Business Models
CAGR & Compound Growth Calculator
The single yearly growth rate (CAGR) that turns your starting number into your ending number — the honest way to describe multi-year growth.
Inputs
- Starting value — Revenue, users, or any metric at the beginning.
- Ending value — The same metric at the end of the period.
- Years elapsed — Number of years between the two values.
How to use this calculator
- Enter a starting value, an ending value, and the number of years between them.
- The result is the compound annual growth rate, one steady rate describing the whole span.
- Use CAGR to compare growth across different periods on equal footing.
What each term means
- CAGR
- Compound annual growth rate: the smoothed yearly rate between two points.
- Compounding
- Growth building on prior growth, year after year.
- Rule of 72
- Divide 72 by the growth rate to estimate years to double.
Educational disclaimer: Outputs are simplified educational estimates built from the numbers you enter — they are not financial, legal, tax, or investment advice, and real decisions deserve verified figures and qualified professionals.