Security Services succession in Scotland

Name: Security Services business succession in Scotland
Creator: ExitRadar
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158 of 516 security services companies in Scotland — 30.6% — have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured516

Director aged 60+158

Exposure rate30.6%

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

516

Companies measured

158

Director 60+

Director 70+

30.6%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; security services nationally runs at 25.6%.

Measure	Companies
Security Services companies in Scotland measured	516
Oldest director aged 60 or over	158
Oldest director aged 70 or over	37

Of the 158 with a director over 60, 15 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 in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
South West	294	31.7%
South East	563	29.2%
North East	90	28.8%
East of England	366	27.6%
East Midlands	199	27.1%
Wales	123	27%
West Midlands	311	26.6%
North West	429	26.4%

Other trades in Scotland

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	3,930	37.6%
Consultancy Services	3,898	40.8%
Retail	2,680	25.9%
Agriculture	2,266	51.5%
Other Leisure	2,250	32.8%
Investment	2,104	33.7%
Engineering Services	2,065	33.5%
Investment / Fund Management	1,505	40.7%

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 Scotland.

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

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.