Medical Practice / GP Surgery succession in Scotland

Name: Medical Practice / GP Surgery business succession in Scotland
Creator: ExitRadar
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194 of 790 medical practice / GP surgery companies in Scotland — 24.6% — have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured790

Director aged 60+194

Exposure rate24.6%

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

790

Companies measured

194

Director 60+

Director 70+

24.6%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; medical practice / GP surgery nationally runs at 22.7%.

Measure	Companies
Medical Practice / GP Surgery companies in Scotland measured	790
Oldest director aged 60 or over	194
Oldest director aged 70 or over	54

Of the 194 with a director over 60, 14 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Medical Practice / GP Surgery in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
Wales	201	28.5%
Northern Ireland	102	27.9%
South East	905	26.5%
South West	345	24.3%
London	1,909	23.7%
East Midlands	442	22.3%
North East	152	21.7%
North West	831	21%

Other trades in Scotland

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	3,930	37.6%
Consultancy Services	3,898	40.8%
Retail	2,680	25.9%
Agriculture	2,266	51.5%
Other Leisure	2,250	32.8%
Investment	2,104	33.7%
Engineering Services	2,065	33.5%
Investment / Fund Management	1,505	40.7%

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 Healthcare pages go further: we score each company on business quality and exit timing, and shortlist the ones worth approaching.

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ExitRadar, "Medical Practice / GP Surgery succession in Scotland", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/health-medical/scotland/

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.