Passenger Transport: business succession in the UK

Name: Passenger Transport business succession in the UK
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5,778 UK passenger transport companies (29.6%) have a director aged 60 or over.

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

Companies measured19,525

Director aged 60+5,778

Exposure rate29.6%

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

19,525

Companies measured

5,778

With a director 60+

2,023

With a director 70+

29.6%

Exposure rate

Of the 5,778 with a director over 60, 474 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.

Passenger Transport by region

Region	Companies	60+	Rate
South West	1,277	520	40.7%
Scotland	1,686	675	40%
Wales	634	249	39.3%
North East	410	151	36.8%
East Midlands	1,031	340	33%
North West	1,526	491	32.2%
South East	3,264	997	30.5%
East of England	2,008	578	28.8%
West Midlands	1,384	382	27.6%
Yorkshire & The Humber	1,078	284	26.3%
London	4,977	1,015	20.4%

Combinations with fewer than 250 measured companies are not listed separately. They are still counted in every total on this page.

Part of the UK Business Succession Index.

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ExitRadar, "Passenger Transport: business succession in the UK", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-passenger-transport/

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.