Agriculture succession in East of England

Name: Agriculture business succession in East of England
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2,850 of 4,728 agriculture companies in East of England — 60.3% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 1st highest of 10 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured4,728

Director aged 60+2,850

Exposure rate60.3%

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

4,728

Companies measured

2,850

Director 60+

1,560

Director 70+

60.3%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; agriculture nationally runs at 53.5%.

Measure	Companies
Agriculture companies in East of England measured	4,728
Oldest director aged 60 or over	2,850
Oldest director aged 70 or over	1,560

Of the 2,850 with a director over 60, 323 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Agriculture in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
Yorkshire & The Humber	1,667	57.7%
South West	2,777	56.9%
East Midlands	1,317	55.8%
Wales	1,194	54.8%
South East	2,670	53.8%
North East	507	53.6%
Scotland	2,266	51.5%
West Midlands	1,254	51.2%

Other trades in East of England

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	6,652	38.7%
Lettings	5,623	39.6%
Retail	3,692	25%
Other Leisure	3,011	30.7%
Investment	2,999	30.9%
Property Development	2,647	45.5%
Investment / Fund Management	2,597	37.4%
IT Services / Consultancy	2,401	24.7%

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, "Agriculture succession in East of England", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-agriculture/east-of-england/

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.