Other Leisure succession in West Midlands

Name: Other Leisure business succession in West Midlands
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2,403 of 7,949 other leisure companies in West Midlands — 30.2% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 9th highest of 11 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured7,949

Director aged 60+2,403

Exposure rate30.2%

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

7,949

Companies measured

2,403

Director 60+

907

Director 70+

30.2%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; other leisure nationally runs at 30.1%.

Measure	Companies
Other Leisure companies in West Midlands measured	7,949
Oldest director aged 60 or over	2,403
Oldest director aged 70 or over	907

Of the 2,403 with a director over 60, 48 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Other Leisure in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
Wales	1,400	36.8%
Northern Ireland	705	36.5%
South West	3,124	36%
South East	5,364	33.2%
Scotland	2,250	32.8%
East of England	3,011	30.7%
North East	917	30.5%
Yorkshire & The Humber	2,227	30.5%

Other trades in West Midlands

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	5,026	38.2%
Lettings	4,854	33.7%
Retail	3,544	20.8%
Investment	2,985	27.5%
Investment / Fund Management	2,542	37%
Property Development	1,996	43.3%
Engineering Services	1,859	37.3%
IT Services / Consultancy	1,647	21%

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

See UK Hospitality & Leisure →

See all Other Leisure succession data or everything in West Midlands.

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ExitRadar, "Other Leisure succession in West Midlands", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/hosp-leisure/west-midlands/

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.