,738	845	38,860	3,274	1,145	196,980	16,111
Fife	8,460	95,480	8,225	7,805	35,810	2,453	260	13,840	1,258	400	45,840	4,514
Forth Valley	8,045	86,370	10,811	7,255	29,680	2,315	290	11,320	1,178	505	45,370	7,318
Glasgow	15,960	282,120	24,381	14,135	71,920	6,511	755	34,560	2,833	1,065	175,640	15,038
Grampian	18,560	194,060	35,134	17,255	69,90	6,445	570	32,120	5,154	735	91,960	23,535
Inverness and Nairn	3,370	32,060	2,863	2,895	12,230	819	140	4,150	326	335	15,680	1,718
Lanarkshire	13,855	168,710	17,323	12,605	54,710	4,400	540	26,640	2,670	710	87,360	10,253
Lochaber	1,035	6,890	553	920	3,760	210	40	800	48	80	2,330	295
Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey	3,945	29,190	2,233	3,650	14,720	907	110	3,880	296	190	10,590	1,030
Orkney	1,580	6,580	555	1,520	5,180	310	25	660	65	35	740	180
Renfrewshire	7,650	98,470	11,845	6,885	29,750	2,207	265	12,450	1,594	500	56,270	8,044
Ross and Cromarty	2,545	13,550	1,086	2,400	8,250	519	60	2,130	244	90	3,170	323
Shetland	1,415	8,890	1,743	1,335	5,030	474	40	1,710	161	40	2,150	1,109
Skye and Lochalsh	875	4,720	235	835	2,760	143	10	*	*	30	*	*
Tayside	12,830	125,580	10,940	11,925	51,850	3,768	360	19,520	1,420	545	54,210	5,752
Western Isles	1,155	6,930	604	1,090	4,230	255	15	*	*	45	*	*
Total registered enterprises	149,025	1,737,310	177,935	143,440	616,360	47,827	3,345	237,170	23,438	2,240	883,780	106,670
Unallocable ⁴	121,220	143,140	4,344	121,220	143,140	4,344	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	270,245	1,880,450	182,279	264,660	759,500	52,171	3,345	237,170	23,438	2,240	883,780	106,670

Source: Scottish Executive, ONS ( IDBR)
Note: Totals may not equal the sum of the constituent parts due to rounding.
*not available due to confidentiality constraints
1 Excludes central and local government.
2 Turnover data for financial intermediation enterprises are not available. Totals exclude turnover of such enterprises.
3 Counts of the number of enterprises operating within each LEC area have been included. These do not sum to the total for Scotland, as the same enterprise may operate in more than one area.
4 Unallocable enterprises are those not registered on the IDBR. Unregistered are estimated using other data sources. Please refer to 'Definitions, Methodologies and Sources' for further details.

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