Find answers on your frequently asked questions regarding Crunchbase’s Growth Score below:
What is a Growth Score?
The Crunchbase Growth Score is a dynamic, quantitative measurement of a company’s current growth momentum. It blends historical data — such as funding events, milestone achievements, and hiring trends — with Crunchbase’s AI-powered predictions.
What factors into a Growth Score?
Growth Signals: Evidence of financial activity and organizational signals, such as funding rounds, workforce reductions, customer growth, and other strategic growth milestones.
Crunchbase Predictions: Indicators of likely outcomes identified by Crunchbase Predictions.
M&A Activity: Acquisitions, being acquired, or going public.
What is the range of Growth Scores?
Scores range from 0 to 100.
> 90 suggests strong, recent, and multidimensional growth.
~ 50 indicates neutral or steady growth
< 50 reflects stagnation or negative predictions, particularly in the absence of recent activity.
“My company is growing — why is my Growth Score dropping?”
The Crunchbase Growth Score is built to reflect real-time change. It incorporates time decay and self-relative scaling, meaning companies must maintain momentum to preserve a high score.
If activity slows, the Score naturally declines — giving users a dynamic view of company health and growth.
“There’s no Growth Score on my company profile — why?”
To qualify for a Crunchbase Growth Score, a company must not be government-designated entity and must meet one of the following:
- Have a financing event of any kind, or
- Have a high conviction Growth Prediction — either positive or negative — with a probability score greater than 66 or less than 33
“A past Growth Score does not appear to be recorded in the Company Performance Metrics graph — why?”
What’s the value?
- Allows teams to compare growth over time and across markets, surfacing the most relevant opportunities with real-time accuracy.
- A fast and reliable signal of which opportunities to prioritize, based on a company’s growth, stagnation, or decline.
- Enables faster and smarter decision-making across workflows, from sourcing and qualification to investment and partnership targeting.
- Validates early interest and uncovers high-potential companies that might otherwise be overlooked.