B
Evidence Grade B
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35%
35% -- lead close rate for Leads contacted within 1 minute (industry best) (2026)
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Value
35%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
UpPluck
Primary
Tier B
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Methodology
Range 35-37% reported; midpoint 36% extracted. Cited as industry-best close rate for ≤1 minute lead response
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Industrymarketing
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Leads contacted within 1 minute (industry best): 35% lead close rate. Source: UpPluck (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/lead-close-rate-under-1-minute
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/lead-close-rate-under-1-minute" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>35%</strong> -- lead close rate for Leads contacted within 1 minute (industry best)<br><small>Source: UpPluck (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/lead-close-rate-under-1-minute" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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