The Gender Index Report 2026 Scotland Narrative

The Gender Index 2026 provides the most comprehensive analysis of female entrepreneurship and leadership across the UK corporate landscape. Each year, it examines active companies across all four UK nations, tracks growth among incorporated businesses, and highlights key challenges and trends. Built using advanced machine learning and big data methods, the Index offers a distinctive and detailed dataset. This year’s report further improves the accuracy of gender and ethnicity identification through the use of AI, with backdated adjustments applied to ensure fair comparison across years. It also places particular emphasis on diversity within incorporated companies, including the gender composition of company dissolutions.