Architecture / Design succession in South West

Name: Architecture / Design business succession in South West
Creator: ExitRadar
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919 of 3,398 architecture / design companies in South West — 27% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 3rd highest of 7 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured3,398

Director aged 60+919

Exposure rate27%

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

3,398

Companies measured

919

Director 60+

283

Director 70+

27%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; architecture / design nationally runs at 24.3%.

Measure	Companies
Architecture / Design companies in South West measured	3,398
Oldest director aged 60 or over	919
Oldest director aged 70 or over	283

Of the 919 with a director over 60, 43 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Architecture / Design in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
Scotland	564	30%
Wales	287	28.6%
West Midlands	638	28.3%
South East	1,661	27.6%
North East	226	27.2%
Northern Ireland	157	26.8%
East of England	807	26.6%
East Midlands	472	25.9%

Other trades in South West

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	6,658	43%
Lettings	6,114	44.9%
Retail	4,239	32%
Other Leisure	3,124	36%
Agriculture	2,777	56.9%
Property Development	2,716	48.2%
Investment	2,685	37.7%
Investment / Fund Management	2,473	40%

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

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ExitRadar, "Architecture / Design succession in South West", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/prof-architecture/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.