Telecommunications: business succession in the UK

Name: Telecommunications business succession in the UK
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3,927 UK telecommunications companies (32.8%) have a director aged 60 or over.

0.4 points above the all-trades average of 32.4%.

Companies measured11,971

Director aged 60+3,927

Exposure rate32.8%

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

11,971

Companies measured

3,927

With a director 60+

1,057

With a director 70+

32.8%

Exposure rate

Of the 3,927 with a director over 60, 191 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.

Telecommunications by region

Region	Companies	60+	Rate
South East	2,092	815	39%
Wales	307	117	38.1%
East of England	1,293	473	36.6%
South West	792	287	36.2%
Scotland	497	176	35.4%
East Midlands	707	223	31.5%
London	2,774	849	30.6%
Yorkshire & The Humber	830	241	29%
West Midlands	1,008	289	28.7%
North West	1,186	330	27.8%
North East	325	84	25.8%

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, "Telecommunications: business succession in the UK", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/tech-telecom/

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.