Lettings succession in Scotland

Name: Lettings business succession in Scotland
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3,930 of 10,444 lettings companies in Scotland — 37.6% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 6th highest of 12 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured10,444

Director aged 60+3,930

Exposure rate37.6%

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

10,444

Companies measured

3,930

Director 60+

1,767

Director 70+

37.6%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Lettings companies in Scotland measured	10,444
Oldest director aged 60 or over	3,930
Oldest director aged 70 or over	1,767

Of the 3,930 with a director over 60, 238 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%
Northern Ireland	1,262	43.8%
South East	9,873	42.9%
East of England	5,623	39.6%
Wales	2,320	39.2%
Yorkshire & The Humber	4,682	36.3%
East Midlands	3,830	35.6%
North East	1,725	34.4%

Other trades in Scotland

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	3,898	40.8%
Retail	2,680	25.9%
Agriculture	2,266	51.5%
Other Leisure	2,250	32.8%
Investment	2,104	33.7%
Engineering Services	2,065	33.5%
Investment / Fund Management	1,505	40.7%
Hotel / Accommodation	1,447	47.1%

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 Scotland", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/prop-lettings/scotland/

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.