Same-Store Growth Calculator
Total growth can hide a weak factor. Decompose your year-over-year revenue into customer count, visit frequency, and average ticket — and see exactly which one is driving or dragging the store.
This calculator provides estimates for educational use only. It is not tax, legal, or financial advice. Figures are based on current IRS rules — verify against IRS.gov or consult a licensed professional. See our full disclaimer.
This Year vs Last Year
Same-Store Growth
Growth Decomposition
Each factor's share of the total growth. If one is negative, it is dragging the others — that is where to act.
* Same-store growth = (C×F×T this ÷ C×F×T last) − 1. Educational reference, not advice.
What This Calculator Tells You
Total Growth
Same-store sales change year over year.
Factor Decomposition
How much each of the three drivers contributed.
Find the Weak Link
A negative factor is cancelling the others.
Actionable
Push frequency and ticket before acquisition.
Authoritative References
- Comparable-store sales and revenue decomposition frameworks (retrieved 2026-08-13), consistent with our retention and frequency ranges by business type.
- U.S. SBA — Assess Your Business.
Estimates only. From your inputs; not financial advice.
Same-Store Growth FAQs
The year-over-year change in revenue from stores open in both periods — excluding new locations. It isolates whether your existing store is actually growing. Revenue = customers × frequency × ticket.
Total growth can hide a problem: traffic up but ticket down means you are discounting to fill the room. Decomposition shows which of the three factors is driving or dragging the number.
Frequency and ticket usually beat chasing new customers — a regular visiting more often or spending more is cheaper than acquisition. The decomposition tells you which is weak.