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Customer Loss Cost at 72% share of accounts truly at risk: a worked example

Here is what the math looks like when conditions slip. We hold every other input steady and drop share of accounts truly at risk to 72%, then walk the calculation through step by step. Estimate customer loss cost from service failure events, cost per event, exposure scope, and fixed service recovery expense.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Lost or missed-service accounts in the period: 32 events (held at the documented default)
  • Average revenue lost per departed account: 420 $ / event (held at the documented default)
  • Share of accounts truly at risk: 72 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 100)
  • Fixed win-back and recovery spend: 2,500 $ (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Variable customer loss cost = customer loss or service events × cost per customer loss event × customer exposure scope.
  • Total customer loss cost works out to 12,177 $ at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Cost per customer loss event works out to 381 $ / event at these inputs.
  • Variable customer loss cost works out to 9,677 $ at these inputs.
  • Fixed service recovery cost works out to 2,500 $ at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where share of accounts truly at risk sits at 100% and the headline result is 15,940 $, this scenario comes in 23.61% below the baseline at 12,177 $.
  • The practical read: the gap between this scenario and the baseline is entirely attributable to share of accounts truly at risk, so recovering it is worth quantifying in dollars before considering equipment or staffing changes. It uses an average revenue-per-loss; one large national account leaving can dwarf the average, so segment big accounts separately.

Results at a glance

  • Total customer loss cost: 12,177 $ (headline result)
  • Cost per customer loss event: 381 $ / event
  • Variable customer loss cost: 9,677 $
  • Fixed service recovery cost: 2,500 $

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Customer Loss Cost calculator, set share of accounts truly at risk to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.