Agriculture succession in South West

Name: Agriculture business succession in South West
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2,777 of 4,884 agriculture companies in South West — 56.9% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 3rd highest of 10 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured4,884

Director aged 60+2,777

Exposure rate56.9%

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

4,884

Companies measured

2,777

Director 60+

1,415

Director 70+

56.9%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Agriculture companies in South West measured	4,884
Oldest director aged 60 or over	2,777
Oldest director aged 70 or over	1,415

Of the 2,777 with a director over 60, 304 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%
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 South West

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	6,658	43%
Lettings	6,114	44.9%
Retail	4,239	32%
Other Leisure	3,124	36%
Property Development	2,716	48.2%
Investment	2,685	37.7%
Investment / Fund Management	2,473	40%
IT Services / Consultancy	2,379	27.4%

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