Companies · Retailing

Five Below, Inc

PHILADELPHIA · Retailing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Five Below, Inc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$194.0M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 2%
Sector rank · raised
Series D+
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Oct 14 2010 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Five Below, Inc looks fair against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the retail sector profile.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Fair
  • Modeled value is 1.08× the median modeled value of Series D+ Retailing companies in 2010–2012 (10 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (108% of peer median) for its niche.
Dormant
  • Last raise 15.7 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

Explore how these operators interlock with other companies in the operator network.

Where it sits in Retailing

Five Below, Inc is one of 2347 Retailing companies tracked from PHILADELPHIA. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 99% of sector peers), and among the largest by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Amount raised vs valuation, by round

Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

Amount raised · realModeled valuation · estCumulative funded · real
$0$500M$1.0B$1.5B$2.0BSeries D+ · 2010-10-14 Raised $194M (real) Modeled valuation $1.1B (est)$194M$1.1BSeries D+2010

The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps
Series D+$194.0M · 2010

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 17%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$1.1B
Base estimate est.
$989.4M
Conservative case
$2.5B
Upside case
$1.6B
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series D+a $100M–$400M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the retail sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
12%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
77%
Survival probability
61% low · 85% high
0.99×/yr
Annual markup
1.10×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
15.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
retail
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
15.7 yr
On record since
2010
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2347 companies in Retailing. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 123× above median
This company$194.0M
Sector median$1.6M
Latest round — vs other Series D+ rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.2× above median
This company$194.0M
Sector median$165.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 197× above median
This company$1.1B
Sector median$5.8M

Raised more than 99% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 99% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series D+) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful. This company ranks #5 of 10.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$10.0B$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)Controladora Comercial Mexicana, S.A.B. de C.V. · Series D+ Raised $373.6M · modeled $2.2B (est)FDO Holdings, Inc. · Series D+ Raised $317.3M · modeled $1.9B (est)SF CC Holdings, Inc. · Series D+ Raised $310.1M · modeled $1.8B (est)Oak Holdings, LLC · Series D+ Raised $279.3M · modeled $1.6B (est)Csn Stores Llc · Series D+ Raised $165.0M · modeled $966.6M (est)TRM Holdco LLC · Series D+ Raised $156.2M · modeled $914.8M (est)Gilt Groupe Inc · Series D+ Raised $216.1M · modeled $808.4M (est)Brookstone Company, Inc. · Series D+ Raised $125.6M · modeled $735.8M (est)IRI Group Holdings, Inc. · Series D+ Raised $185.3M · modeled $587.7M (est)Five Below, Inc (this company) Raised $194.0M · modeled $1.1B (est)Five Below, Inc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Controladora Comercial Mexicana, S.A.B. de C.V.Series D+$373.6M$2.2B2.08×
FDO Holdings, Inc.Series D+$317.3M$1.9B1.77×
SF CC Holdings, Inc.Series D+$310.1M$1.8B1.73×
Oak Holdings, LLCSeries D+$279.3M$1.6B1.56×
Five Below, Inc this companySeries D+$194.0M$1.1B1.08×
Csn Stores LlcSeries D+$165.0M$966.6M0.92×
TRM Holdco LLCSeries D+$156.2M$914.8M0.87×
Gilt Groupe IncSeries D+$216.1M$808.4M0.77×
Brookstone Company, Inc.Series D+$125.6M$735.8M0.70×
IRI Group Holdings, Inc.Series D+$185.3M$587.7M0.56×
Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
Series D+$194.0M2010-10-14$1.6B$1.1B90%
What happened at each round

Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.

  1. Series D+$194.0M2010-10-14
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series D+.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$310.4M
Modeled next size est.range $201.8M$496.6M
Last step-up
Capital velocity

Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Key people & operators

Officers, directors and promoters named in this company's public recordsreported — the people who run it (not its investors). "Also runs" counts come from name-matching across all records, so verify before acting.

PersonRoleAlso runsTied since
Steven Collins5 other2010-10
David Mussafer2 other2010-10
Andrew Crawford1 other2010-10
Howard Ross1 other2010-10
David Schlessinger2010-10
Kenneth Bull2010-10
Ronald Sargent2010-10
Thomas Vellios2010-10
Registry & provenance

Five Below, Inc is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

United States
Country of record
US
Jurisdiction
1177609
SEC CIK
Similar companies

Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

CompanySectorStageRaised · realValue · estWhy similar
Advent CR Holdings, Inc.RetailingSeries D+$354.3M$2.1Bnetwork3 shared operators · same sector · same stage
Pfs Parent Holdings, Inc.RetailingSeries D+$193.7M$1.1Bsame sector · same stage
All Market, Inc.RetailingSeries D+$198.9M$972.1Msame sector · same stage
PetLove Cayman, Ltd.RetailingSeries D+$199.8M$695.3Msame sector · same stage
IRI Group Holdings, Inc.RetailingSeries D+$185.3M$587.7Msame sector · same stage
Mountaineer Ultimate Holdings, LLCRetailingSeries D+$184.1M$1.2Bsame sector · same stage
Myer Holdings LtdRetailingSeries D+$181.6M$1.1Bsame sector · same stage
Traeger Pellet Grills Holdings LLCRetailingSeries D+$180.0M$1.1Bsame sector · same stage
Frequently asked
How much funding has Five Below, Inc raised?
Five Below, Inc has raised approximately $194.0M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Five Below, Inc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Five Below, Inc is approximately $1.1B (modeled range $989.4M–$2.5B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Five Below, Inc at?
Five Below, Inc's latest modeled financing stage is Series D+. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Oct 14.
What does Five Below, Inc do and where is it based?
Five Below, Inc operates in the Retailing sector, based in PHILADELPHIA.
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