Precision Engineering / Machining succession in Scotland

Name: Precision Engineering / Machining business succession in Scotland
Creator: ExitRadar
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232 of 502 precision engineering / machining companies in Scotland (46.2%) have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured502

Director aged 60+232

Exposure rate46.2%

Companies House register·Measured base 3,631,842·Data as at 11 October 2026·Full methodology

502

Companies measured

232

Director 60+

Director 70+

46.2%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.4%; precision engineering / machining nationally runs at 50.4%.

Measure	Companies
Precision Engineering / Machining companies in Scotland measured	502
Oldest director aged 60 or over	232
Oldest director aged 70 or over	86

Of the 232 with a director over 60, 20 score 50 or higher on business quality. That figure is an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Precision Engineering / Machining in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
West Midlands	987	54.7%
South East	577	53.4%
South West	410	53.2%
North West	527	52.3%
East Midlands	451	51%
Wales	171	49.7%
North East	136	47.9%
East of England	463	47.8%

Other trades in Scotland

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	4,028	37%
Consultancy Services	3,979	40.5%
Retail	2,697	25.3%
Agriculture	2,268	50.9%
Other Leisure	2,235	32.6%
Engineering Services	2,119	33.4%
Investment	2,115	33.3%
Investment / Fund Management	1,634	40.5%

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.

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ExitRadar, "Precision Engineering / Machining succession in Scotland", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/mfg-precision/scotland/

Need a cut that is not published here, such as 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 3,631,842 active UK companies where Companies House records an age bracket for at least one serving director (94.0% of the 3,863,328 companies on the active register). A company counts as succession-exposed when its oldest serving director is 60 or over. We do not use 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 11 October 2026; updated quarterly, next update January 2027. Full methodology.