Engineering Services succession in South East

Name: Engineering Services business succession in South East
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3,555 of 8,644 engineering services companies in South East — 41.1% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 1st highest of 11 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured8,644

Director aged 60+3,555

Exposure rate41.1%

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

8,644

Companies measured

3,555

Director 60+

1,255

Director 70+

41.1%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; engineering services nationally runs at 35.7%.

Measure	Companies
Engineering Services companies in South East measured	8,644
Oldest director aged 60 or over	3,555
Oldest director aged 70 or over	1,255

Of the 3,555 with a director over 60, 196 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Engineering Services in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
East of England	2,308	39.7%
South West	2,127	39.6%
Wales	928	39.3%
Yorkshire & The Humber	1,736	38.2%
West Midlands	1,859	37.3%
East Midlands	1,392	36.8%
North West	3,003	36.5%
Scotland	2,065	33.5%

Other trades in South East

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	14,455	41.6%
Lettings	9,873	42.9%
Retail	6,015	26.7%
IT Services / Consultancy	5,392	25.7%
Investment	5,385	33.7%
Other Leisure	5,364	33.2%
Investment / Fund Management	4,380	40.3%
Property Development	4,170	46.3%

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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See all Engineering Services succession data or everything in South East.

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ExitRadar, "Engineering Services succession in South East", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/prof-engineering/south-east/

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.