Other Specialist Trades succession in South West

Name: Other Specialist Trades business succession in South West
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1,606 of 4,744 other specialist trades companies in South West — 33.9% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 1st highest of 10 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured4,744

Director aged 60+1,606

Exposure rate33.9%

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

4,744

Companies measured

1,606

Director 60+

425

Director 70+

33.9%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; other specialist trades nationally runs at 27.5%.

Measure	Companies
Other Specialist Trades companies in South West measured	4,744
Oldest director aged 60 or over	1,606
Oldest director aged 70 or over	425

Of the 1,606 with a director over 60, 125 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Other Specialist Trades in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
South East	2,901	32.2%
Wales	658	32.1%
Scotland	886	30.3%
East Midlands	1,014	30%
Yorkshire & The Humber	1,297	29.8%
North West	1,794	29.5%
East of England	1,911	28.8%
West Midlands	1,314	28.8%

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.

See UK Construction & Trades →

See all Other Specialist Trades succession data or everything in South West.

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ExitRadar, "Other Specialist Trades succession in South West", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/const-other-specialist/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.