UK Business Succession Index

Specialised Wholesale (Building Materials, Chemicals, Fuel, Metals) succession in Wales

162 of 320 specialised wholesale (building materials, chemicals, fuel, metals) companies in Wales — 50.6% — have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured320
Director aged 60+162
Exposure rate50.6%
Companies House register·Measured base 3,475,770·Data as at 13 August 2026·Full methodology
320
Companies measured
162
Director 60+
69
Director 70+
50.6%
Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; specialised wholesale (building materials, chemicals, fuel, metals) nationally runs at 44.8%.

MeasureCompanies
Specialised Wholesale (Building Materials, Chemicals, Fuel, Metals) companies in Wales measured320
Oldest director aged 60 or over162
Oldest director aged 70 or over69

Of the 162 with a director over 60, 27 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Specialised Wholesale (Building Materials, Chemicals, Fuel, Metals) in other regions

Region60+Rate
Scotland20355.6%
South West30953%
South East50151.9%
East of England34448.9%
East Midlands20745.8%
West Midlands43545.2%
Yorkshire & The Humber39744.2%
North West45043.4%

Other trades in Wales

Trade60+Rate
Lettings2,32039.2%
Consultancy Services2,04340.7%
Retail1,76429.8%
Other Leisure1,40036.8%
Agriculture1,19454.8%
Investment1,12032%
Hotel / Accommodation98550.5%
Investment / Fund Management96139.8%

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.

See UK Wholesale & Distribution →

See all Specialised Wholesale (Building Materials, Chemicals, Fuel, Metals) succession data or everything in Wales.

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ExitRadar, "Specialised Wholesale (Building Materials, Chemicals, Fuel, Metals) succession in Wales", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/wholesale-specialised/wales/

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.