Investment succession in Northern Ireland

Name: Investment business succession in Northern Ireland
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970 of 2,210 investment companies in Northern Ireland (43.9%) have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 1st highest of 12 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured2,210

Director aged 60+970

Exposure rate43.9%

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

2,210

Companies measured

970

Director 60+

429

Director 70+

43.9%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.4%; investment nationally runs at 29.9%.

Measure	Companies
Investment companies in Northern Ireland measured	2,210
Oldest director aged 60 or over	970
Oldest director aged 70 or over	429

Of the 970 with a director over 60, 50 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.

Investment in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
South West	2,624	37.4%
South East	6,093	33.4%
Scotland	2,115	33.3%
East of England	4,220	31.1%
Wales	1,044	31.1%
Yorkshire & The Humber	2,296	29%
London	13,221	28.4%
East Midlands	2,192	28%

Other trades in Northern Ireland

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	1,347	44.1%
Retail	1,052	25.8%
Consultancy Services	885	36.5%
General Construction	817	40.4%
Agriculture	789	46.7%
Investment / Fund Management	731	39.4%
Property Development	722	46.3%
Other Leisure	712	36.7%

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, "Investment succession in Northern Ireland", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/prop-investment/northern-ireland/

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.