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Where Roofing Leads Come From (And Which Ones Actually Convert)

By Microstax3 min readMay 2026

Ask a roofer where their best jobs come from and most will shrug. Ask which source they spend the most on and they'll usually name the wrong one. You can't grow what you don't measure.

A TYPICAL ROOFING LEAD MIXGoogle / search38%Referrals24%Facebook / social18%Yard signs / trucks12%Other8%Your mix will differ. The point is to know it, then measure what each one converts.

Volume isn't value

The source that brings the most leads is rarely the one that brings the most jobs. Referrals are a smaller slice of the pie, but they close at a far higher rate than a cold click from an ad.

CLOSE RATE BY SOURCEReferrals42%Google / search28%Yard signs / trucks22%Facebook / social14%The cheapest leads often convert best. Most roofers never track this.

Track the close rate, not the click

A lead source isn't good because it's cheap or busy. It's good because it turns into signed work. When every lead is tagged by where it came from, you finally see which channels deserve more money and which are quietly wasting it.

Then double down

Once you know your referrals close at 40 percent and your social leads at 14, the next move is obvious. Feed the channels that book jobs, and stop pouring money into the ones that just look busy.

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