Veterinary Practice: business succession in the UK

Name: Veterinary Practice business succession in the UK
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1,044 UK veterinary practice companies — 23.9% — have a director aged 60 or over.

8.6 points below the all-trades average of 32.5%.

Companies measured4,376

Director aged 60+1,044

Exposure rate23.9%

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

4,376

Companies measured

1,044

With a director 60+

263

With a director 70+

23.9%

Exposure rate

Of the 1,044 with a director over 60, 135 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Veterinary Practice by region

Region	Companies	60+	Rate
West Midlands	270	80	29.6%
East of England	403	118	29.3%
Yorkshire & The Humber	255	73	28.6%
Scotland	278	73	26.3%
South East	589	154	26.1%
South West	599	156	26%
London	492	102	20.7%
North West	869	123	14.2%

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.

See UK Healthcare →

Part of the UK Business Succession Index.

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ExitRadar, "Veterinary Practice: business succession in the UK", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/health-veterinary/

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.