Data / Cloud / Hosting: business succession in the UK

Name: Data / Cloud / Hosting business succession in the UK
Creator: ExitRadar
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5,608 UK data / cloud / hosting companies (24.2%) have a director aged 60 or over.

8.2 points below the all-trades average of 32.4%.

Companies measured23,204

Director aged 60+5,608

Exposure rate24.2%

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

23,204

Companies measured

5,608

With a director 60+

1,614

With a director 70+

24.2%

Exposure rate

Of the 5,608 with a director over 60, 275 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.

Data / Cloud / Hosting by region

Region	Companies	60+	Rate
Wales	513	161	31.4%
Scotland	815	255	31.3%
South West	1,502	461	30.7%
South East	3,282	993	30.3%
East Midlands	885	242	27.3%
East of England	2,147	576	26.8%
West Midlands	1,311	327	24.9%
North East	362	84	23.2%
Yorkshire & The Humber	1,068	248	23.2%
North West	2,484	571	23%
London	8,587	1,628	19%

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 Technology pages go further: we score each company on business quality and exit timing, and shortlist the ones worth approaching.

See UK Technology →

Part of the UK Business Succession Index.

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ExitRadar, "Data / Cloud / Hosting: business succession in the UK", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/tech-data-cloud/

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.