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Sprinkler lead generation

Know where every sprinkler job on your calendar came from.

Most of your work starts with a broken zone and a search, so that comes first. Everything else fills the weeks search cannot.

  • Take the dead zone calls happening today
  • Fill the weeks before anybody is searching
  • See what a booked job actually costs you

Irrigation leads come from Google first, Search split by repair, install and seasonal service at $43 to $60 a lead (Evergrow 2025, 99calls 2026) plus Local Services Ads under the Landscaping category at $20 to $40, and from Meta second as a priced startup or blowout offer to the service area and past customers at $20 to $40 a lead. Campaigns go live four to six weeks before each window.

The verdict, and the numbers behind it

Two published benchmarks disagree on the irrigation click by more than three times, $2.69 (Evergrow, 2025) against $9.65 (99calls, January to July 2026), and agree on the lead within seventeen dollars: $43.17 at a 6.24 percent conversion in the first, $60 at 16.2 percent click-to-lead across 150 leads in the second. So the click is market-dependent and the lead is the number to plan on. Against a $250 average repair (LawnStarter, 2026) and a $1,636 to $3,595 install (HomeAdvisor, 2025), a $60 lead pays, and a maintenance plan behind it pays every year after. Google first is not a preference here; it is the arithmetic.

Google first. The numbers behind the verdict.

Why it comes first
Google first. A head snaps off or a wet patch spreads across the lawn, and they stand right there typing sprinkler repair near me into their phone. Meta comes in at startup and blowout time, putting a priced offer in front of your area and the customers you already have.
Google Ads, cost per click
$2.69 (Evergrow, 2025 green-industry benchmark; irrigation cost per lead $43.17, 6.24 percent conversion) to $9.65 (99calls, Jan to Jul 2026, 150 irrigation leads; cost per lead $60, 16.2 percent click-to-lead) (evergrowmarketing.com and 99calls.com, 2026)
Meta, cost per lead
$20 to $60: no irrigation-specific Meta benchmark exists; landscaping Meta cost per lead averages $58.56 (AdAmigo 2026) and $58 (Runovate 2026), with priced seasonal offers landing at $20 to $40; Meta home services overall $34, $2.30 a click (AdAmigo 2026) (adamigo.ai and runovate.net, 2026)
Local Services Ads
There is no irrigation category. You sign up under Landscaping or Lawn care, where leads run $20 to $40 (Blue Grid, 2026). Background, license and insurance checks clear first.
Second channel
Facebook and Instagram are the reminder. A priced startup or blowout offer, sent to your service area and to past customers a month or more before each window opens.

Search by service, the badge under Landscaping

Repair, install and seasonal service each get their own campaign, because a $60 head replacement and a six-zone install should never share a bid, and each lands on the page that prices that job. Budgets follow the calendar: heavy in March and April, again in September and October, when search volume surges and cost per lead drops (Evergrow, 2025); light in the summer repair season; nearly off in a freeze-market winter. Local Services Ads has no irrigation category, so the badge runs under Landscaping services or Lawn care, where leads run $20 to $40 (Blue Grid, 2026) and verification takes three to eight weeks, which is why the paperwork starts in January.

Meta, as the reminder nobody else sends

The two windows carry 60 to 70 percent of the year (ClicksGeek, 2026), and most homeowners book whichever company reminds them first. Meta is that reminder: a startup offer with a price to the service area in March, a blowout offer with a price and the freeze date in September, and both to your own customer list. Priced seasonal offers land at $20 to $40 a lead against the $58 landscaping average on the platform (Runovate, 2026). No irrigation-specific Meta benchmark exists, so the plan uses the landscaping figures and your own report replaces them within a month. Every lead gets a callback inside five minutes.

  • Search split by repair, install and seasonal, spring and fall weighted
  • Local Services Ads under Landscaping, verification started in January
  • Meta startup and blowout offers with a price and a date
  • Customer list reminders before every window
  • Weekly cost per lead and per booked job by channel

Questions about lead generation for irrigation & sprinklers companies

Is Google or Facebook better for sprinkler leads?

Google. The searches are explicit and timed to a problem, and leads run $43 to $60. Meta’s job is the priced seasonal reminder before the startup and blowout windows, where it lands at $20 to $40 a lead.

Can an irrigation company run Google Local Services Ads?

Yes, but not under an irrigation category, because Google has none. The badge runs under Landscaping services or Lawn care, with leads at $20 to $40 and verification taking three to eight weeks (Blue Grid, 2026).

What does an irrigation lead cost?

$43 to $60 on Search across two 2025 to 2026 benchmarks, $20 to $40 on Local Services Ads and on a priced Meta seasonal offer. Your own numbers replace these in the weekly report.

When should sprinkler campaigns go live?

Four to six weeks before each window: February for spring startups, August for fall blowouts. Search costs drop in March, April, September and October as volume rises (Evergrow, 2025).

What does irrigation lead generation cost to manage?

$750 a month per service area plus your ad spend, paid direct. One irrigation company per service area, first come first served, while you are a client.

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