Best Startup Scotland
At Best Startup Scotland we track over 100,000 Scottish startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 37 Lifestyle companies in Scotland. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Lifestyle Companies & Startups (Scotland)
Ooni
Ooni is the number one pizza oven brand in the world.
Founder(s): Darina Garland, Kristian Tapaninaho
Location: Broxburn, West Lothian, United Kingdom
Industries: B2B, B2C, Communities, Cooking, E-Commerce, Lifestyle, Manufacturing, Outdoors, Product Design, Retail
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Houseology
Houseology.com – the UKs premier online interior design store
Founder(s): Kate Mooney
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: E-Commerce, Fashion, Home Decor, Internet, Lifestyle
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FINDRA
FINDRA. Fashion led, performance driven, bike wear and outdoor apparel specifically for women.
Founder(s): Alex Feechan
Location: Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, The, United Kingdom
Industries: Fashion, Lifestyle, Outdoors, Women’s
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Hu Kitchen
Paleo-inspired, high quality, low processed, clean food restaurants.
Founder(s): Jessica Karp, Jordan Brown
Location: Newyork, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Industries: Communities, Fitness, Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Health Care, Hospitality, Lifestyle, Restaurants
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Arran Aromatics
Arran Aromatics produces fragranced body and bath products, and candles.
Founder(s): Janet Russell
Location: Brodick, North Ayrshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Gift, Lifestyle, Product Design
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M&Co
M&Co is a Scottish chain store selling women’s, men’s, and children’s clothes, as well as small homeware products.
Founder(s):
Location: Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom
Industries: E-Commerce, Fashion, Lifestyle, Retail, Web Design
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Legado
Securely and easily organise, store and share your most important documents, files, wishes and memories.
Founder(s): Josif Grace
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Information Technology, Life Insurance, Lifestyle, Personal Health, Wealth Management, Wellness
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The Standard Hotels
The most powerful brand in the boutique hotel business – The Standard Hotel Brand consist of 5 Hotels located in Los Angeles.
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Location: Newyork, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Industries: Hospitality, Hotel, Leisure, Lifestyle, Nightlife
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Inveterate
Inveterate, a vintage guide to a modern culture.
Founder(s):
Location: Kingsbury, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Fashion, Lifestyle, Music, News
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5pm.co.uk
5pm.co.uk is an online lifestyle site that provides free booking for restaurants, health and beauty spas, and daily 5pm Big Deals.
Founder(s): Ronnie Somerville
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: E-Commerce, Fashion, Lifestyle, Restaurants
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Trespass
Outdoor clothing company
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: E-Commerce, Fashion, Lifestyle, Retail
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D.C. Thomson & Co.
DC Thomson & Co is a publishing house focused on newspapers, magazines, comics, and books.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Comics, Lifestyle, Publishing
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Edinburgh Woollen Mill
Edinburgh Woollen Mill is a retailer specialising in clothing, along with interests in homewares and destination shopping for tourists.
Founder(s): Drew Stevenson
Location: Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom
Industries: Communities, Fashion, Lifestyle, Retail, Web Design
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Joseph
Joseph is an online store and an iconic design house that offers complete wardrobe, accessories and footwear for both men and women.
Founder(s):
Location: Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: E-Commerce, Lifestyle, Shoes, Textiles
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Sales Agility
SalesAgility is a maintainer of the award-winning open source SuiteCRM..
Founder(s): Greg Soper
Location: Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
Industries: Communities, Computer, Lifestyle, Software
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PVLSE
The platform for monetising your passion and skills
Founder(s): Maria Rybak
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Communities, Fitness, Lifestyle, Sharing Economy, Software, Sports
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VictoriaHelp
VictoriaBrides provides a platform for online dating.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Dating, Lifestyle, Online Portals
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Runway Boutique
Boutique woman clothes and Designer labels
Founder(s):
Location: Falkirk, Falkirk, United Kingdom
Industries: E-Commerce, Fashion, Lifestyle
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Gobananas.com
Go Bananas party organizers make arrange
Founder(s):
Location: Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross, United Kingdom
Industries: Communities, Lifestyle, Service Industry, Social
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Startup Drugz
Making true, funny and kick-ass shirts about the startup world!
Founder(s): Elizabeth Scott, Maxwell Finn, Nick Haase
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Lifestyle, Retail, Wearables
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Archispek
Uber for kitchen designers
Founder(s): Paul Morrice
Location: North Berwick, East Lothian, United Kingdom
Industries: E-Commerce, Leisure, Lifestyle
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Archispek
Uber for kitchen designers
Founder(s): Paul Morrice
Location: North Berwick, East Lothian, United Kingdom
Industries: E-Commerce, Leisure, Lifestyle
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Celebrity VIP Lounge
Celebrity VIP Lounge is a site of celebrity news and dishes it out in our own snarky fashion.
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Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Celebrity, Fashion, Lifestyle, Messaging, Music, Photography, Social Media
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Hartmann Media
Hartmann Media is an award-winning fashion, beauty & lifestyle brand & communications agency.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Advertising, E-Commerce, Fashion, Lifestyle
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Scaramanga
Offers vintage furniture & interiors, as well as designs original leather bags, satchels, travel bags and handbags for men and women.
Founder(s):
Location: Cupar, Fife, United Kingdom
Industries: E-Commerce, Fashion, Hospitality, Leisure, Lifestyle, Retail
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Euan’s Guide
Euan’s Guide: Disabled Access Reviews by disabled people for disabled people
Founder(s): Euan MacDonald, Kiki MacDonald
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Leisure, Lifestyle, Travel
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spoiledbrat.co.uk
Scottish based online fashion retailer, selling ladies fashions, accessories & footwear!
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Fashion, Lifestyle
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Shoes121 Ltd
Online shoes retailer selling branded footwear and accessories for men, women and children. Brands include Ecco, Caprice, and Holster.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: E-Commerce, Fashion, Lifestyle, Retail, Web Design
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Cherry Soda Jewellery
Cherry Soda is a jewelry and lifestyle store that sells a wide range of branded jewelry, accessories, and clothes.
Founder(s):
Location: Ayr, South Ayrshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Jewelry, Lifestyle, Retail
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Thistle & Broom
Thistle & Broom outwardly serves as a geographically exclusive online luxury retailer.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet, Lifestyle, Retail, Web Design
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Unineed
Unineed is an online retailer of beauty products.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Beauty, E-Commerce Platforms, Lifestyle, Retail
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Refresh PR
Refresh PR is a growing Public Realtions consultancy with a focus on leisure & lifestyle, food & drink, and hospitality clients.
Founder(s):
Location: Quarter, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Food and Beverage, Leisure, Lifestyle
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Robertson-Lindsay Interior Design
Professional Interior Design Edinburgh
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Lifestyle, Real Estate
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Caribememagazine
Caribememagazine is a the lifestyle magazine for Caribbean and the Diaspora woman.
Founder(s): Loretta “lo” Green-Williams
Location: Newyork, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Industries: Lifestyle
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Hawico
Hawico is an e-commerce fashion brand that offers cashmere clothes and accessories for men and women.
Founder(s):
Location: Hawick, Scottish Borders, The, United Kingdom
Industries: E-Commerce, Fashion, Lifestyle
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Tranquility Beauty Spa
Tranquility Beauty Spa offers health suite with steam room, needle shower, training pool, leisure pool, and nail bar.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Perth and Kinross, United Kingdom
Industries: Beauty, Health Care, Lifestyle
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Glasgow Central Quay Business Park
Welcome to Central Quay, where a business park and a city centre meet down at the waterfront.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Hospitality, Lifestyle
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