What Is The Biggest Company In Edinburgh?

Scotland has been historically an important centre for financial services in Europe, only second to London. This industry supports about 10% of the Scottish work force and employs about 213,000 people directly and indirectly. Edinburgh in particular, has historically been an important center of Scotland's financial services and has also been growing in the recent past. The specific services located here are asset servicing and also pensions and investment management.
Scotland's biggest company now is The Royal Bank of Scotland. This bank was opened last year and has its head office in a place called Gogarburn which is located within Edinburgh. This bank has a huge building with an area of  500,000 square feet. It currently employs around 3500 people.

Forbes magazine had ranked the two biggest banks on Scotland among the world's 25 biggest companies. Royal Bank of Scotland and HBoS (Heritage Financial Group) both have their headquarts in Edinburgh. These two banks have been given the 14th and 24th place by Forbes Magazine