{
  "slug": "global-devtools-saas",
  "name": "Developer Tools & B2B SaaS Economics",
  "updated": "2026-09-20",
  "page": "https://godofstartups.com/atlas/markets/global-devtools-saas",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "facts": [
    {
      "metric": "Average persons employed per enterprise, IT services (NACE J62), Germany",
      "value": "9",
      "unit": "persons per enterprise",
      "geo": "DE",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/sbs_ovw_act?format=JSON&lang=EN&nace_r2=J62&indic_sbs=EMP_ENT_NR&time=2024"
    },
    {
      "metric": "EU information & communication services sector (NACE J) value added growth y/y",
      "value": "5.9",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2022",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Businesses_in_the_information_and_communication_services_sector"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Organizations adopting smaller software engineering teams at scale",
      "value": "60% by 2029; 15% in 2026",
      "unit": "% of organizations",
      "geo": "Global",
      "period": "2026-2029",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-07-07-gartner-predicts-60-percent-of-organizations-will-adopt-smaller-software-engineering-teams-by-2029"
    },
    {
      "metric": "CIOs reporting tech debt rose over the past three years",
      "value": "60",
      "unit": "% of surveyed CIOs; financial-services and technology companies with revenue above $1B",
      "geo": "Global",
      "period": "July 2020 survey",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/tech-and-ai/our-insights/tech-debt-reclaiming-tech-equity"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Global average of ecosystem median seed rounds",
      "value": "1",
      "unit": "USD million",
      "geo": "Global",
      "period": "H2 2023-2025",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://startupgenome.com/ecosystems/tokyo"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Global average of ecosystem median Series A rounds",
      "value": "6.2",
      "unit": "USD million",
      "geo": "Global",
      "period": "H2 2023-2025",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://startupgenome.com/ecosystems/tokyo"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Global average of ecosystem seed and Series A funding",
      "value": "554",
      "unit": "USD million",
      "geo": "Global",
      "period": "H2 2023-2025",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://startupgenome.com/ecosystems/tokyo"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Organizations exceeding public cloud budgets in the past year",
      "value": "17",
      "unit": "% of survey respondents reporting public cloud budget overrun in the past year",
      "geo": "Global",
      "period": "2026",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://info.flexera.com/CM-REPORT-State-of-the-Cloud?lead_source=Organic+Search"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Monthly SaaS spend among large enterprises",
      "value": "84",
      "unit": "% of large enterprises spending more than $5 million each month on SaaS",
      "geo": "Global",
      "period": "2026",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://info.flexera.com/CM-REPORT-State-of-the-Cloud?lead_source=Organic+Search"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Private SaaS companies planning AI spend increases above 21%",
      "value": ">50",
      "unit": "% of companies planning to increase AI s",
      "geo": "Global private SaaS companies",
      "period": "2025 survey",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://sapphireventures.com/press/keybanc-capital-markets-and-sapphire-ventures-private-saas-company-survey-reveals-ai-driven-transformation-and-sustained-operational-excellence/"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Time to close a funding round for SaaS startups, majority band",
      "value": "1-6",
      "unit": "months",
      "geo": "GLOBAL",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.highalpha.com/saas-benchmarks"
    },
    {
      "metric": "SaaS companies in the $5-20M ARR band",
      "value": "31",
      "unit": "percent of companies",
      "geo": "GLOBAL",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.highalpha.com/saas-benchmarks"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Share of SaaS companies using KPIs or dashboards to measure internal AI impact (upper bound)",
      "value": "25",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "GLOBAL",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.highalpha.com/saas-benchmarks"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Share of SaaS companies founded in 2025 reporting AI as core to their product",
      "value": "100",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "GLOBAL",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.highalpha.com/saas-benchmarks"
    },
    {
      "metric": "SaaS products of companies founded in 2016 with AI core to the product",
      "value": "0",
      "unit": "percent of companies",
      "geo": "GLOBAL",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.highalpha.com/saas-benchmarks"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Share of new ARR coming from existing customers at SaaS companies above $50M ARR",
      "value": "60",
      "unit": "percent of new ARR",
      "geo": "GLOBAL",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.highalpha.com/saas-benchmarks"
    },
    {
      "metric": "SaaS founders who met more than 100 investors while fundraising in the past twelve months",
      "value": "6",
      "unit": "percent of founders",
      "geo": "GLOBAL",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.highalpha.com/saas-benchmarks"
    },
    {
      "metric": "SaaS companies using KPIs or analytics dashboards to measure internal AI impact (upper bound)",
      "value": "25",
      "unit": "percent of companies",
      "geo": "GLOBAL",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.highalpha.com/saas-benchmarks"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Annual growth of SaaS with NRR under 60%",
      "value": "13.1",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "GLOBAL",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://chartmogul.com/reports/saas-retention-report/"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Top-quartile net revenue retention, SaaS at $1-3M ARR",
      "value": "94",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "GLOBAL",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://chartmogul.com/reports/saas-retention-report/"
    }
  ],
  "note": "status: ready = two or more independent sources or an official series; proxy = one source; context = macro background, not a validation figure."
}