Business succession index · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Scotland
Testing and inspection in Scotland: business succession
Testing and inspection in Scotland: of 333 active companies, 25.1% have a youngest owner aged 60 or over (United Kingdom: 28.3%). That ranks 6 of 8 regions for this trade.
Testing and inspection across United Kingdom
| Region | Companies | Owner 60+ | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| South East | 460 | 160 | 37.6% |
| East of England | 269 | 81 | 33.9% |
| North West | 426 | 123 | 31.1% |
| West Midlands | 304 | 79 | 28.7% |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 251 | 65 | 27.5% |
| Scotland | 333 | 79 | 25.1% |
| London | 432 | 82 | 21.1% |
| North East | 318 | 58 | 18.6% |
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.