Lettings succession in Wales

Name: Lettings business succession in Wales
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2,320 of 5,918 lettings companies in Wales — 39.2% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 5th highest of 12 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured5,918

Director aged 60+2,320

Exposure rate39.2%

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

5,918

Companies measured

2,320

Director 60+

1,036

Director 70+

39.2%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Lettings companies in Wales measured	5,918
Oldest director aged 60 or over	2,320
Oldest director aged 70 or over	1,036

Of the 2,320 with a director over 60, 136 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%
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 Wales

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	2,043	40.7%
Retail	1,764	29.8%
Other Leisure	1,400	36.8%
Agriculture	1,194	54.8%
Investment	1,120	32%
Hotel / Accommodation	985	50.5%
Investment / Fund Management	961	39.8%
Engineering Services	928	39.3%

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

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.