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A guide to serviced offices, managed offices and office space to rent in Aberdeen, as well as general information that may be useful if you are thinking of renting office space in the city.
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History & Geography
Scotland’s third-largest city sits on the northeast coast, between the River Dee and the River Don. The city sits on hilly ground with craggy cliffs and shingle beaches. Originally, Aberdeen was two separate cities: Old Aberdeen at the mouth of the River Don, and New Aberdeen where the Denburn waterway enters the Dee estuary. In 1136, Scottish King David I developed New Aberdeen, and King William the Lion granted it an official charter in 1179. Legendary Scottish leader Robert the Bruce transformed the city into a financially independent, property-owning entity with his Great Charter in 1319 (also known as the Stocket Charter). The people of Aberdeen sheltered Robert the Bruce when he was a fugitive from the English and fought for him at the Battle of Bannockburn. In 1336, Edward III of England burned Aberdeen, but the city was quickly rebuilt.
Aberdeen was occupied and sacked several times during the 17th-century wars between the Royalists and Covenanters. The bubonic plague also decimated the city’s population in 1647, and approximately a quarter of the population died.
In the 18th century, especially the latter half, Aberdeen improved and expanded, with new roads built and land levelled. In the 19th century, this expansion continued, and Aberdeen became an economic power through its fishing and shipbuilding industries. As a result, Aberdeen extended its harbour and built the Victoria Dock and South Breakwater, which still exist today. The 19th century also saw the construction of a sewage system and the installation of street lighting.
Aberdeen was bombed fairly extensively during WWII in what became known as the Aberdeen Blitz. Today, New Aberdeen and Old Aberdeen have long since merged into one, and the city is among Scotland’s foremost cities, both economically and culturally.
Economy
Aberdeen’s traditional industries have been shipbuilding, fishing, and papermaking. For a long time, the city was also famous for its granite quarries and exported the stone worldwide. However, this industry ceased in 1971. In fact, most of Aberdeen’s traditional industries have declined and been replaced by others. The oil industry, in particular, has been instrumental in Aberdeen’s boom over the last thirty years or so. When massive North Sea oil deposits were discovered, the city became the hub of Europe’s oil industry and was dubbed the Oil Capital of Europe.
The oil and energy industry alone has created an estimated half a million jobs in the area. However, as North Sea reserves have already peaked, efforts are underway to turn Aberdeen into a research base, not simply a base for offshore drilling.
Agricultural and fishing research are also mainstays of the economy, with Aberdeen home to the famed Macaulay Institute, which conducts agricultural and soil research. Fishing remains important to Aberdeen, though the nearby towns of Peterhead and Fraserburgh have long since eclipsed it.
High technology and electronics design are also prevalent in Aberdeen’s economy.
Many of Aberdeen’s commercial space occupiers work within the Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), carbon capture and storage (CCUS), decommissioning, defence, energy transition, engineering, leisure, marine science, materials management, nuclear, oceanographic, oil and gas, Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), renewables (wind), and supply base operations sectors.
These include companies such as ASCO, BP, Emerson, and Oceaneering at D2 Business Park in Dyce and Teledyne Bowtech at ABZ Business Park.
In October 2026, the government announced approval for drilling at the Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea, about 150 miles east of Aberdeen.
It was also reported that a decision on opening up Rosebank, an oil field about 80 miles northeast of Shetland, was also being mulled.
Chancellor John Healey announced the creation of a UK Energy Wealth Fund at the Jackdaw gas approval announcement, with £2 billion of funding housed in the National Wealth Fund.
Tourism & Culture
Aberdeen is a culturally vibrant city and has a range of sites and activities for visitors. The city has many museums, including the Aberdeen Maritime Museum, which chronicles the city’s maritime folklore, from the days of clipper ships to cutting-edge oil exploration. The Gordon Highlanders Museum chronicles the adventures of one of Scotland’s oldest and best-known regiments, and Provost Ross’ House, built in 1593, has been turned into a medieval-themed museum. A major draw for visitors is the Aberdeen International Youth Festival, the world’s largest arts festival for young performers. Aberdeen also has many live music venues, with the pubs along Belmont Street, in particular, known for hosting events. The city also hosts many ceilidhs, traditional Gaelic social gatherings where Gaelic music is played. Aberdeen’s setting is another reason to visit, with many hikers and campers exploring nearby coastal paths and beaches.
Transportation
Aberdeen International Airport, located north of the city, serves domestic and international destinations. The airport also hosts one of the world’s busiest heliports, serving the oil and gas industry and local rescue services.
Aberdeen International Airport recorded just over 2.3 million passengers in 2025.
Aberdeen railway station serves all major English and Scottish cities, as well as the Caledonian Sleeper, one of only two sleeper services still running in the UK.
Aberdeen Harbour runs ferry services to Orkney and Shetland and is one of Britain’s oldest. Buses are the main form of transport in the city; however, cycling is becoming increasingly popular.
In May 2026, an e-bike rental scheme went live in Aberdeen, with the operator Voi offering 350 cycles.
Users hire them on a pay-as-you-go basis via a phone app. Riders must pick them up and leave them in a designated parking bay, with several created around the city, and all riders can get their first ride free by entering the code SCOTLAND in the app, which provides 15 minutes at no charge.
Office space to rent in Aberdeen
Leased office space take-up totalled 385,000 square feet spread across 56 lettings in 2022. This represented a 95 per cent improvement on the previous year.
190,000 square feet of the take-up was prime and Grade A space, or 49 per cent. The largest Grade A letting in 2022 was Shell’s 100,000-square-foot acquisition at the Silver Fin building, which was the largest deal in Aberdeen since 2020.
Prime office rent rose 3.2 per cent between 2016 and 2022 and, in 2022, stood at £32.50 per square foot for rented office space.
In January 2026, Savills’ data found that total take-up in office lettings in 2025 was 290,252 square feet, 24 per cent above 2024’s total.
This figure was achieved through 68 transactions, 6 per cent more than the five-year average and 9 per cent higher than the ten-year average.
Of the total, Grade A space accounted for 112,570 square feet, or 39 per cent of total take-up. There were 9 Grade A letting deals in 2025, a 139 per cent increase from the previous year.
This highlighted the flight to quality and demand for best-in-class space by occupiers observed in other office markets around the UK and globally.
At the end of 2025, total availability stood at 1.65 million square feet, representing an overall vacancy rate of 15 per cent
Grade A office space availability grew in the last quarter of 2025 to 264,821 square feet, up from 161,829 square feet in the third quarter.
Prime office rent remained steady in 2025, with headline rents standing at £32.50 per square foot per annum.
In Q1 2026, Savills reported that, due to ongoing competition for high-quality space and constrained supply, Aberdeen would see rental growth.
The firm also reported 68,482 square feet of total take-up in Q1 2026, matching Q1 2025 and tracking on par with the five-year Q1 average.
It predicted prime rents would rise 3 per cent to £33.50 per square foot by the end of 2026, then grow a further 11 per cent to £36 per square foot per annum by the end of 2030.
In June 2026, global programme manager Turner & Townsend reported that it had taken office space at the Marischal Square scheme in Aberdeen city centre.
The firm worked with construction and regeneration company Morgan Sindall on the £107 million Marischal Square project, creating two office buildings with BREEAM ‘Excellent’ and EPC ‘A’ ratings, providing 173,500 square feet of Grade A office space, plus retail, leisure, and usable public realm space.
The deal details were not released, but it was understood that the team took space for 50 desks, meeting rooms, and collaboration and breakout space at 1 Marischal Street.
Savills reported that office letting activity in Aberdeen during Q2 2026 totalled 221,213 square feet.
This was 118 per cent higher than Q2 2025 and well above the five- and ten-year averages. Q2 2026 was also the highest Q2 on record.
This brought the half-year total to 289,695 square feet, the highest first half of the year since 2015. Take-up was 78 per cent above H1 2025, and 115 per cent and 89 per cent above the five- and ten-year averages.
Grade A take-up totalled 181,517 square feet, accounting for 63 per cent of the total. Grade A take-up was 97 per cent above H1 2025 and the highest H1 Grade A take-up since 2015.
The most active sector in H1 2026 was ‘Extraction & Utilities’, which leased a combined total of 216,776 square feet, accounting for 75 per cent of the total take-up.
Petrofac Facilities Management Ltd acquired the largest space of the sector and H1 at Caledonia House, Prime Four Business Park.
CB&I Asset Solutions signed a 10-year lease for 103,000 square feet at Caledonia House in August. CB&I Asset Solutions had acquired Petrofac in April and would move from the Petrofac-branded office at Bridge View, North Esplanade West in Aberdeen as part of the deal.
At the time of the deal, Apache North Sea occupied the Grade A property and would vacate at the end of August.
Aberdeen’s overall vacancy rate stood at 17.8 per cent at the end of H1, and prime rent remained unchanged in H1 2026, with headline rent at £32.50 per square foot per annum, although the market still predicted this to rise by the end of 2026.
There are 13 flex space providers in Aberdeen, including nationwide and international operators such as Citibase and Regus, as well as local operators such as Aberdeen Business Centre and 46 Queens Road.
They provide a range of workspace options, from private serviced offices and fully fitted, managed offices to coworking memberships for corporates and individuals.
They offer agile business space options in locations including Balmoral Business Park, Bon Accord Crescent, Marischal Square, Queens Road, Regent Quay, Riverside Drive, Rubislaw Den North, and Union Street.
Profiles of all Aberdeen flex space providers can be seen here.
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