Newly Formed Companies in Kirkwall

Newly Formed Companies in the Kirkwall Area

Across Scotland, the KW postcode area acts as a broad label for places connected with Kirkwall. The postcode area brings together Thurso, Kirkwall, Wick, Orkney, Stromness, Golspie and Brora, rather than a single centre only.

The KW area covers Caithness, parts of Sutherland and Orkney, including Wick, Thurso and island communities. North Sea coastlines, ferries, renewable energy, fishing, tourism, historic sites and distance from Scotland's central belt define much of the area.

Districts such as KW14, KW15, KW1, KW17, KW16 give KW much of its company-registration weight, while the surrounding places add local variety.

Newly incorporated companies associated with KW addresses add a business-registration layer to this local overview. As of June 2026, KW is one of the smaller postcode areas by company numbers, ranking 119th out of 128 with 2,147 companies.

Although KW has fewer companies than larger urban postcode areas, it still provides a clear way to group recent incorporations by location.

When a company is registered, its registered office address is the publicly visible location of the company and the company has to legally be able to receive post at this address. Over 2,000 companies every day (sometimes over 3000) get formed. These are in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

We analyse whether a registered office has a valid UK postcode that we can get grid co-ordinates for distance calculations and make sure the company has not closed down since it formed. You can then contact these people in the Kirkwall (KW) area, who may be interested in receiving your marketing message offering your services under the legitimate interest rules of GDPR (assuming you are marketing to companies who you feel have a potential interest in your services, either geographically or by category). Marketing is by post because it is a brand new company that won't have a business telephone number or business email address (and even if they have, its not part of the data collected and made available by Companies House)

Kirkwall is made up of the following towns and villages