UK Business Succession Index

Chemicals & Coatings succession in South West

195 of 366 chemicals & coatings companies in South West — 53.3% — have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured366
Director aged 60+195
Exposure rate53.3%
Companies House register·Measured base 3,475,770·Data as at 13 August 2026·Full methodology
366
Companies measured
195
Director 60+
75
Director 70+
53.3%
Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; chemicals & coatings nationally runs at 42.5%.

MeasureCompanies
Chemicals & Coatings companies in South West measured366
Oldest director aged 60 or over195
Oldest director aged 70 or over75

Of the 195 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.

Chemicals & Coatings in other regions

Region60+Rate
North West34750.1%
East Midlands14149.8%
South East28548.4%
Yorkshire & The Humber21647.1%
Scotland11640.6%
East of England20840.3%
West Midlands24137.8%
London34129.7%

Other trades in South West

Trade60+Rate
Consultancy Services6,65843%
Lettings6,11444.9%
Retail4,23932%
Other Leisure3,12436%
Agriculture2,77756.9%
Property Development2,71648.2%
Investment2,68537.7%
Investment / Fund Management2,47340%

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

See UK Manufacturing →

See all Chemicals & Coatings succession data or everything in South West.

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ExitRadar, "Chemicals & Coatings succession in South West", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/mfg-chemicals/south-west/

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.