Agriculture succession in West Midlands

Name: Agriculture business succession in West Midlands
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1,254 of 2,449 agriculture companies in West Midlands — 51.2% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 8th highest of 10 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured2,449

Director aged 60+1,254

Exposure rate51.2%

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

2,449

Companies measured

1,254

Director 60+

637

Director 70+

51.2%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Agriculture companies in West Midlands measured	2,449
Oldest director aged 60 or over	1,254
Oldest director aged 70 or over	637

Of the 1,254 with a director over 60, 112 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%
Scotland	2,266	51.5%

Other trades in West Midlands

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	5,026	38.2%
Lettings	4,854	33.7%
Retail	3,544	20.8%
Investment	2,985	27.5%
Investment / Fund Management	2,542	37%
Other Leisure	2,403	30.2%
Property Development	1,996	43.3%
Engineering Services	1,859	37.3%

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

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.