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Net Revenue Retention

Net revenue retention measures how much recurring revenue is retained from existing customers after churn, contraction, expansion, and price changes.

NRRnet dollar retentionNDR

Primary keyword

net revenue retention

NRR formulanet dollar retentionSaaS retention metric

Plain-English definition

NRR answers whether the customers you already have are worth more, the same, or less than they were at the start of the period.

Why it matters

Strong NRR means growth can compound from the existing customer base instead of relying only on new logo acquisition.

Formula

NRR = current-period recurring revenue from the starting customer cohort / starting recurring revenue for that same cohort x 100.

Example

A SaaS company starts the year with $1,000,000 in ARR from existing customers. Those same customers produce $1,120,000 after churn, contraction, and expansion, so NRR is 112%.

Common mistakes

Teams often mix new customers into the cohort, use inconsistent time periods, or hide churn behind expansion without looking at GRR.

TurnkeyGTM angle

TurnkeyGTM is designed to help GTM teams connect customer evidence, objections, and expansion signals back to accounts so retention discussions are grounded in real buyer language.