Business succession index · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Business succession in East Midlands

Of 164,277 active companies in East Midlands, 20.6% have a youngest owner aged 60 or over (United Kingdom: 20.8%).

164,277

Active companies

20.6%

Youngest owner 60+

20.8%

United Kingdom average

Industries

Industry	Code	Companies	Owner 60+	%
Insurance and pension funding	65	267	132	56.9%
Machinery and equipment n.e.c.	28	545	206	46.2%
Computer, electronic and optical products	26	355	127	44.9%
Electrical equipment	27	273	92	41.6%
Crop and animal production	01	1,793	609	37.8%
Rubber and plastic products	22	411	125	36.7%
Scientific research and development	72	287	85	35.9%
Membership organisations	94	645	121	35.9%
Fabricated metal products	25	1,221	364	33.7%
Other manufacturing	32	1,202	351	32.4%
Textiles	13	469	138	31.8%
Head offices and management consultancy	70	8,746	2,514	30.5%
Repair and installation of machinery	33	1,525	424	29%
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning	35	447	78	28.4%
Legal and accounting activities	69	2,808	772	28.3%
Wearing apparel	14	358	93	27.6%
Office administrative and support	82	5,907	1,484	27.6%
Other professional and technical activities	74	4,893	1,217	27.4%
Wholesale trade	46	5,207	1,283	27.1%
Printing and reproduction	18	651	159	26.3%
Accommodation	55	1,387	311	25.8%
Architecture and engineering	71	3,322	823	25.7%
Furniture	31	489	115	24.6%
Rental and leasing	77	813	182	24.5%
Publishing	58	802	181	24.3%
Motor vehicles and trailers	29	265	55	23.9%
Financial services	64	6,350	1,273	23.1%
Auxiliary financial services	66	770	162	23.1%
Waste collection and treatment	38	385	79	22.8%
Food products	10	800	155	22.1%
Telecommunications	61	551	111	21.7%
Civil engineering	42	1,144	235	21.6%
Travel agencies	79	466	96	21.5%
Wood and wood products	16	453	91	21.3%
Social work	88	1,076	190	21.1%
Construction of buildings	41	7,349	1,380	20.8%
Real estate activities	68	21,205	3,934	20.4%
Education	85	3,729	641	19.7%
Information services	63	651	115	19.5%
Creative, arts and entertainment	90	1,315	230	19.5%
Residential care	87	1,419	213	17.8%
Security and investigation	80	588	102	17.6%
Specialised construction activities	43	12,270	2,046	17.1%
Computer programming and consultancy	62	6,733	1,094	17%
Wholesale and retail trade of motor vehicles	45	5,135	830	16.7%
Other personal service activities	96	6,556	1,020	16.3%
Sports and recreation	93	2,673	362	16.2%
Warehousing and support	52	1,199	180	15.9%
Retail trade	47	11,071	1,630	15.3%
Services to buildings and landscape	81	2,154	319	15.3%
Public administration and defence	84	365	48	14.4%
Human health activities	86	7,195	981	14.3%
Employment activities	78	1,379	177	13.4%
Food and beverage service	56	6,274	782	13.1%
Motion picture and sound production	59	1,262	159	13.1%
Land transport	49	5,052	624	12.8%
Advertising and market research	73	953	106	11.4%
Postal and courier activities	53	667	41	6.3%

By trade in East Midlands

Trade	Companies	%
Landlords and property letting	11,206	24.6%
Management consultancy	8,746	30.5%
Property trading	7,778	13%
Business support services	5,388	28.1%
IT consultancy and support	4,960	18.1%
Road haulage	4,068	11.8%
Property developers	4,050	24.2%
Wellness and other personal services	4,011	21.8%
Restaurants and takeaways	3,898	10.2%
Online and mail-order retail	3,788	10.6%
Building contractors	3,299	16.8%
Physiotherapy and other health services	3,063	15.8%
Other professional services	2,704	30.8%
Garages and vehicle repair	2,612	16.6%
GP and specialist medical practices	2,524	13.8%
Training providers and tutoring	2,481	16.9%
Electricians	2,450	15.3%
Engineering consultancy	2,367	26%
Hairdressers and beauty salons	2,300	6.9%
Bricklaying, scaffolding and specialist trades	2,231	20.4%
Accountants and bookkeepers	2,118	29.3%
Supermarkets and convenience stores	2,106	10.4%
Gyms, sports clubs and facilities	1,969	14.3%
Plumbing and heating engineers	1,951	14.5%
Car and van dealers	1,835	14%
Plastering and building finishing	1,776	16.6%
Software development	1,773	13.8%
Machinery repair and installation	1,525	29%
Wholesale agents and brokers	1,474	26.2%
Property management	1,432	30.6%
Care homes	1,419	17.8%
Lenders and financial services	1,379	27.4%
Recruitment agencies	1,379	13.4%
Film, TV, radio and music production	1,375	13.3%
Performing arts	1,315	19.5%
Pubs and bars	1,263	21.2%
Cleaning companies	1,260	13.4%
Insulation and other building installation	1,255	17.4%
Civil engineering contractors	1,144	21.6%
Jewellery, toys and other manufacturing	1,119	32.4%
Metal fabrication	1,116	34%
Event caterers and contract catering	1,113	14.4%
Schools and colleges	1,094	27.2%
Home care and social care	1,076	21.1%
Design studios	1,055	15.7%
Household goods and clothing wholesalers	1,031	26%
Livestock farming	990	33.3%
Advertising, PR and marketing agencies	953	11.4%
Holiday lets, hostels and campsites	917	23.9%
General wholesalers	865	27.6%
Textiles and clothing manufacturing	827	30%
Dental practices	823	10.7%
Freight forwarding and logistics services	812	15.8%
Butchers, greengrocers and food shops	797	14.3%
Estate agents	789	17.8%
Private hospitals and clinics	785	14.2%
Joiners and carpenters	767	16.4%
Architects	761	23.7%
Landscaping and gardening	714	16%
Opticians, galleries and other specialist shops	704	27.9%
Amusement and leisure	704	21.3%
Arable farming	700	44.7%
Law firms	690	25.2%
Clothing and shoe shops	678	21.6%
Painters and decorators	672	22.2%
Couriers and postal services	667	6.3%
Printers	651	26.3%
Hosting, data and web portals	636	19.1%
Food and drink wholesalers	630	19.7%
Equipment and plant hire	601	27.1%
Security services	588	17.6%
Publishers and news agencies	579	29.2%
Taxi and private hire firms	566	15.1%
Telecoms providers	551	21.7%
Machinery manufacturing	545	46.2%
Vehicle parts suppliers	539	23.3%
Roofers	524	16.2%
Waste management and recycling	507	23.1%
Food manufacturing	499	23.9%
Fuel, metals and building materials wholesalers	499	34%
Furniture makers	489	24.6%
Hotels	470	29.8%
Travel agents and tour operators	466	21.5%
Furniture and homeware shops	455	28%
Sawmills and wood products	453	21.3%
Power generation and supply	447	28.4%
Pharmacies and medical retail	447	20.2%
Vehicle, boat and transport equipment makers	428	27.7%
Financial advisers and fund managers	417	17.5%
Machinery and equipment wholesalers	414	36.9%
Flooring and tiling	411	15.9%
Plastics and rubber products	411	36.7%
Warehousing and storage	387	16.1%
Electronics and appliance shops	385	14.9%
Sports and toy shops	369	14.4%
Hardware and DIY shops	359	27.7%
Electronics manufacturing	355	44.9%
Photographers	354	14.7%
Insurance brokers	353	29.5%
Office support and call centres	335	23%
Research and development	287	35.9%
Electrical equipment manufacturing	273	41.6%
Insurers	267	56.9%
Market stalls	264	13.6%
Chemicals manufacturing	252	35.6%
Bus and coach operators	252	25%

Methodology

Share of ACTIVE, non-dormant companies that filed accounts within three years and whose YOUNGEST person with significant control is aged 60 or over. Percentages are of companies where an owner age is on file, not of all companies. Regions are assigned from the registered-office postcode area, which is not always where a company trades; areas that cross a regional border count towards the region most of them lies in.

Per region, only industries with at least 250 companies are shown. Source: Companies House free company data + PSC snapshot (snapshot 2026-09-01), licensed under OGL v3.0.

Aggregates only — no individual company is ever shown publicly with a succession indicator.