Energy succession in West Midlands

Name: Energy business succession in West Midlands
Creator: ExitRadar
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590 of 1,675 energy companies in West Midlands (35.2%) have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured1,675

Director aged 60+590

Exposure rate35.2%

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

1,675

Companies measured

590

Director 60+

219

Director 70+

35.2%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.4%; energy nationally runs at 36.1%.

Measure	Companies
Energy companies in West Midlands measured	1,675
Oldest director aged 60 or over	590
Oldest director aged 70 or over	219

Of the 590 with a director over 60, 34 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 in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
Scotland	1,179	48.2%
Wales	478	47.7%
Northern Ireland	411	41.4%
South West	950	41.4%
Yorkshire & The Humber	503	34.8%
East Midlands	470	34.5%
South East	1,024	33.6%
North West	731	32.9%

Other trades in West Midlands

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	5,526	38.3%
Lettings	5,322	33.2%
Retail	3,864	20.9%
Investment	3,179	27.7%
Investment / Fund Management	2,936	38.1%
Other Leisure	2,555	30.4%
Property Development	2,177	43.3%
Engineering Services	2,000	36.8%

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, "Energy succession in West Midlands", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-energy/west-midlands/

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.