Management succession in Scotland

Name: Management business succession in Scotland
Creator: ExitRadar
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685 of 1,916 management companies in Scotland — 35.8% — have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured1,916

Director aged 60+685

Exposure rate35.8%

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

1,916

Companies measured

685

Director 60+

270

Director 70+

35.8%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Management companies in Scotland measured	1,916
Oldest director aged 60 or over	685
Oldest director aged 70 or over	270

Of the 685 with a director over 60, 50 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%
Northern Ireland	373	44.5%
Wales	664	41.9%
East of England	1,876	40.5%
North East	547	38.7%
Yorkshire & The Humber	1,197	35.7%
North West	1,979	35.1%

Other trades in Scotland

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	3,930	37.6%
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%

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