Estate Agent: business succession in the UK

Name: Estate Agent business succession in the UK
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6,163 UK estate agent companies — 27.2% — have a director aged 60 or over.

5.3 points below the all-trades average of 32.5%.

Companies measured22,647

Director aged 60+6,163

Exposure rate27.2%

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

22,647

Companies measured

6,163

With a director 60+

1,863

With a director 70+

27.2%

Exposure rate

Of the 6,163 with a director over 60, 662 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Estate Agent by region

Region	Companies	60+	Rate
Northern Ireland	279	104	37.3%
Wales	561	208	37.1%
South East	2,880	1,008	35%
South West	1,502	505	33.6%
East Midlands	986	285	28.9%
East of England	1,740	496	28.5%
North West	1,921	505	26.3%
North East	517	130	25.1%
Yorkshire & The Humber	1,285	320	24.9%
London	8,589	2,046	23.8%
West Midlands	1,522	360	23.7%
Scotland	859	195	22.7%

Combinations with fewer than 250 measured companies are not listed separately. They are still counted in every total on this page.

Part of the UK Business Succession Index.

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ExitRadar, "Estate Agent: business succession in the UK", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/prop-estate-agent/

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.