Legal Services succession in Northern Ireland

Name: Legal Services business succession in Northern Ireland
Creator: ExitRadar
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98 of 279 legal services companies in Northern Ireland — 35.1% — have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured279

Director aged 60+98

Exposure rate35.1%

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

279

Companies measured

Director 60+

Director 70+

35.1%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; legal services nationally runs at 34%.

Measure	Companies
Legal Services companies in Northern Ireland measured	279
Oldest director aged 60 or over	98
Oldest director aged 70 or over	26

Of the 98 with a director over 60, 20 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Legal Services in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
Scotland	383	46.1%
South West	461	43.7%
Wales	211	42.5%
South East	732	39.6%
East of England	388	39.1%
North East	142	37.4%
East Midlands	275	35.4%
West Midlands	389	31.5%

Other trades in Northern Ireland

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	1,262	43.8%
Retail	1,010	25.8%
Investment	939	43.6%
Consultancy Services	844	36.4%
General Construction	789	40.2%
Agriculture	758	46.2%
Other Leisure	705	36.5%
Property Development	703	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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ExitRadar, "Legal Services succession in Northern Ireland", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/prof-legal/northern-ireland/

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.