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42 hours
42 hours -- median lead response time for B2B SaaS companies (2026)
The median response time across 253,817 inbound lead submissions from 1,247 B2B SaaS companies is 42 hours.
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Value
42 hours
Unit
Duration Hours
Data Vintage
2026
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1,247
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B
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Artemis GTM
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Tier B
https://aktify.com/blog/cost-of-slow-lead-response ↗
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Artemis GTM
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Analysis of 253,817 inbound lead submissions across 1,247 B2B SaaS companies (Artemis GTM 2026 Speed-to-Lead Benchmark)
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B2B SaaS companies: 42 hours median lead response time. Source: Artemis GTM (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/median-b2b-lead-response-time-42-hours
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