Discover what the Aberdeen City region offers your business
The Aberdeen City region offers a rich engineering heritage with a forward-looking mindset in energy transition. You'll benefit from outstanding connectivity, a highly skilled workforce, and a collaborative business environment.
The region’s commitment to investment, research, and quality of life makes it an exceptional place to live and work. This is a climate positive region where opportunities abound for like-minded companies to join us on the path to net zero
Key sectors and opportunities
A vibrant, entrepreneurial place in north-east Scotland, the Aberdeen City region is home to a unique mix of business opportunities and specialist skills across dynamic sectors. These include energy, technology, life sciences and food and drink. Find out about its key sectors and opportunities.
Energy transition
The Aberdeen City region is a world class energy hub where local expertise, transferable skills and a well established supply chain lead the region towards a low carbon economy.
Here, you'll find Scotland’s first and only carbon capture and storage facility, the Energy Transition Zone (ETZ), and the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). You'll access pioneering opportunities in offshore wind, hydrogen and net zero innovation. This is supported by facilities like the Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) and the Energy Transition Skills Hub.
Digital technology
You'll be part of Aberdeen’s thriving digital tech ecosystem, with strengths in energy tech, climate tech, agritech and fintech.
Here, innovation is driven by facilities like the ONE Tech Hub, an ecosystem that unites sector experts, entrepreneurs and investors. This creates a community focused on growing and diversifying the region’s digital technology sector.
Health tech
Aberdeen has one of the highest numbers of life scientists of any UK city, supported by world-class research, clinical partners and a connected ecosystem. Facilities such as the Kosterlitz Centre for Industrial Engagement give businesses a single point of access for expertise at the University of Aberdeen.
Central to the cluster is the ONE BioHub on the Foresterhill Health Campus. This provides accommodation, programmes and a collaborative community to help turn ideas into impact.
Food and drink
The Aberdeen City region is home to world-class food, drink, agriculture and seafood industries. Its James Hutton Institute, Rowett Institute, and Seafood Transformation Project drive research in crops, soils, nutrition, and seafood processing.
The ONE SeedPod innovation hub will let you collaborate and grow across the food supply chain. It positions the region at the forefront of premium product innovation, advanced processing and global market access.
Your support from Invest Aberdeen
Grow your business in this region with Invest Aberdeen support. It's a single point of contact for businesses and investors to establish themselves and excel in one of the UK’s most prosperous regions.
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