Civil Engineering: business succession in the UK

Name: Civil Engineering business succession in the UK
Creator: ExitRadar
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6,316 UK civil engineering companies (30.4%) have a director aged 60 or over.

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

Companies measured20,794

Director aged 60+6,316

Exposure rate30.4%

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

20,794

Companies measured

6,316

With a director 60+

1,951

With a director 70+

30.4%

Exposure rate

Of the 6,316 with a director over 60, 659 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.

Civil Engineering by region

Region	Companies	60+	Rate
South West	1,538	576	37.5%
Wales	1,028	361	35.1%
Scotland	1,245	429	34.5%
West Midlands	1,789	609	34%
South East	2,911	947	32.5%
East Midlands	1,442	467	32.4%
Yorkshire & The Humber	1,462	449	30.7%
East of England	2,394	716	29.9%
North West	2,417	686	28.4%
Northern Ireland	654	182	27.8%
London	3,061	715	23.4%
North East	841	177	21%

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 Construction & Trades pages go further: we score each company on business quality and exit timing, and shortlist the ones worth approaching.

See UK Construction & Trades →

Part of the UK Business Succession Index.

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ExitRadar, "Civil Engineering: business succession in the UK", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/const-civil/

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.