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PPC for roofers · 2026

PPC for roofers: which channels convert and what to expect

Pay-per-click advertising is the fastest way to fill a roofing pipeline — when it's set up right. Most roofers running PPC are wasting 40-60% of spend on broad-match keywords, untargeted demographics, and creative that looks like a 2018 yellow-pages ad. Here's the 2026 playbook by channel.

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One roofer per ZIP cluster · No long-term contract · Performance pricing

What's included every month

The full storm-response engine, bundled. You only pay per booked inspection.

  • Managed paid ads

    $2,000–$5,000/mo value

    FB, Google, Bing — we run them. Creative, audience, optimization, reporting. You don't touch the ad accounts.

  • 24/7 AI receptionist

    $500–$1,200/mo value

    Every call answered. Every missed call rescued. Books inspections directly to your calendar.

  • 30-day SMS nurture

    $300/mo value

    Every lead gets timed follow-ups + appointment reminders. Industry avg show-rate 60% — ours hits 85%+.

  • Exclusive vetted leads

    Geographic exclusivity

    Homeowners with confirmed storm damage in your service area. We don't sell the same lead to 5 contractors.

  • Performance pricing

    Pay per result

    $50–$150 per booked-and-shown inspection. No retainer. No long-term contract. Cancel anytime.

How it works

  1. 1

    Apply for your ZIP cluster

    We work with one roofer per ZIP cluster. 60-second qualifying call. If we have an open slot in your area, you get the territory.

  2. 2

    We turn on the engine

    Within 7 days: ads live, AI receptionist routing to your calendar, SMS sequences nurturing every lead. You don't lift a finger.

  3. 3

    You close the inspections that show up

    Pre-qualified homeowners with storm damage book directly into your schedule. You inspect. You quote. You install. We handle everything before that.

The four PPC channels that work for roofers (in priority order)

**1. Google Local Service Ads (LSA).** The highest-ROI roofing PPC channel in 2026. Pay-per-lead, top of search results above traditional ads, only available to licensed/insured contractors. Cost per lead in active markets: $30-$80, exclusive (not shared). Critically underused by most roofers because LSA setup requires Google Guarantee verification — most agencies don't bother.

**2. Facebook + Instagram ads.** Still the volume engine for storm-response markets. Geo-targeted to recent storm ZIPs, 28-65 homeowner demographics, with creative that names the storm and the roofer's license. Cost per lead in active storm markets: $40-$120. Best for top-of-funnel; weaker on bottom-of-funnel buying intent.

**3. Google Search ads (text-based PPC).** Direct-intent buyers. 'Hail damage roof inspection [city]', 'roof repair [city]', 'roof damage insurance claim'. Lower volume than Facebook but the searcher already knows they need a roofer. Cost per click: $8-$30 in roofing keywords; cost per lead: $50-$150.

**4. Bing / Microsoft Ads.** The 30-50% discount play. Bing has 6-10% search market share and dramatically less roofer competition, so the same keywords cost 30-50% less than Google. Worth running as a value channel even if Google is your primary.

What blows up roofing PPC budgets

**Broad-match keywords.** 'Roof' as a Google keyword pulls clicks from people searching 'roof of mouth pain' and 'roof rack for SUV.' Use exact-match or phrase-match for almost everything; broad-match only with negative keywords stacked carefully.

**No negative keyword list.** A typical roofing campaign needs 50-200 negative keywords on day one ('jobs', 'salary', 'free estimate scam', 'how to', 'youtube', 'roof rack', 'roof of mouth', etc.). Without them, 30-40% of spend goes to non-buyer queries.

**Untargeted demographics.** Facebook ads to '18-65 everyone in Springfield' burns budget. The actual buyer is a 35-65 homeowner. Same ad to the right audience costs 40% less per qualified lead.

**Creative built for impressions, not action.** 'Family-owned since 1987' branding is for trust-building, not direct response. Direct-response creative names the storm, names the offer, names the urgency. Different creative for each stage of the funnel.

**No conversion tracking.** Most roofing campaigns optimize for 'clicks' because that's what's easy to measure. Optimizing for booked-and-shown inspections is harder to wire up but produces 3-5x lower true cost-per-customer.

What we do differently when running PPC for our partners

**Set up LSA first.** Google Guarantee verification (license check, insurance check, background check on the principal). Once approved, LSA leads land directly in our system at $30-$80 each, exclusive.

**Storm-event creative for FB/IG.** Creative that names the actual storm, names the roofer's license, names the guarantee. Iterated weekly based on CTR + cost-per-booked-inspection.

**Aggressive negative-keyword management on Google Search.** 200+ negatives at launch, expanded weekly based on search-term reports.

**Conversion tracking to booked inspection, not click.** Pixel and CAPI fire on the actual booked inspection event from the AI receptionist, not the form submit. Optimization signal flows back to Meta and Google.

**Bing campaign always-on as the value play.** 30-50% cheaper than Google for the same keywords. Most roofing agencies skip Bing because their billing structure doesn't reward it; we run it.

Cost-per-lead benchmarks for 2026

**LSA:** $30-$80 per lead, exclusive (Surgepoint or you).

**Facebook + Instagram (storm-event creative):** $40-$120 per lead, exclusive.

**Google Search (high-intent terms):** $50-$150 per lead.

**Bing Search:** $35-$95 per lead.

**HomeAdvisor / Networx (shared leads):** $80-$200 per lead, sold to 4-5 contractors. Effective cost per booked inspection runs $400-$800 because conversion is so low on shared.

**Surgepoint exclusive ZIP-cluster leads:** $50-$150 per booked-and-shown inspection — and that's after the AI receptionist has already qualified the lead and booked the inspection. Apples-to-oranges with the per-lead numbers above.

Frequently asked

What's the minimum monthly PPC budget for a roofer to see results?
$2,500-$5,000/mo on direct PPC channels for meaningful learning velocity. Below that, Meta and Google's optimizers don't get enough signal to find the right audience. The Surgepoint bundle effectively replaces that direct PPC spend — you pay per booked inspection, not per click, so the math works out at lower volumes.
How long does PPC take to ramp?
First booked inspections within 7-14 days. Optimizer maturation (cost per booked inspection stabilizing) at 30-60 days. After that, scaling spend produces near-linear lead volume up to market saturation.
Can I run PPC and SEO at the same time?
Yes — they're complementary. PPC delivers immediate volume; SEO compounds over 3-12 months. Most successful roofing operations run both. Surgepoint includes basic SEO content as part of the bundle (the kind of content you're reading right now).
Why don't most roofing PPC agencies set up LSA?
LSA setup requires the Google Guarantee verification process, which is paperwork-heavy (license, insurance, background check). It's a one-time effort per market but agencies running thin margins skip it because the setup time isn't billable in the way ad management is. We always set up LSA.
How is Surgepoint's PPC different from a roofing marketing agency's PPC?
Three things: (1) we charge per booked inspection, not per ad-spend management fee — our incentive aligns to outcomes, (2) we run all four channels (Google Search, LSA, Meta, Bing) instead of one or two, and (3) we own the call answering and inspection booking, so the optimization signal closes the loop instead of stopping at form submit.

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