Security Services: business succession in the UK

Name: Security Services business succession in the UK
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3,740 UK security services companies — 25.6% — have a director aged 60 or over.

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

Companies measured14,619

Director aged 60+3,740

Exposure rate25.6%

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

14,619

Companies measured

3,740

With a director 60+

991

With a director 70+

25.6%

Exposure rate

Of the 3,740 with a director over 60, 260 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Security Services by region

Region	Companies	60+	Rate
South West	926	294	31.7%
Scotland	516	158	30.6%
South East	1,926	563	29.2%
North East	312	90	28.8%
East of England	1,327	366	27.6%
East Midlands	735	199	27.1%
Wales	456	123	27%
West Midlands	1,171	311	26.6%
North West	1,628	429	26.4%
Yorkshire & The Humber	944	231	24.5%
London	4,483	911	20.3%

Combinations with fewer than 250 measured companies are not listed separately. They are still counted in every total on this page.

Next step

This page counts director ages across the whole register. If you are looking to buy rather than to research, our Facility & Field Services pages go further: we score each company on business quality and exit timing, and shortlist the ones worth approaching.

See UK Facility & Field Services →

Part of the UK Business Succession Index.

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ExitRadar, "Security Services: business succession in the UK", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-security/

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.