Estate Agent succession in Scotland

Name: Estate Agent business succession in Scotland
Creator: ExitRadar
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204 of 893 estate agent companies in Scotland (22.8%) have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured893

Director aged 60+204

Exposure rate22.8%

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

893

Companies measured

204

Director 60+

Director 70+

22.8%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.4%; estate agent nationally runs at 26.9%.

Measure	Companies
Estate Agent companies in Scotland measured	893
Oldest director aged 60 or over	204
Oldest director aged 70 or over	53

Of the 204 with a director over 60, 15 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.

Estate Agent in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
Northern Ireland	108	37.6%
South East	1,146	34.8%
Wales	185	33.9%
South West	496	32.7%
East of England	651	28.2%
East Midlands	328	28.1%
North West	507	25.8%
North East	123	24.6%

Other trades in Scotland

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	4,028	37%
Consultancy Services	3,979	40.5%
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%

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

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ExitRadar, "Estate Agent succession in Scotland", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/prop-estate-agent/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.