Lettings succession in West Midlands

Name: Lettings business succession in West Midlands
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4,854 of 14,418 lettings companies in West Midlands — 33.7% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 11th highest of 12 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured14,418

Director aged 60+4,854

Exposure rate33.7%

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

14,418

Companies measured

4,854

Director 60+

2,073

Director 70+

33.7%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Lettings companies in West Midlands measured	14,418
Oldest director aged 60 or over	4,854
Oldest director aged 70 or over	2,073

Of the 4,854 with a director over 60, 289 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%
Scotland	3,930	37.6%
Yorkshire & The Humber	4,682	36.3%
East Midlands	3,830	35.6%

Other trades in West Midlands

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	5,026	38.2%
Retail	3,544	20.8%
Investment	2,985	27.5%
Investment / Fund Management	2,542	37%
Other Leisure	2,403	30.2%
Property Development	1,996	43.3%
Engineering Services	1,859	37.3%
IT Services / Consultancy	1,647	21%

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 West Midlands", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/prop-lettings/west-midlands/

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.