General Construction succession in Scotland

Name: General Construction business succession in Scotland
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1,046 of 2,583 general construction companies in Scotland (40.5%) have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 1st highest of 11 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured2,583

Director aged 60+1,046

Exposure rate40.5%

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

2,583

Companies measured

1,046

Director 60+

358

Director 70+

40.5%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
General Construction companies in Scotland measured	2,583
Oldest director aged 60 or over	1,046
Oldest director aged 70 or over	358

Of the 1,046 with a director over 60, 99 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

Region	60+	Rate
Northern Ireland	817	40.4%
South West	2,109	36.7%
Wales	811	35.4%
North East	425	33.9%
Yorkshire & The Humber	1,311	33.9%
North West	1,694	30.8%
South East	3,349	30.8%
West Midlands	1,607	30.3%

Other trades in Scotland

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	4,028	37%
Consultancy Services	3,979	40.5%
Retail	2,697	25.3%
Agriculture	2,268	50.9%
Other Leisure	2,235	32.6%
Engineering Services	2,119	33.4%
Investment	2,115	33.3%
Investment / Fund Management	1,634	40.5%

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 Scotland", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/const-general/scotland/

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.