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25%
25% -- lead to mql conversion rate for high-performing B2B funnels (2026)
High-performing B2B funnels target a lead-to-MQL conversion rate between 25% and 35%.
- Target benchmark range is 25% to 35%
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25%
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Data Vintage
2026
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
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20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Wave
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Tier C
https://rebusadvertising.com/blogs/sales-funnel-b-2-b/ ↗
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Your 2026 Guide to an Effective Sales Funnel B2b
Your 2026 Guide to an Effective Sales Funnel B2b
Paid search is live. Your team is posting on LinkedIn. Someone sends a monthly email blast. Sales says the leads are weak. Marketing says sales ignores follow-up. The CRM is full, but nobody trusts it.
That's where most B2B companies sit before they b…
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Wave
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Benchmark target range of 25–35% cited from Wave's B2B sales statistics benchmarks; midpoint used.
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high-performing B2B funnels: 25% lead to mql conversion rate. Source: Wave (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/lead-to-mql-conversion-benchmark-2026
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