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Free retention economics tool

Customer Churn Cost Calculator

Estimate the customers, revenue and gross profit lost through attrition, plus the cost of replacing customers who leave.

Simple calculator

Enter your customer economics

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Annual churn impact The calculator follows the current customer cohort month by month, rather than simply multiplying monthly churn by twelve.
Advanced calculator

Build the full churn and retention case

Multi-year model
Advanced model Compares the current and target churn paths month by month, including customer growth, revenue growth, replacement economics and retention-program cost.
Retention forecast

Current churn vs. target churn

Monthly customer and value comparison
MonthCustomers at current churnCustomers at target churnExtra customers retainedRevenue preservedGross profit preservedCumulative net value
Sensitivity

Cost under different churn outcomes

Retention costs held constant
ScenarioMonthly churnEnding customersRevenue preservedNet valueROISignal
Break-even retention target

Minimum churn improvement required

Based on current program cost
Break-even monthly churn3.6%

The highest target churn rate that still produces enough value to cover the retention investment.

Minimum churn reduction0.4 points

Required improvement from the current monthly churn rate.

Value of each 0.1-point reduction$68,000

Approximate net economic value created over the selected analysis period.

Reading the result

Customer churn costs more than the revenue lost in the month a customer leaves.

Attrition reduces future recurring revenue, removes gross profit, creates replacement acquisition and onboarding expense, and can leave a revenue gap while the business finds another customer.

The calculator separates the value preserved by lower churn from the cost of the retention program, helping decision-makers see whether customer-success, support or product improvements can earn an acceptable return.

Revenue erosionRecurring revenue that disappears as customers leave the active base.
Replacement costAcquisition, onboarding and delay costs required to restore the lost customer base.
Retention valueGross profit and avoided attrition costs preserved by reaching a lower churn rate.