Investment succession in Northern Ireland

Name: Investment business succession in Northern Ireland
Creator: ExitRadar
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939 of 2,152 investment companies in Northern Ireland — 43.6% — have a director aged 60 or over.

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

Companies measured2,152

Director aged 60+939

Exposure rate43.6%

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

2,152

Companies measured

939

Director 60+

417

Director 70+

43.6%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; investment nationally runs at 29.9%.

Measure	Companies
Investment companies in Northern Ireland measured	2,152
Oldest director aged 60 or over	939
Oldest director aged 70 or over	417

Of the 939 with a director over 60, 61 score 50 or higher on business quality — 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	2,685	37.7%
Scotland	2,104	33.7%
South East	5,385	33.7%
Wales	1,120	32%
East of England	2,999	30.9%
Yorkshire & The Humber	2,335	29.2%
London	14,536	28.6%
West Midlands	2,985	27.5%

Other trades in Northern Ireland

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	1,262	43.8%
Retail	1,010	25.8%
Consultancy Services	844	36.4%
General Construction	789	40.2%
Agriculture	758	46.2%
Other Leisure	705	36.5%
Property Development	703	46.3%
Investment / Fund Management	656	38.6%

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, "Investment succession in Northern Ireland", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/prop-investment/northern-ireland/

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.