Media succession in Northern Ireland

Name: Media business succession in Northern Ireland
Creator: ExitRadar
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244 of 978 media companies in Northern Ireland — 24.9% — have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured978

Director aged 60+244

Exposure rate24.9%

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

978

Companies measured

244

Director 60+

Director 70+

24.9%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; media nationally runs at 28.9%.

Measure	Companies
Media companies in Northern Ireland measured	978
Oldest director aged 60 or over	244
Oldest director aged 70 or over	90

Of the 244 with a director over 60, 10 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Media in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
South West	1,805	34.3%
Scotland	894	32.4%
Wales	661	32.2%
South East	3,602	31.6%
West Midlands	935	28.3%
East of England	1,574	28%
London	9,313	28%
North East	289	27.9%

Other trades in Northern Ireland

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	1,262	43.8%
Retail	1,010	25.8%
Investment	939	43.6%
Consultancy Services	844	36.4%
General Construction	789	40.2%
Agriculture	758	46.2%
Other Leisure	705	36.5%
Property Development	703	46.3%

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, "Media succession in Northern Ireland", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-media/northern-ireland/

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.