Management succession in Northern Ireland

Name: Management business succession in Northern Ireland
Creator: ExitRadar
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373 of 839 management companies in Northern Ireland — 44.5% — have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured839

Director aged 60+373

Exposure rate44.5%

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

839

Companies measured

373

Director 60+

184

Director 70+

44.5%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; management nationally runs at 37.7%.

Measure	Companies
Management companies in Northern Ireland measured	839
Oldest director aged 60 or over	373
Oldest director aged 70 or over	184

Of the 373 with a director over 60, 22 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Management in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
South West	2,247	52%
South East	3,391	45.3%
Wales	664	41.9%
East of England	1,876	40.5%
North East	547	38.7%
Scotland	685	35.8%
Yorkshire & The Humber	1,197	35.7%
North West	1,979	35.1%

Other trades in Northern Ireland

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	1,262	43.8%
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%

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, "Management succession in Northern Ireland", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/prop-management/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.