UK Business Succession Index

Passenger Transport succession in South West

520 of 1,264 passenger transport companies in South West — 41.1% — have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured1,264
Director aged 60+520
Exposure rate41.1%
Companies House register·Measured base 3,475,770·Data as at 13 August 2026·Full methodology
1,264
Companies measured
520
Director 60+
216
Director 70+
41.1%
Exposure rate

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

MeasureCompanies
Passenger Transport companies in South West measured1,264
Oldest director aged 60 or over520
Oldest director aged 70 or over216

Of the 520 with a director over 60, 49 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

Region60+Rate
Wales25341%
Scotland65640%
North East13234.6%
North West50733.8%
East of England48430.8%
South East87030.6%
East Midlands26330.1%
West Midlands34927.7%

Other trades in South West

Trade60+Rate
Consultancy Services6,65843%
Lettings6,11444.9%
Retail4,23932%
Other Leisure3,12436%
Agriculture2,77756.9%
Property Development2,71648.2%
Investment2,68537.7%
Investment / Fund Management2,47340%

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

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.