Average Revenue Per Account
ARPA (Average Revenue Per Account)
The average recurring revenue generated per customer account in a period. ARPA helps teams understand customer value by segment, channel, or plan type.
How Average Revenue Per Account works in practice
ARPA helps teams understand whether they are growing by adding more accounts, better accounts, or both. It is especially useful when comparing acquisition channels, market segments, or pricing changes because the cheapest channel is not always the best one if it brings in low-value accounts. Rising ARPA can be a signal of improved positioning, packaging, or sales discipline. Falling ARPA may mean the business is moving down-market, intentionally or not.
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Let's talk →This term sits in the SaaS category, which means it is most useful when evaluating subscription growth, activation, retention, expansion, and revenue efficiency. The goal is not to memorize the label. The goal is to know when it should change a decision, a page, a campaign, or a measurement setup.
Related terms
The predictable, recurring revenue a SaaS company generates each month from active subscriptions. MRR growth rate and MRR breakdown (new, expansion, churned) are primary indicators of subscription business health.
The average annualised revenue per customer contract. ACV is commonly used in B2B SaaS to evaluate deal quality, segment accounts, and judge whether CAC is sustainable for a given sales motion.
The total revenue expected from a customer over their entire relationship with the business. The LTV:CAC ratio is a core health metric; a ratio above 3:1 generally indicates a sustainable growth model for subscription businesses.
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