B
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42%
42% -- voicemail leave rate for US callers to small businesses (2025)
When nobody picks up a business call, 42% of U.S. consumers/callers leave a voicemail.
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Value
42%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Sample Size
1,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
CallRail
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Tier B
https://www.beside.com/blog/best-ai-receptionist-for-small-business-2026 ↗
Source Article
The Best AI Receptionist for Small Business in 2026
Original Research
CallRail
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Methodology
CallRail survey of 1,000 U.S. consumers
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Industrymarketing
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US callers to small businesses: 42% voicemail leave rate. Source: CallRail (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/callers-leave-voicemail-unanswered-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/callers-leave-voicemail-unanswered-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>42%</strong> -- voicemail leave rate for US callers to small businesses<br><small>Source: CallRail (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/callers-leave-voicemail-unanswered-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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