Security Services succession in North West

Name: Security Services business succession in North West
Creator: ExitRadar
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427 of 1,653 security services companies in North West (25.8%) have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured1,653

Director aged 60+427

Exposure rate25.8%

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

1,653

Companies measured

427

Director 60+

120

Director 70+

25.8%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.4%; security services nationally runs at 25.3%.

Measure	Companies
Security Services companies in North West measured	1,653
Oldest director aged 60 or over	427
Oldest director aged 70 or over	120

Of the 427 with a director over 60, 30 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.

Security Services in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
South West	294	31.4%
Scotland	159	29.7%
South East	621	28.7%
North East	91	28.3%
East Midlands	240	27.4%
Wales	124	27.1%
East of England	449	26.6%
West Midlands	332	26.1%

Other trades in North West

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	7,211	34.2%
Lettings	7,190	33.4%
Retail	4,765	20.3%
Investment	3,732	25.6%
Investment / Fund Management	3,512	36%
Other Leisure	3,449	27.7%
Engineering Services	2,931	36%
Property Development	2,398	37.6%

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 →

See all Security Services succession data or everything in North West.

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ExitRadar, "Security Services succession in North West", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-security/north-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.