Property Development succession in South West

Name: Property Development business succession in South West
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2,682 of 5,640 property development companies in South West (47.6%) 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+2,682

Exposure rate47.6%

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

5,640

Companies measured

2,682

Director 60+

1,055

Director 70+

47.6%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.4%; property development nationally runs at 42.8%.

Measure	Companies
Property Development companies in South West measured	5,640
Oldest director aged 60 or over	2,682
Oldest director aged 70 or over	1,055

Of the 2,682 with a director over 60, 127 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.

Property Development in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
Scotland	1,300	47.2%
Northern Ireland	722	46.3%
South East	4,665	46%
East of England	3,376	45.2%
West Midlands	2,177	43.3%
Wales	857	42.4%
North East	598	41.6%
East Midlands	1,618	41%

Other trades in South West

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	6,563	42.4%
Lettings	6,097	43.7%
Retail	4,219	31.7%
Other Leisure	3,052	35.9%
Agriculture	2,727	56.2%
Investment	2,624	37.4%
Investment / Fund Management	2,581	40%
IT Services / Consultancy	2,340	27%

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, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/const-property-dev/south-west/

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.