The Coupa Business Spend Index
An early indicator of economic growth based on analyzing business spend decisions from hundreds of companies.
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Trends in the Coupa Business Spend Index
The Coupa Business Spend Index (BSI) analyzes billions of dollars of aggregated and anonymized spend data in the Coupa Business Spend Management (BSM) Platform, which has cumulatively processed nearly $2 trillion of business spending. It shows trends in business spend sentiment, which are an early indicator of economic growth over the next three-to-six months.
BSI Data Date Range
Deconstructing the Coupa BSI
The Coupa BSI reflects current business spend sentiment made up of three key spend factors at a business: average spend per person, average time to approve spend decisions, and average rate of spend approval/rejection.
Detailed Quarter-over-Quarter Change in Three Key Spend Factors
The table below shows quarter-over quarter changes (Q2 '19 vs. Q1 '19) in the three spend factors and the Coupa BSI, reflecting their relationship. Green indicates improved business spend sentiment. Red indicates worsened business spend sentiment.
Detailed Year-over-Year Change in Three Key Spend Factors
The table below shows year-over year changes (Q1 '20 vs. Q1 '19) in the three spend factors and the Coupa BSI, reflecting their relationship. Green indicates improved business spend sentiment. Red indicates worsened business spend sentiment.
| Change in Avg Spend Per Person | Change in Avg Time to Approve Spend Decisions | Change In Average Rate of Spend Approval / Rejection | Change in The Coupa BSI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Industries | 20.8% | -9.7% | -0.2% | 5.1% |
| Financial Services | 25.5% | -8.3% | -0.2% | -0.31% |
| Health and Life Sciences | -13.1% | -31.3% | 0.8% | 14.0% |
| High Tech | 9.0% | -4.7% | -0.8% | -7.1% |
| Manufacturing | 43.5% | -4.1% | -0.4% | 1.4% |
| Retail | 147.1% | -14.7% | -0.1% | 25.0% |
| Other | 19.6% | -2.5% | -0.6% | -1.0% |
The Coupa BSI Methodology
The Coupa BSI is an early indicator of potential economic growth based on current business spending decisions of hundreds of U.S. companies. It analyzes billions of dollars of anonymized transactions from the Coupa BSM Platform, which has cumulatively processed more than $1.8 trillion in business spend, to measure confidence around U.S. economic growth at an aggregate level, as well as an industry level within financial services, health and life sciences, high tech, manufacturing, and retail. The index is based on three key measurements related to business spend: (1) spend volume, (2) average time to approve spend decisions, and (3) average rate of spend approval/rejection. [The Coupa BSI is normalized to a baseline value of 100, which represents the composite value of the three components in the reference period (July 2016).]
Note: The Coupa BSI in this report uses the methodology above. The methodology has been updated in later periods.
About Coupa Community Intelligence
Coupa Community Intelligence is an AI-powered engine that objectively analyzes transactional spend data flowing through the Coupa BSM Platform and prescribes instant insights that help companies spend smarter, simpler, and safer. Built in the cloud, Coupa uniquely has access to transactional business data, which enables its Community Intelligence engine to leverage the latest in machine learning and AI to provide more accurate benchmarks and high-value insights.
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