General Construction succession in South West

Name: General Construction business succession in South West
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2,116 of 5,699 general construction companies in South West — 37.1% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 2nd highest of 10 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured5,699

Director aged 60+2,116

Exposure rate37.1%

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

5,699

Companies measured

2,116

Director 60+

677

Director 70+

37.1%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
General Construction companies in South West measured	5,699
Oldest director aged 60 or over	2,116
Oldest director aged 70 or over	677

Of the 2,116 with a director over 60, 135 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%
Wales	865	36.7%
North East	446	35.4%
Yorkshire & The Humber	1,344	33.6%
East of England	2,129	31.5%
South East	3,000	31.5%
North West	1,723	31.3%

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, "General Construction succession in South West", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/const-general/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.