Passenger Transport succession in Scotland

Name: Passenger Transport business succession in Scotland
Creator: ExitRadar
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656 of 1,638 passenger transport companies in Scotland — 40% — have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured1,638

Director aged 60+656

Exposure rate40%

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

1,638

Companies measured

656

Director 60+

194

Director 70+

40%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; passenger transport nationally runs at 29.8%.

Measure	Companies
Passenger Transport companies in Scotland measured	1,638
Oldest director aged 60 or over	656
Oldest director aged 70 or over	194

Of the 656 with a director over 60, 37 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 in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
South West	520	41.1%
Wales	253	41%
North East	132	34.6%
North West	507	33.8%
East of England	484	30.8%
South East	870	30.6%
East Midlands	263	30.1%
West Midlands	349	27.7%

Other trades in Scotland

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	3,930	37.6%
Consultancy Services	3,898	40.8%
Retail	2,680	25.9%
Agriculture	2,266	51.5%
Other Leisure	2,250	32.8%
Investment	2,104	33.7%
Engineering Services	2,065	33.5%
Investment / Fund Management	1,505	40.7%

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, "Passenger Transport succession in Scotland", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-passenger-transport/scotland/

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.