GRR measures what you keep from existing customers. NRR adds expansion on top. GRR matters more, and the order matters: protect the base before you grow it.
What GRR and NRR should a B2B media or intelligence company target?
An established B2B media or intelligence company should target GRR of 90%+ and NRR above 100%. Substribe’s benchmark medians are 88% GRR and 106% NRR. But the right target follows maturity and strategy, not a sector table.
What is a good NRR for a B2B data or subscription business?
For an established B2B data or subscription business, NRR above 100% is strong. Substribe’s benchmark research puts the median at 106%. What’s driving it matters more than the number.
A NRR growth mandate
A PE-backed B2B information business had been through a pricing consultancy exercise under its first owner, done to prime the business for sale. By the time it changed hands to […]
NRR may stunt your growth
The £20-30M business intelligence company where high growth was hiding a crisis (this Substribe case study is on a NDA). Executive Summary The Impact: Improvement in revenue stability (GRR: 71% […]
Revolutionising Retention
What if I told you everything you thought you knew about retention was wrong? What if I told you, you need to rip up the renewal rule book and start […]



