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12 verified facts tracked for this market — each with its source, reporting period and evidence tier. Tier 1 = primary institutions (central banks, statistical offices); tier 2 = disclosed industry panels.

MetricValueGeoPeriodTierSource
EU information & communication services sector (NACE J) value added growth y/y5.9percentEU2022T1ec.europa.eu
CIOs reporting tech debt rose over the past three years60% of surveyed CIOs; financial-services and technology companies with revenue above $1BGlobalJuly 2020 surveyT2mckinsey.com
Large software engineering organizations establishing platform engineering teams80% by 2026; 45% in 2022% of large software engineering organizationsGlobal2022-2026T2gartner.com
Organizations adopting smaller software engineering teams at scale60% by 2029; 15% in 2026% of organizationsGlobal2026-2029T2highalpha.com
Annual growth of SaaS with NRR under 60%13.1percentGLOBAL2023T2chartmogul.com
Expansion revenue's share of total growth for $15M-30M+ ARR SaaS companies40percentGLOBAL2024T2chartmogul.com
Median YoY growth of SaaS companies with net revenue retention at or above 100%48percent YoYGLOBAL2024T2chartmogul.com
Median YoY growth of inefficient-cohort SaaS (NRR<98% and CAC payback >15 months) (High Alpha 2025 Benchmarks)10percent YoY revenue growthGLOBAL2025T2highalpha.com
Monthly SaaS spend among large enterprises84% of large enterprises spending more than $5 million each month on SaaSGlobal2026T2info.flexera.com
Organizations exceeding public cloud budgets in the past year17% of survey respondents reporting public cloud budget overrun in the past yearGlobal2026T2info.flexera.com
Top-quartile gross revenue retention, SaaS at any stage86percentGLOBAL2023T2chartmogul.com
Top-quartile net revenue retention, SaaS at $1-3M ARR94percentGLOBAL2023T2chartmogul.com

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