LSA ROI planning tool
Google Local Services Ads ROI Calculator
Estimate booked jobs, revenue, and ROAS before you raise your LSA budget. Choose your state, service category, monthly budget, answer rate, booking rate, and average job value to model cost per booked job, gross profit, and break-even.
Built with official Google Local Services Ads guidance and PrimeLSA state/category planning data, not generic PPC click assumptions.
Start with the market
Choose the state and Local Services Ads category so the calculator can start from the right planning range.
Budget and lead volume
This step answers the question that matters first: how many LSA leads this budget can realistically buy at the selected CPL.
Estimated leads / week
5/week
Planning capacity: ~5/week
Budget expected to spend
$1,195
40% of monthly budget
Budget left unused
$1,805
Lead volume runs out first
Lead volume caps spend
40% used
$1,805 is not expected to spend at this CPL because the lead-volume estimate runs out first.
What happens after the lead arrives
Use business numbers here. If you do not know them yet, leave the defaults and compare against real lead outcomes later.
Advanced cancellation, bad-fit, and credit inputs
Estimated budget used
$1,195
of $3,000 planned budget
Based on $55 CPL, ~5 estimated leads/week, and 6.1 estimated booked jobs.
Lead volume caps spend
40%
$1,805 is not expected to spend at this CPL because the lead-volume estimate runs out first.
5/week
21.7 leads/month
6.1
16 answered leads
$4,557
5.4 completed jobs
3.93x
$2,051 gross profit
Break-even
3 booked jobs
Break-even uses gross margin, not top-line revenue. Estimated cost per booked job is $190.
Best levers to improve this estimate
Answer more qualified calls
+15 pts answered
+$834
4.65x ROAS
Improve intake and close rate
+10 pts booked
+$1,199
4.97x ROAS
Reduce irrelevant lead leakage
-10 pts bad fit
+$506
4.37x ROAS
Built with official Google Local Services Ads guidance and PrimeLSA state/category planning data.
Planning estimate only. Actual ROI varies by market, bid mode, lead type, competition, response speed, booking process, credits, and account setup.
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</iframe>Estimate inputs
Choose state, service category, monthly budget, and CPL basis before modeling return.
- State and category
- Planning CPL
- Budget usage
Business assumptions
Adjust response, booking, bad-fit leads, job value, margin, credits, and recurring revenue.
- Answer rate
- Booking rate
- Gross profit
- Break-even
ROI model
Planning model only. It does not guarantee lead volume, booked jobs, revenue, ROAS, or profit.
Revenue planning
Use ROI modeling before you raise LSA spend.
ROI planning is useful when it separates lead cost from the business numbers that decide return: answer rate, booking rate, bad-fit leads, job value, margin, and repeat revenue.
What it does
It models charged leads through answered leads, booked jobs, completed jobs, revenue, gross profit, ROAS, and break-even.
What it does not show
It does not guarantee lead prices, lead volume, booked jobs, revenue, or ranking movement in a live LSA account.
What to review next
After launch, compare the model with reports, lead quality, missed calls, message replies, credits, and account health.
How this Google Local Services Ads ROI calculator works
Most LSA budget decisions start with cost per lead. That is useful, but it is not the same as return. A business still has to answer the lead, qualify the customer, book the job, collect revenue, and keep enough gross profit to cover ad spend.
If you only need a CPL and budget planning range, use the Google Local Services Ads cost calculator. Use this ROI calculator when you want to connect that budget to booked jobs, revenue, ROAS, gross profit, and break-even.
Planning CPL
State and category defaults create a planning CPL starting point before you adjust the business inputs.
Lead handling
Answer rate, bad-fit leads, booking rate, and scheduled-job completion rate decide how many charged leads become real work.
Business economics
Average job value, gross margin, and recurring revenue decide whether booked jobs create profit.
Cost per lead vs cost per booked job
Cost per lead answers what each charged inquiry costs. Cost per booked job answers what it costs to create real scheduled work. For ROI, cost per booked job is usually the more important number.
| Metric | Formula | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated leads | Monthly budget / selected CPL | How much lead volume the budget may support. |
| Workable leads | Estimated leads minus bad-fit leads | How many leads may be useful enough to pursue. |
| Answered leads | Workable leads x answer rate | How much demand your team actually reaches. |
| Booked jobs | Answered leads x booking rate | How many customers may schedule work. |
| Cost per booked job | Net LSA spend / booked jobs | The real acquisition cost after lead handling. |
| ROAS | Revenue / net LSA spend | Top-line return on ad spend. |
| ROI | (Gross profit - net LSA spend) / net LSA spend | Profit return after margin is considered. |
What changes Google LSA ROI fastest
A higher monthly budget can help only when the lead handling path can absorb the extra demand. If calls are missed or message leads sit unanswered, more spend can simply create more leakage.
Before increasing spend, review which input has the biggest effect on booked jobs and gross profit.
- Answer rate usually changes ROI fastest because missed calls can erase high-intent demand.
- Booking rate changes whether answered leads become scheduled work.
- Bad-fit lead rate changes how much of the paid lead pool is useful.
- Gross margin decides whether revenue is actually profitable.
- Recurring revenue can change the model when a booked customer creates repeat work.
Use state and category defaults as the starting point
The calculator uses state and category planning defaults as a starting point. These are planning estimates, not live Google auction prices or guaranteed lead costs.
Use the state/category range to begin the model, then replace it with real account CPL after the campaign has enough charged leads.
| Category | Why ROI varies | What to review after launch |
|---|---|---|
| Roofing | High job value can support a higher booked-job acquisition cost. | Storm demand, quote speed, review strength, and lead fit. |
| HVAC | Emergency intent can be strong, but missed calls can quickly reduce return. | After-hours coverage, booking speed, and call handling. |
| Plumbing | Urgency can produce strong demand across service areas. | Bad-fit leads, missed calls, and repeat-service value. |
| Legal | Case value can be high, but intake quality and practice-area fit matter. | Call screening, consultation quality, and lead disqualification reasons. |
| Moving | Seasonality and quote response can change booked jobs quickly. | Weekend availability, message response, and distance fit. |
| Pest control | Repeat treatments can make LTV more important than first-job revenue. | Recurring plans, lead fit, and call-to-booking rate. |
When to include lifetime value in LSA ROI
Some categories should not judge LSA return only on the first job. If a booked lead becomes a retained client, service-plan customer, repeat maintenance account, or seasonal customer, lifetime value can change the correct budget decision.
Recurring service categories
Pest control, HVAC maintenance, lawn care, pool cleaning, cleaning services, and some plumbing work may create repeat revenue.
Professional service categories
Law firms, accounting, real estate, and professional categories may have revenue that depends on qualification, retention, and downstream conversion.
One-time service categories
For one-time emergency work, first-job revenue and gross margin may be the cleaner planning model.
Why real LSA ROI can differ from the calculator
The calculator is a planning model. Actual return depends on what happens inside the live account and inside the business after a customer contacts you.
Use Advantage by PrimeLSA after launch to compare the estimate with actual charged leads, missed calls, message replies, lead feedback, reports, credits, and account health.
| Issue | How it affects ROI | Where to review it |
|---|---|---|
| Missed calls | Paid demand never reaches intake. | Call analysis and phone response review. |
| Slow message replies | High-intent leads go cold before booking. | Auto reply and message workflow. |
| Bad-fit leads | Charged leads do not match the service or area. | Lead feedback and lead quality notes. |
| Credits not tracked | Reported spend can look worse than net spend. | LSA leads tab, credits, and billing context. |
| Budget or bid changes | Lead volume and CPL can move after settings change. | Budget, bidding, and report review. |
| Weak booking process | Answered leads do not become scheduled work. | Call review, intake review, and outcome tracking. |
Questions businesses ask about Google Local Services Ads ROI
Clear answers about service fit, account review, and the next step to take.
Related Google Local Services Ads ROI tools and guides
Continue from ROI planning into CPL planning, reports, bidding, payment, call quality, lead feedback, and Advantage diagnostics.
After the ROI estimate, diagnose the real account.
Use the ROI calculator for planning. Use Advantage when you need to compare the estimate with real charged leads, calls, replies, lead quality, credits, and account movement.