Commercial Cleaning succession in South East

Name: Commercial Cleaning business succession in South East
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1,046 of 4,697 commercial cleaning companies in South East (22.3%) have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 2nd highest of 6 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured4,697

Director aged 60+1,046

Exposure rate22.3%

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

4,697

Companies measured

1,046

Director 60+

266

Director 70+

22.3%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.4%; commercial cleaning nationally runs at 20.6%.

Measure	Companies
Commercial Cleaning companies in South East measured	4,697
Oldest director aged 60 or over	1,046
Oldest director aged 70 or over	266

Of the 1,046 with a director over 60, 121 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.

Commercial Cleaning in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
Northern Ireland	84	25.5%
South West	567	25%
North East	168	23.4%
Wales	209	22.2%
North West	645	21.9%
Scotland	366	21.6%
East Midlands	389	21.3%
West Midlands	482	21%

Other trades in South East

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	16,025	41.1%
Lettings	11,044	42%
Retail	7,147	27.8%
Investment	6,093	33.4%
IT Services / Consultancy	5,861	25.1%
Other Leisure	5,831	33.2%
Investment / Fund Management	5,134	39.8%
Property Development	4,665	46%

Combinations with fewer than 250 measured companies are not listed separately. They are still counted in every total on this page.

Next step

This page counts director ages across the whole register. If you are looking to buy rather than to research, our Facility & Field Services pages go further: we score each company on business quality and exit timing, and shortlist the ones worth approaching.

See UK Facility & Field Services →

See all Commercial Cleaning succession data or everything in South East.

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ExitRadar, "Commercial Cleaning succession in South East", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-cleaning/south-east/

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.