Property Development succession in South West

Name: Property Development business succession in South West
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2,716 of 5,640 property development companies in South West — 48.2% — have a director aged 60 or over.

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

Companies measured5,640

Director aged 60+2,716

Exposure rate48.2%

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

5,640

Companies measured

2,716

Director 60+

1,064

Director 70+

48.2%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; property development nationally runs at 43%.

Measure	Companies
Property Development companies in South West measured	5,640
Oldest director aged 60 or over	2,716
Oldest director aged 70 or over	1,064

Of the 2,716 with a director over 60, 133 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Property Development in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
Scotland	1,249	46.5%
Northern Ireland	703	46.3%
South East	4,170	46.3%
East of England	2,647	45.5%
Wales	919	43.6%
West Midlands	1,996	43.3%
North East	616	42.7%
London	6,971	40.8%

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%
Investment	2,685	37.7%
Investment / Fund Management	2,473	40%
IT Services / Consultancy	2,379	27.4%

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, "Property Development succession in South West", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/const-property-dev/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.