Business succession index · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · North East
Recruitment agencies in North East: business succession
Recruitment agencies in North East: of 579 active companies, 14.3% have a youngest owner aged 60 or over (United Kingdom: 13.6%). That ranks 5 of 12 regions for this trade.
Recruitment agencies across United Kingdom
| Region | Companies | Owner 60+ | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1,016 | 157 | 16.7% |
| South West | 1,985 | 285 | 15.2% |
| West Midlands | 2,441 | 345 | 15.1% |
| South East | 5,468 | 773 | 14.8% |
| North East | 579 | 77 | 14.3% |
| East of England | 3,377 | 450 | 14.1% |
| East Midlands | 1,379 | 177 | 13.4% |
| Wales | 662 | 80 | 13.3% |
| London | 9,113 | 1,115 | 13.1% |
| Northern Ireland | 292 | 32 | 12% |
| North West | 3,099 | 316 | 11% |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 2,032 | 199 | 10.9% |
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.
A trade is a group of official industry classes (NACE); a company counts under the class it registered. Only region and trade combinations with at least 250 companies are published. 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.