20265 Private B2B SaaS Company Growth Rate Benchmarks

In this Research Brief, SaaS Capital presents key growth rate data from our 14th annual survey, featuring insights from more than 1,000 private B2B SaaS companies.

While it’s easy to compare your SaaS company’s performance to that of public companies, the results can often feel like apples to oranges. The size and scale of public companies don’t offer meaningful benchmarks or actionable insights for smaller, private companies like yours.

Key insights from the report include:

• The median growth rate for all companies in the survey registered 22%, down from a population median of 25% in 2024. Overall, only 7.3% of the companies reported flat or negative growth in 2025, which is up slightly from 6.9% last year but still well below the peak of 13% reported in 2020.
• Bootstrapped companies report median growth of 20%, down slightly from 23% in 2024. Equity-backed companies reported median growth of 25%, unchanged from the previous year.
• Growth rate is positively and exponentially correlated with net revenue retention. Increasing Net Revenue Retention (NRR) from the 90% to 100% range to the 100% to 110% range improves growth rate by 5 percentage points. Companies with the highest NRR report median growth that is 173% higher than the population median. This is a rare example of increasing returns from investment in upsells and cross-sells.
• Continuing a pattern we have observed over the years, overall average annual contract value (ACV) levels do not appear to have an overall correlation with growth rate.

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