Energy succession in West Midlands

Name: Energy business succession in West Midlands
Creator: ExitRadar
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515 of 1,497 energy companies in West Midlands — 34.4% — have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured1,497

Director aged 60+515

Exposure rate34.4%

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

1,497

Companies measured

515

Director 60+

190

Director 70+

34.4%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; energy nationally runs at 36.8%.

Measure	Companies
Energy companies in West Midlands measured	1,497
Oldest director aged 60 or over	515
Oldest director aged 70 or over	190

Of the 515 with a director over 60, 24 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Energy in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
Scotland	1,117	48.8%
Wales	472	45.8%
South West	937	44.8%
Northern Ireland	378	40.8%
South East	908	35.8%
Yorkshire & The Humber	488	34.4%
East of England	648	33.6%
East Midlands	363	33.2%

Other trades in West Midlands

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	5,026	38.2%
Lettings	4,854	33.7%
Retail	3,544	20.8%
Investment	2,985	27.5%
Investment / Fund Management	2,542	37%
Other Leisure	2,403	30.2%
Property Development	1,996	43.3%
Engineering Services	1,859	37.3%

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, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-energy/west-midlands/

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.