Business coaching in Aberdeen
More than a quarter of Aberdeen businesses are professional, scientific or technical firms, against 15.3% for the UK. Coaching is one-to-one, fortnightly and ninety minutes at a time, in four areas: personal, leadership, business and financial.
More than a quarter of firms are professional or technical.
Aberdeen has 2,145 professional, scientific and technical businesses, 27.6% of the total against 15.3% for the UK. The group includes consultancies, engineering and specialist service firms, where the owner is often also the lead expert.
Fewer Aberdeen firms are micro businesses.
84.7% of Aberdeen businesses employ fewer than ten people, against 87.6% for Scotland. More owners are running teams and need managers who can carry client work.
Specialist firms depend on a few clients.
A consultancy built on a small number of large contracts carries concentration risk. Coaching looks at client mix, pricing and the pipeline so that one lost contract does not decide the year.
Aberdeen businesses in numbers
ONS counted 7,760 VAT or PAYE registered businesses in Aberdeen City in March 2026. 6,575 employ fewer than ten people, which is 84.7% against 87.6% for Scotland, and 7,480 (96.4%) employ fewer than fifty. Professional, scientific and technical firms number 2,145, which is 27.6% of all Aberdeen businesses. The UK share for that group is 15.3%.
Source: ONS, UK business: activity, size and location 2026, published 24 September 2026.
Business support in Aberdeen
Business Gateway is Scotland’s publicly funded business support service and offers free one-to-one expert advice from its Aberdeen office at Woodhill House, Westburn Road. The Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce at Aberdeen Energy Park runs membership, events and trade services. Coaching is a paid, regular, one-to-one arrangement focused on the owner. UK coaching options compared sets out the free and paid routes side by side.
Where do sessions happen?
Sessions for Aberdeen owners run by video, at a fixed fortnightly time. The nearest offices for an in-person meeting are Salford and Ballymena, by appointment. The sessions use a shared screen for the scorecards, numbers and plan. In person and online cost the same. Everything starts with a free discovery call, and the Performance on Purpose scorecard shows where you sit before it.
Frequently asked questions
I run a specialist consultancy in Aberdeen. What would coaching cover?
In a specialist firm, the owner is usually the lead expert, the main relationship holder and the person who prices the work. Coaching works on separating those jobs. It starts with what each client and contract earns once the hours are counted, then looks at pricing, the pipeline and how much revenue depends on the largest two or three clients. From there it moves to building senior people who can hold client relationships, so the firm can grow, or be sold, without depending on the owner.
Our revenue depends on a handful of large contracts. Can coaching help with that?
Yes. Client concentration is one of the most common risks in specialist service firms. The work starts by setting out how much revenue comes from each client and what would happen to cash and staffing if the largest one paused. Then it looks at the options: new sectors for the same expertise, smaller recurring work alongside the large contracts, and pricing that builds a cash reserve. Financial Coaching with Peter Allen covers the cash planning, and Business Coaching covers the sales and positioning.
Do you coach businesses elsewhere in Scotland?
Yes. Coaching runs by video, so Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh and the rest of Scotland are served the same way. The Scotland page has the figures for the whole country, with separate pages for Glasgow and Edinburgh. Financial Coaching takes Scottish income tax bands into account when working out the owner’s pay and drawings.
Book a free discovery call for your Aberdeen business.
The call with Andy Jackson is free and lasts 30 minutes. You leave with your position on the Performance on Purpose quadrant, your money, time and mind scores, and your top three priorities in writing.