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47 hours -- lead response time for companies (cross-industry lead response study) (2025)
A 2025 study across 2,241 companies found that the average lead response time is 47 hours.
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47 hours
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Duration Hours
Data Vintage
2025
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2,241
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B
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75
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60
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20
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30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
revscale.com
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https://revscale.com/blog/slow-franchise-lead-response-lost-deals ↗
Source Article
Slow Franchise Lead Response Loses Deals | Revscale
How Slow Franchise Lead Response Compounds Into Lost Deals
A prospect fills out a franchise inquiry form on a Tuesday afternoon. By Thursday morning, they still haven't heard back. By Friday, they've signed a discovery call with a competing brand. The franchisor's development team won't even know th…
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Study across 2,241 companies measuring average lead response time
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companies (cross-industry lead response study): 47 hours lead response time. Source: revscale.com (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/average-lead-response-time-2025
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