UK Business Succession Index

Commercial Cleaning succession in South East

931 of 4,183 commercial cleaning companies in South East — 22.3% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 3rd highest of 6 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured4,183
Director aged 60+931
Exposure rate22.3%
Companies House register·Measured base 3,475,770·Data as at 13 August 2026·Full methodology
4,183
Companies measured
931
Director 60+
234
Director 70+
22.3%
Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; commercial cleaning nationally runs at 21.2%.

MeasureCompanies
Commercial Cleaning companies in South East measured4,183
Oldest director aged 60 or over931
Oldest director aged 70 or over234

Of the 931 with a director over 60, 84 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Commercial Cleaning in other regions

Region60+Rate
Northern Ireland8325.9%
North East17925.1%
South West56225.1%
Wales21722.8%
North West64622.6%
Scotland35722.1%
East of England61021.9%
East Midlands32121.6%

Other trades in South East

Trade60+Rate
Consultancy Services14,45541.6%
Lettings9,87342.9%
Retail6,01526.7%
IT Services / Consultancy5,39225.7%
Investment5,38533.7%
Other Leisure5,36433.2%
Investment / Fund Management4,38040.3%
Property Development4,17046.3%

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, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-cleaning/south-east/

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.