Software / SaaS succession in London

Name: Software / SaaS business succession in London
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2,893 of 18,438 software / SaaS companies in London — 15.7% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 7th highest of 7 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured18,438

Director aged 60+2,893

Exposure rate15.7%

Companies House register·Measured base 3,475,770·Data as at 13 August 2026·Full methodology

18,438

Companies measured

2,893

Director 60+

764

Director 70+

15.7%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; software / SaaS nationally runs at 21%.

Measure	Companies
Software / SaaS companies in London measured	18,438
Oldest director aged 60 or over	2,893
Oldest director aged 70 or over	764

Of the 2,893 with a director over 60, 165 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Software / SaaS in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
South West	949	27.8%
Wales	299	27.5%
South East	1,812	27.4%
East of England	812	24.5%
East Midlands	437	24.4%
Yorkshire & The Humber	522	23.4%
Scotland	433	23.2%
North East	177	21.6%

Other trades in London

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	20,963	33.6%
Consultancy Services	19,678	28.2%
Investment	14,536	28.6%
Investment / Fund Management	10,116	33.7%
Other Leisure	10,038	26.5%
Media	9,313	28%
Retail	9,210	15.2%
IT Services / Consultancy	7,702	15.8%

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

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ExitRadar, "Software / SaaS succession in London", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/tech-software/london/

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.