Lettings succession in Northern Ireland

Name: Lettings business succession in Northern Ireland
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1,262 of 2,881 lettings companies in Northern Ireland — 43.8% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 2nd highest of 12 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured2,881

Director aged 60+1,262

Exposure rate43.8%

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

2,881

Companies measured

1,262

Director 60+

593

Director 70+

43.8%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; lettings nationally runs at 36.8%.

Measure	Companies
Lettings companies in Northern Ireland measured	2,881
Oldest director aged 60 or over	1,262
Oldest director aged 70 or over	593

Of the 1,262 with a director over 60, 63 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Lettings in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
South West	6,114	44.9%
South East	9,873	42.9%
East of England	5,623	39.6%
Wales	2,320	39.2%
Scotland	3,930	37.6%
Yorkshire & The Humber	4,682	36.3%
East Midlands	3,830	35.6%
North East	1,725	34.4%

Other trades in Northern Ireland

Trade	60+	Rate
Retail	1,010	25.8%
Investment	939	43.6%
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, "Lettings succession in Northern Ireland", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/prop-lettings/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.