Agriculture succession in Scotland

Name: Agriculture business succession in Scotland
Creator: ExitRadar
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2,268 of 4,459 agriculture companies in Scotland (50.9%) have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 7th highest of 9 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured4,459

Director aged 60+2,268

Exposure rate50.9%

Companies House register·Measured base 3,631,842·Data as at 11 October 2026·Full methodology

4,459

Companies measured

2,268

Director 60+

1,052

Director 70+

50.9%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.4%; agriculture nationally runs at 53.1%.

Measure	Companies
Agriculture companies in Scotland measured	4,459
Oldest director aged 60 or over	2,268
Oldest director aged 70 or over	1,052

Of the 2,268 with a director over 60, 285 score 50 or higher on business quality. That figure is an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Agriculture in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
East Midlands	1,927	58.6%
East of England	2,742	58.1%
Yorkshire & The Humber	1,653	56.9%
South West	2,727	56.2%
South East	2,792	53.2%
North East	445	53.1%
Wales	994	52.2%
West Midlands	1,527	52%

Other trades in Scotland

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	4,028	37%
Consultancy Services	3,979	40.5%
Retail	2,697	25.3%
Other Leisure	2,235	32.6%
Engineering Services	2,119	33.4%
Investment	2,115	33.3%
Investment / Fund Management	1,634	40.5%
Hotel / Accommodation	1,490	46.7%

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 Scotland", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-agriculture/scotland/

Need a cut that is not published here, such as 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 3,631,842 active UK companies where Companies House records an age bracket for at least one serving director (94.0% of the 3,863,328 companies on the active register). A company counts as succession-exposed when its oldest serving director is 60 or over. We do not use 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 11 October 2026; updated quarterly, next update January 2027. Full methodology.