Software / SaaS succession in South East

Name: Software / SaaS business succession in South East
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1,812 of 6,607 software / SaaS companies in South East — 27.4% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 2nd highest of 7 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured6,607

Director aged 60+1,812

Exposure rate27.4%

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

6,607

Companies measured

1,812

Director 60+

506

Director 70+

27.4%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Software / SaaS companies in South East measured	6,607
Oldest director aged 60 or over	1,812
Oldest director aged 70 or over	506

Of the 1,812 with a director over 60, 131 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%
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%
Northern Ireland	146	21.5%

Other trades in South East

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	14,455	41.6%
Lettings	9,873	42.9%
Retail	6,015	26.7%
IT Services / Consultancy	5,392	25.7%
Investment	5,385	33.7%
Other Leisure	5,364	33.2%
Investment / Fund Management	4,380	40.3%
Property Development	4,170	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 South East", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/tech-software/south-east/

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.