Strong > 65%
Good 50% – 65%
Red flag < 40%
Plumbing Advertising Benchmarks
Performance ranges for plumbing paid media — Google Search, Meta, and Local Services Ads benchmarks at the $3K–$5K monthly spend tier. Strong / Good / Red Flag thresholds reflect what Ad Collab observes across managed accounts in this vertical.
Plumbing benchmarks
Performance ranges by platform and metric
Each card is a platform-and-metric benchmark. Strong = elite. Good = meeting target. Red flag = materially underperforming.
Strong < $20
Good $20 – $35
Red flag > $45
Strong < $25
Good $25 – $45
Red flag > $55
Strong > 8%
Good 5% – 8%
Red flag < 4%
Strong > 8%
Good 5% – 8%
Red flag < 4%
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Metric-specific benchmark pages
Full breakdown pages with FAQ, related benchmarks, and vertical context.
FAQ
Plumbing benchmark questions
At the $3K–$5K monthly spend tier, a Plumbing account meeting target performance runs a blended CPL of $25–$45. Under $25 is elite. Over $55 is a red flag — typically a targeting or creative problem, not a platform problem.
Emergency calls spike summer (water heaters, AC) and winter (frozen pipes). Planned work peaks spring/fall. No true off-season. Budget pacing should flex to match — defending impression share during peak and shifting spend toward lower-CPC shoulder seasons when volume allows.
It depends on the intent mix. For emergency-driven service verticals, Google Search and Local Services Ads dominate. For visual or discovery-driven verticals, Meta often runs at a lower CPL. Compare the platform-specific rows above to see where Plumbing accounts typically concentrate spend.
No. A $15 CPL from unqualified lead-gen traffic is worse than a $45 CPL from high-intent searchers. Ad Collab judges account health by cost per qualified opportunity — factoring close rate and job value — not CPL alone. The benchmark ranges on this page assume the lead mix you’d expect from a healthy local service operator running properly-targeted campaigns.