Passenger Transport: business succession in the UK

Name: Passenger Transport business succession in the UK
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5,569 UK passenger transport companies — 29.8% — have a director aged 60 or over.

2.7 points below the all-trades average of 32.5%.

Companies measured18,668

Director aged 60+5,569

Exposure rate29.8%

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

18,668

Companies measured

5,569

With a director 60+

1,951

With a director 70+

29.8%

Exposure rate

Of the 5,569 with a director over 60, 435 score 50 or higher on business quality — 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	1,264	520	41.1%
Wales	617	253	41%
Scotland	1,638	656	40%
North East	381	132	34.6%
North West	1,498	507	33.8%
East of England	1,570	484	30.8%
South East	2,846	870	30.6%
East Midlands	873	263	30.1%
West Midlands	1,258	349	27.7%
Yorkshire & The Humber	1,069	293	27.4%
London	5,414	1,150	21.2%

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, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-passenger-transport/

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.