Household Goods Wholesale succession in West Midlands

Name: Household Goods Wholesale business succession in West Midlands
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492 of 1,667 household goods wholesale companies in West Midlands (29.5%) have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured1,667

Director aged 60+492

Exposure rate29.5%

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

1,667

Companies measured

492

Director 60+

189

Director 70+

29.5%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.4%; household goods wholesale nationally runs at 29.5%.

Measure	Companies
Household Goods Wholesale companies in West Midlands measured	1,667
Oldest director aged 60 or over	492
Oldest director aged 70 or over	189

Of the 492 with a director over 60, 39 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.

Household Goods Wholesale in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
Northern Ireland	124	38.9%
East Midlands	426	37.7%
South West	333	37.3%
South East	756	35.4%
Wales	125	35.4%
Yorkshire & The Humber	372	33.3%
North East	97	32.4%
East of England	511	31.8%

Other trades in West Midlands

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	5,526	38.3%
Lettings	5,322	33.2%
Retail	3,864	20.9%
Investment	3,179	27.7%
Investment / Fund Management	2,936	38.1%
Other Leisure	2,555	30.4%
Property Development	2,177	43.3%
Engineering Services	2,000	36.8%

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

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ExitRadar, "Household Goods Wholesale succession in West Midlands", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/wholesale-household/west-midlands/

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.