General Construction succession in South East

Name: General Construction business succession in South East
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3,000 of 9,518 general construction companies in South East — 31.5% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 6th highest of 10 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured9,518

Director aged 60+3,000

Exposure rate31.5%

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

9,518

Companies measured

3,000

Director 60+

956

Director 70+

31.5%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
General Construction companies in South East measured	9,518
Oldest director aged 60 or over	3,000
Oldest director aged 70 or over	956

Of the 3,000 with a director over 60, 215 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

Region	60+	Rate
Scotland	1,008	40.5%
Northern Ireland	789	40.2%
South West	2,116	37.1%
Wales	865	36.7%
North East	446	35.4%
Yorkshire & The Humber	1,344	33.6%
East of England	2,129	31.5%
North West	1,723	31.3%

Other trades in South East

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	14,455	41.6%
Lettings	9,873	42.9%
Retail	6,015	26.7%
IT Services / Consultancy	5,392	25.7%
Investment	5,385	33.7%
Other Leisure	5,364	33.2%
Investment / Fund Management	4,380	40.3%
Property Development	4,170	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, "General Construction succession in South East", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/const-general/south-east/

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.