Passenger Transport succession in South West

Name: Passenger Transport business succession in South West
Creator: ExitRadar
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520 of 1,277 passenger transport companies in South West (40.7%) have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured1,277

Director aged 60+520

Exposure rate40.7%

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

1,277

Companies measured

520

Director 60+

219

Director 70+

40.7%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.4%; passenger transport nationally runs at 29.6%.

Measure	Companies
Passenger Transport companies in South West measured	1,277
Oldest director aged 60 or over	520
Oldest director aged 70 or over	219

Of the 520 with a director over 60, 48 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 in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
Scotland	675	40%
Wales	249	39.3%
North East	151	36.8%
East Midlands	340	33%
North West	491	32.2%
South East	997	30.5%
East of England	578	28.8%
West Midlands	382	27.6%

Other trades in South West

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	6,563	42.4%
Lettings	6,097	43.7%
Retail	4,219	31.7%
Other Leisure	3,052	35.9%
Agriculture	2,727	56.2%
Property Development	2,682	47.6%
Investment	2,624	37.4%
Investment / Fund Management	2,581	40%

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 South West", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-passenger-transport/south-west/

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.