Scaffolding: business succession in the UK

Name: Scaffolding business succession in the UK
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1,219 UK scaffolding companies (22.8%) have a director aged 60 or over.

9.6 points below the all-trades average of 32.4%.

Companies measured5,346

Director aged 60+1,219

Exposure rate22.8%

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

5,346

Companies measured

1,219

With a director 60+

265

With a director 70+

22.8%

Exposure rate

Of the 1,219 with a director over 60, 167 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.

Scaffolding by region

Region	Companies	60+	Rate
South West	538	175	32.5%
Scotland	287	82	28.6%
Wales	259	70	27%
West Midlands	329	86	26.1%
Yorkshire & The Humber	338	78	23.1%
South East	1,085	238	21.9%
East of England	808	174	21.5%
North West	464	99	21.3%
East Midlands	312	65	20.8%
London	684	112	16.4%

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.

See UK Construction & Trades →

Part of the UK Business Succession Index.

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ExitRadar, "Scaffolding: business succession in the UK", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/const-scaffolding/

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.