UK Business Succession Index

Facilities Management: business succession in the UK

2,138 UK facilities management companies (36.8%) have a director aged 60 or over.

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

Companies measured5,814
Director aged 60+2,138
Exposure rate36.8%
Companies House register·Measured base 3,631,842·Data as at 11 October 2026·Full methodology
5,814
Companies measured
2,138
With a director 60+
863
With a director 70+
36.8%
Exposure rate

Of the 2,138 with a director over 60, 143 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.

Facilities Management by region

RegionCompanies60+Rate
South West41021251.7%
South East99544344.5%
East of England67327340.6%
West Midlands46417237.1%
East Midlands29010335.5%
Scotland2729434.6%
North West50215430.7%
Yorkshire & The Humber3159530.2%
London1,51245229.9%

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 →

Part of the UK Business Succession Index.

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ExitRadar, "Facilities Management: business succession in the UK", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-facilities/

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.