The SaaS Consolidation Wave: Why 2026 Is the Biggest M&A Year on Record (opens in new tab)

2,698 SaaS M&A transactions closed in 2025. That is a 28% jump from 2024, the highest annual count ever recorded, according to Software Equity Group’s 2026 Annual SaaS Report. The first quarter of 2026 has kept that pace: an estimated 620-plus deals worth over $95 billion in aggregate value, per SaaSrise’s Q1 2026 report. This […] The post The SaaS Consolidation Wave: Why 2026 Is the Biggest M&A Year on Record appeared first on SaaS Mag.