Estate Agent succession in South East

Name: Estate Agent business succession in South East
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1,146 of 3,290 estate agent companies in South East (34.8%) have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 1st highest of 3 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured3,290

Director aged 60+1,146

Exposure rate34.8%

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

3,290

Companies measured

1,146

Director 60+

357

Director 70+

34.8%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Estate Agent companies in South East measured	3,290
Oldest director aged 60 or over	1,146
Oldest director aged 70 or over	357

Of the 1,146 with a director over 60, 113 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%
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%
Yorkshire & The Humber	315	24.2%

Other trades in South East

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	16,025	41.1%
Lettings	11,044	42%
Retail	7,147	27.8%
Investment	6,093	33.4%
IT Services / Consultancy	5,861	25.1%
Other Leisure	5,831	33.2%
Investment / Fund Management	5,134	39.8%
Property Development	4,665	46%

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 South East", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/prop-estate-agent/south-east/

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.