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Customer Concentration Ratio

The percentage of total revenue generated by the largest handful of customers.

Formula

Revenue from top N customers / Total revenue x 100

How to measure

Rank customers by revenue contribution and sum the top 5 or 10 customers' revenue, then divide by total revenue.

Why track it

High concentration signals real business risk, since losing just one or two large accounts could meaningfully damage the company's revenue.

Example

A company discovers its top 3 customers make up 40% of total revenue, prompting a push to diversify its customer base.

Customer Concentration Ratio — Growth metric · Cofounderbase