Civil Engineering succession in South West

Name: Civil Engineering business succession in South West
Creator: ExitRadar
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584 of 1,542 civil engineering companies in South West — 37.9% — have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured1,542

Director aged 60+584

Exposure rate37.9%

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

1,542

Companies measured

584

Director 60+

178

Director 70+

37.9%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Civil Engineering companies in South West measured	1,542
Oldest director aged 60 or over	584
Oldest director aged 70 or over	178

Of the 584 with a director over 60, 56 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
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%
North West	704	29.4%

Other trades in South West

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	6,658	43%
Lettings	6,114	44.9%
Retail	4,239	32%
Other Leisure	3,124	36%
Agriculture	2,777	56.9%
Property Development	2,716	48.2%
Investment	2,685	37.7%
Investment / Fund Management	2,473	40%

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 South West", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/const-civil/south-west/

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.