Calculate the enquiry cost of a Sydney electrical campaign
Electricians in Sydney and Melbourne typically pay A$40–A$70 per lead on Google Ads, and A$30–A$60 elsewhere when campaigns are built efficiently, for scale and volume. Enter your own numbers below to calculate yours.
The numbers, already filled in
A hypothetical A$10,000 month at A$55 per lead, the middle of the typical range for electricians in Melbourne and Sydney. Replace any figure with your own records.
What that comes to
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Cost per lead
$54.95
182 enquiries from $10,000.00 of spend
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Cost per click
$7.69
1,300 clicks
Conversion rate
14%
Clicks that became an enquiry
Spent on clicks that did not enquire
$8,600.00
1,118 clicks left without making contact, at $7.69 each
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What to do with this
- Compare this with your own earlier periods, then review lead quality, booked work and job margins.
- Whatever the number, write it down with the date and the period length. A cost per lead with no comparison point next month is trivia.
How this was worked out
- Cost per click
- $10,000.00 ÷ 1,300 clicks = $7.69
- Conversion rate
- 182 ÷ 1,300 × 100 = 14%
- Cost per lead
- $10,000.00 ÷ 182 enquiries = $54.95
- Spend on clicks that did not enquire
- 1,118 × $7.69 = $8,600.00
Your calculation and separately labelled industry context
| Figure | Cost per lead | Market | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your inputs | $54.95 | AUD | 182 enquiries from 1,300 clicks |
| Home & Home Improvement | US$90.92 | United States | Median of 13,474 search campaigns, 2026 |
An aggregate that also contains plumbing, air conditioning and roofing. The source does not publish electrical on its own. US dollars and Australian dollars are shown separately; no currency conversion or local benchmark is implied.
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Work through the example
This example starts from A$10,000 of spend at A$55 per lead, the middle of the typical range for electricians in Melbourne and Sydney. That is about 182 leads, and at a 14.0% click-to-enquiry rate those take about 1,300 clicks. Replace any figure with your own to recalculate; the equations are the same.
Apply it to the work you want to win
For electrical work, distinguish the services behind the enquiries. An urgent fault, a switchboard upgrade and a planned installation can have different values and follow-up requirements. Use the enquiry-cost calculation alongside the proportion that becomes work. If campaigns cover several services or locations, calculate those groups separately as well as together so a change in the service mix does not hide what happened.
Replace the example with your own records
Every starting number on this page is hypothetical. None is a client result, an industry average or a quote for your business. The example makes the calculation easy to inspect; the useful version is the one you build from your own records. Change each input and watch how the result responds before using it in a budget conversation.
Keep the reporting scope consistent. Spend, clicks and enquiries should cover the same campaigns and period. Decide what counts as an enquiry, separate duplicates where appropriate, and keep that definition steady when comparing results. A form submission, a connected call, a quote and paid work are different stages. The calculator can perform the arithmetic, but the quality of the conclusion depends on those definitions.
Test more than one assumption. A higher click price, a lower enquiry rate or a slower close rate changes what the same budget can support. Save a conservative scenario alongside the base case, then revisit both when you have more campaign and sales information. Include management fees, job costs and the time between enquiry and payment in your wider cash-flow plan.
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