Glossary entry

NRR

Net Revenue Retention (NRR) measures how much revenue is retained from a cohort of existing customers over 12 months, including expansions and contractions. NRR above 100% means the existing base is growing on its own. World-class SaaS businesses often exceed 120% NRR.

What Is Net Revenue Retention (NRR)?

Net Revenue Retention (NRR) measures how much revenue is retained from a cohort of existing customers over 12 months, including expansions and contractions. NRR above 100% means the existing base is growing on its own. World-class SaaS businesses often exceed 120% NRR.

Why it matters: this metric helps founders separate random variation from real business movement. Decisions improve when the metric is tracked in trend form, not one-off snapshots.

How to use it in practice: pair this metric with at least one upstream and one downstream signal. That way, you can explain why it changed and what action should come next.

In AI Co-Founder, this term appears in context with related indicators so you can move from definition to decision without switching tools.

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