Benchmark · Services · Growth · SMB (Under $25k ACV)
14 months
Best-in-class (top quartile): 8 months
Methodology note: This source segments CAC payback by industry × customer size, not by company stage. The same 14-month payback applies across all 5 stages for services × smb. For more on this site's methodology, see methodology.
Sources
First Page Sage segments CAC payback by industry × customer size only; the same payback applies across all 5 company stages within this segment. For stage-segmented data, see the SaaS Capital benchmark survey (segments by ARR band but is paywalled for cell-level numbers).
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