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MRR Growth Calculator

Month-over-month MRR growth: the compounding heartbeat of any subscription business.

MRR growth rate = (ending MRR − starting MRR) ÷ starting MRR × 100. Grow from $20,000 to $23,000 in a month and you added $3,000 of MRR, a 15% growth rate. Because monthly growth compounds, modest-sounding rates are enormous annually: 15% a month is 5.35× in a year, while 5% a month is 1.8×. Track the rate, not just the dollars: $3,000 added is spectacular at $20,000 MRR and invisible at $300,000. Net growth is a tug-of-war — new and expansion MRR against the churn rate — and the one-off-sales equivalent lives in the revenue growth calculator. Enter both figures to get the growth rate and the MRR added.

MRR Growth Calculator — your numbers

MRR growth

15.0%

MRR added

$3,000.00

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Worked examples

Strong early-stage month

Starting MRR $20,000.00
Ending MRR $23,000.00
MRR growth 15.0%
MRR added $3,000.00

15% monthly growth: sustained for a year, this five-folds the business.

Steady mature growth

Starting MRR $40,000.00
Ending MRR $41,200.00
MRR growth 3.0%
MRR added $1,200.00

3% a month looks slow but still compounds to 43% over a year.

Frequently asked questions

What should and should not be counted in MRR?

Only recurring, contracted revenue at its monthly value: normalize annual plans by dividing by twelve. Exclude one-time setup fees, usage overages that do not repeat, and refunds. Being strict matters because MRR feeds valuation and forecasting: inflating it with one-time revenue produces a growth rate that quietly falls apart later.

What is a good monthly MRR growth rate?

It depends heavily on scale. Early subscription businesses under $50,000 MRR often target 10–15% monthly; past $1M ARR, 5–7% monthly is strong; mature businesses celebrate 2–3%. The same $3,000 of added MRR represents each of those depending on the base, which is exactly why the rate matters more than the dollars.

Does this growth rate account for churn?

Yes, implicitly: ending MRR is what is left after new business, expansion, contraction, and churn all land. That makes it a net growth rate. For diagnosis, break it apart: strong new MRR masked by heavy churn and healthy retention with weak acquisition produce the same net number but need opposite fixes.

How do I annualize a monthly MRR growth rate?

Compound it, never multiply by twelve: annual growth = (1 + monthly rate)^12 − 1. A 15% monthly rate is (1.15)^12 = 5.35× over a year, 435% growth, not 180%. The reverse works for planning: to end the year at 3× current MRR, you need (3)^(1/12) − 1 ≈ 9.6% each month.

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