Software / SaaS succession in Northern Ireland

Name: Software / SaaS business succession in Northern Ireland
Creator: ExitRadar
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146 of 678 software / SaaS companies in Northern Ireland — 21.5% — have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured678

Director aged 60+146

Exposure rate21.5%

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

678

Companies measured

146

Director 60+

Director 70+

21.5%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Software / SaaS companies in Northern Ireland measured	678
Oldest director aged 60 or over	146
Oldest director aged 70 or over	43

Of the 146 with a director over 60, 10 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 Northern Ireland

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	1,262	43.8%
Retail	1,010	25.8%
Investment	939	43.6%
Consultancy Services	844	36.4%
General Construction	789	40.2%
Agriculture	758	46.2%
Other Leisure	705	36.5%
Property Development	703	46.3%

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 Northern Ireland", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/tech-software/northern-ireland/

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.