Lettings succession in Scotland

Name: Lettings business succession in Scotland
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4,028 of 10,889 lettings companies in Scotland (37%) have a director aged 60 or over.

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

Companies measured10,889

Director aged 60+4,028

Exposure rate37%

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

10,889

Companies measured

4,028

Director 60+

1,796

Director 70+

37%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.4%; lettings nationally runs at 36.2%.

Measure	Companies
Lettings companies in Scotland measured	10,889
Oldest director aged 60 or over	4,028
Oldest director aged 70 or over	1,796

Of the 4,028 with a director over 60, 225 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.

Lettings in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
Northern Ireland	1,347	44.1%
South West	6,097	43.7%
South East	11,044	42%
East of England	7,230	38.8%
Wales	2,189	37.5%
Yorkshire & The Humber	4,702	35.9%
East Midlands	4,504	35.6%
North West	7,190	33.4%

Other trades in Scotland

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	3,979	40.5%
Retail	2,697	25.3%
Agriculture	2,268	50.9%
Other Leisure	2,235	32.6%
Engineering Services	2,119	33.4%
Investment	2,115	33.3%
Investment / Fund Management	1,634	40.5%
Hotel / Accommodation	1,490	46.7%

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, "Lettings succession in Scotland", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/prop-lettings/scotland/

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.