Revenue Growth Calculator

Calculate period-on-period growth rates and project revenue forward.

What the Revenue Growth Calculator does

Revenue growth compounds. The per-period rate is the constant rate that would take you from start to end, which is more meaningful than averaging individual period growth rates.

Formula

  • Total growth % = (End − Start) ÷ Start × 100
  • Growth per period = (End ÷ Start)^(1 ÷ Periods) − 1
  • Annualised = (1 + Per-period rate)^Periods per year − 1

Inputs explained

InputUnitRequiredNotes
Starting revenueselected currencyYesAccepts more than 0.
Ending revenueselected currencyYesAccepts 0 or more.
Number of periodsnumberYesAccepts 1 or more.
Period typeone of 3 optionsYes
Project forwardperiodsOptionalAccepts 0 or more, up to 120.
Currencyone of 10 optionsOptional

How to use it

  1. Choose Period type and Currency.
  2. Enter Starting revenue, Ending revenue and Number of periods.
  3. Optionally add Project forward.
  4. Select Calculate.

Worked example

Revenue growing from $1.2m to $2.9m over 3 years.

Start
1200000
End
2900000
Periods
3
Type
Years

Total growth 141.7%, compounding at 34.1% a year.

Frequently asked questions

What growth rate should a startup target?

Early-stage SaaS benchmarks often cite 15–20% month-on-month, but that is unsustainable at scale. Mature businesses growing 10–20% a year are performing well.

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