UK Business Succession Index

Motor Vehicle Dealers succession in Scotland

347 of 950 motor vehicle dealers companies in Scotland (36.5%) have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured950
Director aged 60+347
Exposure rate36.5%
Companies House register·Measured base 3,631,842·Data as at 11 October 2026·Full methodology
950
Companies measured
347
Director 60+
139
Director 70+
36.5%
Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.4%; motor vehicle dealers nationally runs at 24.7%.

MeasureCompanies
Motor Vehicle Dealers companies in Scotland measured950
Oldest director aged 60 or over347
Oldest director aged 70 or over139

Of the 347 with a director over 60, 38 score 50 or higher on business quality. That figure is an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Motor Vehicle Dealers in other regions

Region60+Rate
South West58635.2%
Wales28433.9%
North East19329.5%
South East96029.1%
Northern Ireland19526.7%
East Midlands49125.4%
Yorkshire & The Humber53323.7%
East of England66123.5%

Other trades in Scotland

Trade60+Rate
Lettings4,02837%
Consultancy Services3,97940.5%
Retail2,69725.3%
Agriculture2,26850.9%
Other Leisure2,23532.6%
Engineering Services2,11933.4%
Investment2,11533.3%
Investment / Fund Management1,63440.5%

Combinations with fewer than 250 measured companies are not listed separately. They are still counted in every total on this page.

Next step

This page counts director ages across the whole register. If you are looking to buy rather than to research, our Automotive pages go further: we score each company on business quality and exit timing, and shortlist the ones worth approaching.

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See all Motor Vehicle Dealers succession data or everything in Scotland.

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ExitRadar, "Motor Vehicle Dealers succession in Scotland", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/auto-dealer/scotland/

Need a cut that is not published here, such as a different trade grouping, a finer geography or the underlying distribution? Get in touch and we will usually provide it. Methodology.

Method. Figures cover the 3,631,842 active UK companies where Companies House records an age bracket for at least one serving director (94.0% of the 3,863,328 companies on the active register). A company counts as succession-exposed when its oldest serving director is 60 or over. We do not use the board average, which would hide a 70-year-old founder sitting alongside younger co-directors. The business-quality figure covers only the subset our model assesses; see the methodology for why that is far smaller than the number with filed accounts. Data as at 11 October 2026; updated quarterly, next update January 2027. Full methodology.