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5 -- cac payback period for Top decile enterprise SaaS companies (2025)
Top decile enterprise SaaS companies achieve a CAC payback period of 5 months according to Emergence Capital benchmarks.
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2025
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Emergence Capital
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Top decile enterprise SaaS companies: 5 cac payback period. Source: Emergence Capital (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/top-decile-saas-cac-payback-5-months
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