Wholesale Agent succession in North West

Name: Wholesale Agent business succession in North West
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847 of 2,412 wholesale agent companies in North West — 35.1% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 2nd highest of 4 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured2,412

Director aged 60+847

Exposure rate35.1%

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

2,412

Companies measured

847

Director 60+

281

Director 70+

35.1%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; wholesale agent nationally runs at 33.4%.

Measure	Companies
Wholesale Agent companies in North West measured	2,412
Oldest director aged 60 or over	847
Oldest director aged 70 or over	281

Of the 847 with a director over 60, 54 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Wholesale Agent in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
Scotland	421	44.5%
South West	598	44.1%
Yorkshire & The Humber	623	42.9%
Wales	244	41.1%
South East	1,071	40.2%
East Midlands	465	38.2%
North East	153	37.3%
East of England	692	35.5%

Other trades in North West

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	7,209	34.6%
Lettings	7,207	34.4%
Retail	4,799	20.9%
Investment	3,734	25.9%
Other Leisure	3,553	27.8%
Investment / Fund Management	3,287	36%
Engineering Services	3,003	36.5%
Property Development	2,418	38.2%

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

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ExitRadar, "Wholesale Agent succession in North West", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/wholesale-agent/north-west/

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.