Estate Agent succession in South East

Name: Estate Agent business succession in South East
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1,008 of 2,880 estate agent companies in South East — 35% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 1st highest of 2 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured2,880

Director aged 60+1,008

Exposure rate35%

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

2,880

Companies measured

1,008

Director 60+

336

Director 70+

35%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; estate agent nationally runs at 27.2%.

Measure	Companies
Estate Agent companies in South East measured	2,880
Oldest director aged 60 or over	1,008
Oldest director aged 70 or over	336

Of the 1,008 with a director over 60, 93 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 in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
Northern Ireland	104	37.3%
Wales	208	37.1%
South West	505	33.6%
East Midlands	285	28.9%
East of England	496	28.5%
North West	505	26.3%
North East	130	25.1%
Yorkshire & The Humber	320	24.9%

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.

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