The world’s biggest and best software companies tend to have smaller ACV’s. Below is a data set of 73 publicly traded SaaS companies and their estimated ACV’s at exit/when they went public. To do the analysis, we looked at each Company’s financials before going public and compared their annual revenue to the number of customers at the end of the year. Upon going public/exiting, the median ACV was $49,263. This makes sense as the universe of companies that can afford a lower ACV is much larger and these companies on median had 2,800 customers.
ACV is a metric that should be monitored and you should note the trend so you can identify your ideal customer, but don’t change the way you sell or how you price in order to artificially increase it. While metrics like ACV are valuable, the real metrics you should be focused on are revenue, cash flow, retention, and growth.
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