Scaffolding succession in Wales

Name: Scaffolding business succession in Wales
Creator: ExitRadar
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69 of 256 scaffolding companies in Wales — 27% — have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured256

Director aged 60+69

Exposure rate27%

Companies House register·Measured base 3,516,113·Data as at 30 August 2026·Full methodology

256

Companies measured

Director 60+

Director 70+

27%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; scaffolding nationally runs at 23%.

Measure	Companies
Scaffolding companies in Wales measured	256
Oldest director aged 60 or over	69
Oldest director aged 70 or over	26

Of the 69 with a director over 60, 12 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Scaffolding in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
South West	171	32.7%
Scotland	82	28.8%
West Midlands	86	26.6%
Yorkshire & The Humber	75	23%
South East	235	22.1%
North West	98	21.8%
East of England	167	21.5%
East Midlands	65	21.2%

Other trades in Wales

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	2,167	38.2%
Consultancy Services	1,890	40%
Retail	1,614	28.3%
Other Leisure	1,329	36.4%
Investment	1,043	31.4%
Agriculture	983	52.7%
Hotel / Accommodation	934	49.2%
Engineering Services	901	38.8%

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, "Scaffolding succession in Wales", UK Business Succession Index, 30 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/const-scaffolding/wales/

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 3,516,113 active UK companies where Companies House records an age bracket for at least one serving director — 93.9% of the 3,746,409 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 30 August 2026; updated quarterly, next update October 2026. Full methodology.