2025: Year In Review Data Report

A comprehensive analysis of performance across DTC brands throughout the year.
IN THIS whitepaper

What happened last year?

This report turns Northbeam’s aggregated 2025 performance data into a practical Year in Review; where growth came from, where efficiency broke down, and how operators should plan the next stage of scale.

About the author

Andrew Kaszuba,
Head of Insights

Andrew helps high-growth brands cut through the noise, specializing in turning complex paid media data into clear, actionable insights.

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brands of all sizes

How performance changed as brands scaled

A breakdown of performance by company size, showing how spend, revenue, efficiency, and new-customer metrics shifted across different stages of scale.

across all verticals

How different industries lived through the year

A month-by-month look at performance across major ecommerce categories, highlighting how timing, seasonality, and volatility played out differently in each vertical.

channel analysis

How brands allocated spend across major channels

A view into how brands allocated spend and ad volume and generated results across major advertising platforms, including how channel behavior changed at different spend levels.

the northbeam 2025 review

A data-backed reference for what comes next

Use this report as a way to ground future planning in what actually happened across the market in 2025, based on observed outcomes rather than assumptions.