UK Business Succession Index

General Construction succession in North East

425 of 1,252 general construction companies in North East (33.9%) have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured1,252
Director aged 60+425
Exposure rate33.9%
Companies House register·Measured base 3,631,842·Data as at 11 October 2026·Full methodology
1,252
Companies measured
425
Director 60+
137
Director 70+
33.9%
Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.4%; general construction nationally runs at 27.8%.

MeasureCompanies
General Construction companies in North East measured1,252
Oldest director aged 60 or over425
Oldest director aged 70 or over137

Of the 425 with a director over 60, 41 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.

General Construction in other regions

Region60+Rate
Scotland1,04640.5%
Northern Ireland81740.4%
South West2,10936.7%
Wales81135.4%
Yorkshire & The Humber1,31133.9%
North West1,69430.8%
South East3,34930.8%
West Midlands1,60730.3%

Other trades in North East

Trade60+Rate
Lettings1,65832.9%
Consultancy Services1,46636%
Retail1,13023.6%
Engineering Services88829.3%
Investment88426.6%
Other Leisure86029.8%
Investment / Fund Management67335.6%
Property Development59841.6%

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, "General Construction succession in North East", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/const-general/north-east/

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.