Energy: business succession in the UK

Name: Energy business succession in the UK
Creator: ExitRadar
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8,492 UK energy companies — 36.8% — have a director aged 60 or over.

4.3 points above the all-trades average of 32.5%.

Companies measured23,071

Director aged 60+8,492

Exposure rate36.8%

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

23,071

Companies measured

8,492

With a director 60+

2,885

With a director 70+

36.8%

Exposure rate

Of the 8,492 with a director over 60, 380 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Energy by region

Region	Companies	60+	Rate
Scotland	2,288	1,117	48.8%
Wales	1,030	472	45.8%
South West	2,093	937	44.8%
Northern Ireland	927	378	40.8%
South East	2,537	908	35.8%
West Midlands	1,497	515	34.4%
Yorkshire & The Humber	1,417	488	34.4%
East of England	1,928	648	33.6%
East Midlands	1,095	363	33.2%
North West	2,190	723	33%
London	5,195	1,674	32.2%
North East	856	258	30.1%

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

Part of the UK Business Succession Index.

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ExitRadar, "Energy: business succession in the UK", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-energy/

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.