Software / SaaS succession in South East

Name: Software / SaaS business succession in South East
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1,972 of 7,305 software / SaaS companies in South East (27%) have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 2nd highest of 8 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured7,305

Director aged 60+1,972

Exposure rate27%

Companies House register·Measured base 3,631,842·Data as at 11 October 2026·Full methodology

7,305

Companies measured

1,972

Director 60+

558

Director 70+

27%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.4%; software / SaaS nationally runs at 20.7%.

Measure	Companies
Software / SaaS companies in South East measured	7,305
Oldest director aged 60 or over	1,972
Oldest director aged 70 or over	558

Of the 1,972 with a director over 60, 151 score 50 or higher on business quality. That figure is 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	939	27.1%
Wales	286	26.6%
East Midlands	503	24.2%
East of England	1,021	24.1%
Yorkshire & The Humber	517	22.7%
Scotland	442	22.6%
West Midlands	660	22.2%
Northern Ireland	156	21.7%

Other trades in South East

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	16,025	41.1%
Lettings	11,044	42%
Retail	7,147	27.8%
Investment	6,093	33.4%
IT Services / Consultancy	5,861	25.1%
Other Leisure	5,831	33.2%
Investment / Fund Management	5,134	39.8%
Property Development	4,665	46%

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 South East", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/tech-software/south-east/

Need a cut that is not published here, such as 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 3,631,842 active UK companies where Companies House records an age bracket for at least one serving director (94.0% of the 3,863,328 companies on the active register). A company counts as succession-exposed when its oldest serving director is 60 or over. We do not use 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 11 October 2026; updated quarterly, next update January 2027. Full methodology.