Agriculture succession in South West

Name: Agriculture business succession in South West
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2,727 of 4,854 agriculture companies in South West (56.2%) have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 4th highest of 9 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured4,854

Director aged 60+2,727

Exposure rate56.2%

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

4,854

Companies measured

2,727

Director 60+

1,395

Director 70+

56.2%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Agriculture companies in South West measured	4,854
Oldest director aged 60 or over	2,727
Oldest director aged 70 or over	1,395

Of the 2,727 with a director over 60, 353 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 East	2,792	53.2%
North East	445	53.1%
Wales	994	52.2%
West Midlands	1,527	52%
Scotland	2,268	50.9%

Other trades in South West

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	6,563	42.4%
Lettings	6,097	43.7%
Retail	4,219	31.7%
Other Leisure	3,052	35.9%
Property Development	2,682	47.6%
Investment	2,624	37.4%
Investment / Fund Management	2,581	40%
IT Services / Consultancy	2,340	27%

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, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-agriculture/south-west/

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.