UK Business Succession Index

General Construction succession in East of England

2,129 of 6,761 general construction companies in East of England — 31.5% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 5th highest of 10 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured6,761
Director aged 60+2,129
Exposure rate31.5%
Companies House register·Measured base 3,475,770·Data as at 13 August 2026·Full methodology
6,761
Companies measured
2,129
Director 60+
678
Director 70+
31.5%
Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; general construction nationally runs at 28%.

MeasureCompanies
General Construction companies in East of England measured6,761
Oldest director aged 60 or over2,129
Oldest director aged 70 or over678

Of the 2,129 with a director over 60, 161 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

General Construction in other regions

Region60+Rate
Scotland1,00840.5%
Northern Ireland78940.2%
South West2,11637.1%
Wales86536.7%
North East44635.4%
Yorkshire & The Humber1,34433.6%
South East3,00031.5%
North West1,72331.3%

Other trades in East of England

Trade60+Rate
Consultancy Services6,65238.7%
Lettings5,62339.6%
Retail3,69225%
Other Leisure3,01130.7%
Investment2,99930.9%
Agriculture2,85060.3%
Property Development2,64745.5%
Investment / Fund Management2,59737.4%

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 →

See all General Construction succession data or everything in East of England.

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ExitRadar, "General Construction succession in East of England", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/const-general/east-of-england/

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.