Agriculture succession in West Midlands

Name: Agriculture business succession in West Midlands
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1,527 of 2,934 agriculture companies in West Midlands (52%) have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 6th highest of 9 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured2,934

Director aged 60+1,527

Exposure rate52%

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

2,934

Companies measured

1,527

Director 60+

773

Director 70+

52%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Agriculture companies in West Midlands measured	2,934
Oldest director aged 60 or over	1,527
Oldest director aged 70 or over	773

Of the 1,527 with a director over 60, 187 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%
Scotland	2,268	50.9%

Other trades in West Midlands

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	5,526	38.3%
Lettings	5,322	33.2%
Retail	3,864	20.9%
Investment	3,179	27.7%
Investment / Fund Management	2,936	38.1%
Other Leisure	2,555	30.4%
Property Development	2,177	43.3%
Engineering Services	2,000	36.8%

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 West Midlands", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-agriculture/west-midlands/

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.