Media succession in West Midlands

Name: Media business succession in West Midlands
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935 of 3,303 media companies in West Midlands — 28.3% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 5th highest of 10 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured3,303

Director aged 60+935

Exposure rate28.3%

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

3,303

Companies measured

935

Director 60+

341

Director 70+

28.3%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Media companies in West Midlands measured	3,303
Oldest director aged 60 or over	935
Oldest director aged 70 or over	341

Of the 935 with a director over 60, 39 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%
East of England	1,574	28%
London	9,313	28%
North East	289	27.9%
Yorkshire & The Humber	811	26.6%

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, "Media succession in West Midlands", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-media/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.