Freight Forwarding & Support: business succession in the UK

Name: Freight Forwarding & Support business succession in the UK
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3,555 UK freight forwarding & support companies (29.8%) have a director aged 60 or over.

2.6 points below the all-trades average of 32.4%.

Companies measured11,939

Director aged 60+3,555

Exposure rate29.8%

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

11,939

Companies measured

3,555

With a director 60+

1,171

With a director 70+

29.8%

Exposure rate

Of the 3,555 with a director over 60, 254 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.

Freight Forwarding & Support by region

Region	Companies	60+	Rate
South West	646	247	38.2%
Wales	284	107	37.7%
South East	1,894	707	37.3%
Scotland	412	141	34.2%
East of England	1,436	467	32.5%
North West	1,194	352	29.5%
Yorkshire & The Humber	775	223	28.8%
North East	268	71	26.5%
London	2,859	736	25.7%
East Midlands	851	202	23.7%
West Midlands	1,156	237	20.5%

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 Logistics & Fleet Services pages go further: we score each company on business quality and exit timing, and shortlist the ones worth approaching.

See UK Logistics & Fleet Services →

Part of the UK Business Succession Index.

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ExitRadar, "Freight Forwarding & Support: business succession in the UK", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-freight-forwarding/

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.