Business asset auctions in Aberdeen
We run auctions and private treaty sales for businesses in Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, and the towns around it including Westhill, Stonehaven, Inverurie, Ellon, Banchory, Portlethen, Kintore. Sales are catalogued and held on your premises, or we collect the assets and sell them from our own premises when that suits better. Bidding is online and open to trade buyers across the UK.
Aberdeen is the main onshore base for the North Sea oil and gas industry. Service companies, subsea engineering firms, fabrication yards, inspection specialists and offshore supply depots make up most of the industrial stock. Altens and Tullos, south east of the centre, are the largest estates and hold heavy engineering and large yards. Dyce, near the airport and heliports, has Kirkhill Industrial Estate and other sites used by drilling and equipment firms. Bridge of Don and Westhill hold further offices and workshops. Fish processing and food firms sit near the harbour.
The A90 connects south to Dundee and north to Peterhead. The Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route takes through traffic around the city and gives direct access to Dyce and Altens. The A96 runs to Inverness. Aberdeen railway station is on the line to Dundee and Edinburgh. The harbour has a south harbour extension at Nigg Bay.
Services in Aberdeen
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Business retirement auctions in Aberdeen
Selling the machinery, stock and fittings when an owner retires and nobody is taking the business on.
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Business closure auctions in Aberdeen
Turning the contents of a closing business into money before the lease ends and the keys go back.
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Surplus equipment sales in Aberdeen
Selling the machines, tools and kit a working business no longer uses, without disrupting what it still does.
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Machinery and engineering auctions in Aberdeen
CNC machines, lathes, mills, presses and workshop equipment sold to a trade market that knows what they are worth.
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Factory and workshop clearance in Aberdeen
Selling everything on a commercial site and managing its removal so the premises can be handed back clear.
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Business relocation and downsizing sales in Aberdeen
Selling the equipment that will not move to the new premises, timed around the move itself.
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Liquidation and insolvency asset sales in Aberdeen
Sales run on the instruction of administrators, liquidators, lenders and landlords, with the records they need.
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Complete site dispersal auctions in Aberdeen
One sale for the whole site: production machinery, tooling, spares, racking, offices and the vehicles outside.
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Stock clearance auctions in Aberdeen
Surplus inventory, discontinued lines and bulk trade stock sold in lots sized for trade buyers.
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Plant and construction equipment auctions in Aberdeen
Excavators, dumpers, generators, compressors and site equipment sold with the checks plant buyers expect.
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Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Aberdeen
Vans, trucks, trailers and whole fleets sold with the paperwork sorted and finance settled.
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Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Aberdeen
Forklifts, pallet trucks, racking, conveyors and handling equipment from warehouses that are closing or changing.
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Catering and hospitality equipment auctions in Aberdeen
Commercial kitchens, front of house furniture and bar equipment from restaurants, hotels and pubs.
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Private treaty sales in Aberdeen
A negotiated direct sale for a single high value machine or a situation where an open auction is the wrong route.
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Collective auctions and single item consignments in Aberdeen
Smaller quantities and single items placed into a shared sale alongside other vendors' lots.
What tends to come to auction here
- Equipment from oil and gas businesses
- Equipment from subsea engineering businesses
- Equipment from fabrication businesses
- Equipment from offshore logistics businesses
- Equipment from fishing and food processing businesses
- Equipment from renewables businesses
- Equipment from construction businesses
Guides and questions
- How a commercial asset auction works
A stage by stage account of an online timed auction for business assets. It covers the asset schedule, cataloguing, viewing days, how bidding closes, buyer's premium and VAT, collection and how you get paid.
- Closing a business: a timeline for selling the assets
Work backwards from the day you hand the site over. This guide covers lease end and dilapidations, when to instruct, when staff should leave, when to keep the power on, and how to leave enough room for collection and making good.
- Selling a commercial vehicle fleet
Fleet sales fail on paperwork more than on price. This guide covers the V5C, MOT and plating documents, clearing finance before the HPI check, keys and livery, recording mileage and tachograph data, and how to defleet in batches while still trading.
- How long does a sale take from first contact to payment?
- Who disconnects the machines?
- Can directors or employees bid in the sale?
- Can racking be sold while it is still in use?