Management succession in South West

Name: Management business succession in South West
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2,247 of 4,319 management companies in South West — 52% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 1st highest of 8 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured4,319

Director aged 60+2,247

Exposure rate52%

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

4,319

Companies measured

2,247

Director 60+

1,142

Director 70+

52%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Management companies in South West measured	4,319
Oldest director aged 60 or over	2,247
Oldest director aged 70 or over	1,142

Of the 2,247 with a director over 60, 113 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 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%
Scotland	685	35.8%
Yorkshire & The Humber	1,197	35.7%
North West	1,979	35.1%

Other trades in South West

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	6,658	43%
Lettings	6,114	44.9%
Retail	4,239	32%
Other Leisure	3,124	36%
Agriculture	2,777	56.9%
Property Development	2,716	48.2%
Investment	2,685	37.7%
Investment / Fund Management	2,473	40%

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

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.