Civil Engineering succession in Northern Ireland

Name: Civil Engineering business succession in Northern Ireland
Creator: ExitRadar
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180 of 634 civil engineering companies in Northern Ireland — 28.4% — have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured634

Director aged 60+180

Exposure rate28.4%

Companies House register·Measured base 3,475,770·Data as at 13 August 2026·Full methodology

634

Companies measured

180

Director 60+

Director 70+

28.4%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; civil engineering nationally runs at 30.7%.

Measure	Companies
Civil Engineering companies in Northern Ireland measured	634
Oldest director aged 60 or over	180
Oldest director aged 70 or over	69

Of the 180 with a director over 60, 23 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Civil Engineering in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
South West	584	37.9%
Wales	370	35.7%
Scotland	415	34.7%
West Midlands	534	33.5%
South East	849	32.7%
Yorkshire & The Humber	473	32.2%
East of England	628	32.1%
East Midlands	365	30.9%

Other trades in Northern Ireland

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	1,262	43.8%
Retail	1,010	25.8%
Investment	939	43.6%
Consultancy Services	844	36.4%
General Construction	789	40.2%
Agriculture	758	46.2%
Other Leisure	705	36.5%
Property Development	703	46.3%

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.

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ExitRadar, "Civil Engineering succession in Northern Ireland", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/const-civil/northern-ireland/

Need a cut that is not published here — 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 3,475,770 active UK companies where Companies House records an age bracket for at least one serving director — 93.8% of the 3,706,712 companies on the active register. A company counts as succession-exposed when its oldest serving director is 60 or over — not 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 13 August 2026; updated quarterly, next update October 2026. Full methodology.