Agriculture succession in South East

Name: Agriculture business succession in South East
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2,670 of 4,963 agriculture companies in South East — 53.8% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 6th highest of 10 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured4,963

Director aged 60+2,670

Exposure rate53.8%

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

4,963

Companies measured

2,670

Director 60+

1,373

Director 70+

53.8%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Agriculture companies in South East measured	4,963
Oldest director aged 60 or over	2,670
Oldest director aged 70 or over	1,373

Of the 2,670 with a director over 60, 212 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%
North East	507	53.6%
Scotland	2,266	51.5%
West Midlands	1,254	51.2%

Other trades in South East

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	14,455	41.6%
Lettings	9,873	42.9%
Retail	6,015	26.7%
IT Services / Consultancy	5,392	25.7%
Investment	5,385	33.7%
Other Leisure	5,364	33.2%
Investment / Fund Management	4,380	40.3%
Property Development	4,170	46.3%

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 South East", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-agriculture/south-east/

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.