Motor Parts: business succession in the UK

Name: Motor Parts business succession in the UK
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2,517 UK motor parts companies (31%) have a director aged 60 or over.

1.4 points below the all-trades average of 32.4%.

Companies measured8,114

Director aged 60+2,517

Exposure rate31%

Companies House register·Measured base 3,631,842·Data as at 11 October 2026·Full methodology

8,114

Companies measured

2,517

With a director 60+

963

With a director 70+

31%

Exposure rate

Of the 2,517 with a director over 60, 269 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 Parts by region

Region	Companies	60+	Rate
South West	519	203	39.1%
South East	865	332	38.4%
Wales	280	104	37.1%
East Midlands	654	241	36.9%
Northern Ireland	294	100	34%
East of England	814	276	33.9%
North West	984	333	33.8%
Scotland	295	88	29.8%
Yorkshire & The Humber	723	208	28.8%
West Midlands	1,188	329	27.7%
London	1,281	229	17.9%

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.

See UK Automotive →

Part of the UK Business Succession Index.

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ExitRadar, "Motor Parts: business succession in the UK", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/auto-parts/

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.