B
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27%
27% -- missed call rate for service providers (plumbers and HVAC providers) (2026)
Service providers such as plumbers and HVAC providers miss an average of 27% of incoming calls.
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27%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
answerhero.com
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Tier C
https://answerhero.com/blog/why-businesses-are-switching-to-live-answering-services/ ↗
Source Article
Why Your Business Should Hire an Answering Service
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answerhero.com
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Marketing research cited by AnswerHero; original study not named
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Industrymarketing
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service providers (plumbers and HVAC providers): 27% missed call rate. Source: answerhero.com (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/missed-call-rate-plumbers-hvac
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