Look Five Years into Your Future with this ARR Projection Tool

Author:
Dale Chang
Scaling: Seed to Series A
A founder's tool to generate 5-year growth projections based on an early-stage SaaS startup's current ARR

How much will your early-stage SaaS startup grow in the future? We recently wrote about how the new gold standard for growth is 5x during the 12 months after hitting $1M. That calculation is based on Scale Studio data on how top-decile startups perform during that period. 

But by no means is that the only path to success. So we created a new tool to show what those other paths look like, based on your actual current ARR levels. Here's how it works:

  1. Input your current ARR (in thousands)
  2. Scale Studio compares that revenue level to other companies in the dataset, then generates 5-year projections for each performance tier: top decile (90%), top quartile (75%), median (50%), and bottom quartile (25%)
  3. Optionally, add your email to receive the visualization as an easily-embedded image file
    To get started, plug in your most recent ARR (in $ thousands) to generate your custom 5-year projections.
    View in Google Slides:

    These projections are based on 20 years of SaaS benchmark data covering 1,000+ individual companies at all stages of growth. Pay close attention to the magic $100M in ARR level, which is generally considered the minimum viable ARR level to IPO. 

    For more scaling benchmarks and resources, check out these resources: blog posts for founders, Scale Studio benchmarks, and other data tools to help you understand your performance and plan your path forward.

    Originally published December 14, 2021.

    Author:
    Dale Chang
    Scaling: Seed to Series A

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