Agriculture succession in Yorkshire & The Humber

Name: Agriculture business succession in Yorkshire & The Humber
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1,667 of 2,889 agriculture companies in Yorkshire & The Humber — 57.7% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 2nd highest of 10 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured2,889

Director aged 60+1,667

Exposure rate57.7%

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

2,889

Companies measured

1,667

Director 60+

787

Director 70+

57.7%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Agriculture companies in Yorkshire & The Humber measured	2,889
Oldest director aged 60 or over	1,667
Oldest director aged 70 or over	787

Of the 1,667 with a director over 60, 185 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%
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%
West Midlands	1,254	51.2%

Other trades in Yorkshire & The Humber

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	4,682	36.3%
Consultancy Services	4,374	37.5%
Retail	3,302	23%
Investment	2,335	29.2%
Other Leisure	2,227	30.5%
Investment / Fund Management	2,124	36.9%
Engineering Services	1,736	38.2%
Property Development	1,621	40%

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 Yorkshire & The Humber", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-agriculture/yorkshire-and-the-humber/

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.