Agriculture succession in Scotland

Name: Agriculture business succession in Scotland
Creator: ExitRadar
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2,266 of 4,398 agriculture companies in Scotland — 51.5% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 7th highest of 10 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured4,398

Director aged 60+2,266

Exposure rate51.5%

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

4,398

Companies measured

2,266

Director 60+

1,061

Director 70+

51.5%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Agriculture companies in Scotland measured	4,398
Oldest director aged 60 or over	2,266
Oldest director aged 70 or over	1,061

Of the 2,266 with a director over 60, 262 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
East of England	2,850	60.3%
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%
West Midlands	1,254	51.2%

Other trades in Scotland

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	3,930	37.6%
Consultancy Services	3,898	40.8%
Retail	2,680	25.9%
Other Leisure	2,250	32.8%
Investment	2,104	33.7%
Engineering Services	2,065	33.5%
Investment / Fund Management	1,505	40.7%
Hotel / Accommodation	1,447	47.1%

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, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-agriculture/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.