UK Business Succession Index

Passenger Transport succession in West Midlands

349 of 1,258 passenger transport companies in West Midlands — 27.7% — have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured1,258
Director aged 60+349
Exposure rate27.7%
Companies House register·Measured base 3,475,770·Data as at 13 August 2026·Full methodology
1,258
Companies measured
349
Director 60+
139
Director 70+
27.7%
Exposure rate

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

MeasureCompanies
Passenger Transport companies in West Midlands measured1,258
Oldest director aged 60 or over349
Oldest director aged 70 or over139

Of the 349 with a director over 60, 34 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
South West52041.1%
Wales25341%
Scotland65640%
North East13234.6%
North West50733.8%
East of England48430.8%
South East87030.6%
East Midlands26330.1%

Other trades in West Midlands

Trade60+Rate
Consultancy Services5,02638.2%
Lettings4,85433.7%
Retail3,54420.8%
Investment2,98527.5%
Investment / Fund Management2,54237%
Other Leisure2,40330.2%
Property Development1,99643.3%
Engineering Services1,85937.3%

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 West Midlands", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-passenger-transport/west-midlands/

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.