Energy: business succession in the UK

Name: Energy business succession in the UK
Creator: ExitRadar
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9,032 UK energy companies (36.1%) have a director aged 60 or over.

3.7 points above the all-trades average of 32.4%.

Companies measured25,025

Director aged 60+9,032

Exposure rate36.1%

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

25,025

Companies measured

9,032

With a director 60+

3,015

With a director 70+

36.1%

Exposure rate

Of the 9,032 with a director over 60, 417 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.

Energy by region

Region	Companies	60+	Rate
Scotland	2,445	1,179	48.2%
Wales	1,003	478	47.7%
Northern Ireland	992	411	41.4%
South West	2,292	950	41.4%
West Midlands	1,675	590	35.2%
Yorkshire & The Humber	1,445	503	34.8%
East Midlands	1,364	470	34.5%
South East	3,051	1,024	33.6%
North West	2,222	731	32.9%
East of England	2,250	729	32.4%
London	5,380	1,711	31.8%
North East	882	242	27.4%

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, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-energy/

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.