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March 16, 2026Marketing

How to Calculate Churn Rate and Improve Customer Retention

Learn the churn rate formula, retention math, and healthy churn benchmarks for SaaS and subscription businesses.

Churn rate is one of the most important SaaS and subscription KPIs. It tells you how quickly your customer base is shrinking and how urgent your retention strategy should be.
Use this formula: Churn Rate=(LS)×100%Churn\ Rate = \left( \frac{L}{S} \right) \times 100\% where L is lost customers and S is starting customers.

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