Consultancy Services succession in Scotland

Name: Consultancy Services business succession in Scotland
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3,979 of 9,816 consultancy services companies in Scotland (40.5%) have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 3rd highest of 12 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured9,816

Director aged 60+3,979

Exposure rate40.5%

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

9,816

Companies measured

3,979

Director 60+

1,046

Director 70+

40.5%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.4%; consultancy services nationally runs at 35.4%.

Measure	Companies
Consultancy Services companies in Scotland measured	9,816
Oldest director aged 60 or over	3,979
Oldest director aged 70 or over	1,046

Of the 3,979 with a director over 60, 115 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.

Consultancy Services in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
South West	6,563	42.4%
South East	16,025	41.1%
Wales	1,911	39.6%
East Midlands	4,554	39.2%
West Midlands	5,526	38.3%
Yorkshire & The Humber	4,407	37.4%
East of England	8,390	37.2%
Northern Ireland	885	36.5%

Other trades in Scotland

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	4,028	37%
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%
Hotel / Accommodation	1,490	46.7%

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, "Consultancy Services succession in Scotland", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/prof-consulting/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.