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Measure roofing lead economics from invoice to collected job.

A reusable field dictionary, cohort rule, formula set, and blank workbook for comparing lead sources without mixing booked appointments, signed contracts, completed work, and collected cash.

defined input groups
12
calculated outputs
7
acquisition-date cohort
1
invented benchmarks
None

The measurement chain

One lead. One source. One final disposition.

Keep the cohort fixed by lead acquisition date, then let outcomes mature. Do not move a job into a later cohort because production or collection happened later.

  1. 01

    Acquired lead

    Record the acquisition date, source, market, job type, delivered count, and all-in source cost.

  2. 02

    Qualified lead

    Apply the company’s written fit and readiness rules. Keep unknown separate from qualified.

  3. 03

    Signed and completed job

    Keep signed contracts separate from work that actually completed under the company’s documented rule.

  4. 04

    Collected revenue and eligible gross profit

    Close the cohort on cash collected and the company’s consistently documented gross-profit definition.

Formula dictionary

Auditable math, not a mystery score.

Every output is calculated from fields the contractor can trace to an invoice, CRM record, production record, or accounting system.

GhostRep / lead-economics-standard / v1.0

Cost per qualified lead
all-in source cost ÷ qualified leads
Cost per completed job
all-in source cost ÷ completed jobs
Customer acquisition cost
(source cost + attributable sales labor) ÷ completed jobs
Collected-revenue ROAS
collected revenue ÷ all-in source cost
Profit-based ROI
(eligible gross profit − source cost − attributable sales labor) ÷ (source cost + attributable sales labor)

Field dictionary

A clean handoff between marketing, sales, production, and accounting.

These are the minimum input groups. Each company still owns its qualification, completion, gross-profit, exclusion, and maturity rules.

Cohort start

Date the lead entered the company—not the appointment, contract, completion, or collection date.

Market and job type

The company-defined geography and comparable project category.

Lead source

The specific source or campaign responsible for acquisition.

All-in source cost

Media, platform, list, agency, and directly attributable source fees.

Attributable sales labor

Documented labor cost assigned to handling the source cohort.

Delivered and qualified leads

Unique delivered records and the subset meeting written fit/readiness rules.

Appointments and signed jobs

Held appointments and signed contracts under documented company rules.

Completed jobs

Jobs completed under the company’s operational completion rule.

Collected revenue

Cash collected for completed jobs in the acquisition cohort.

Eligible gross profit

Collected revenue less the cost categories in the company’s consistent GP definition.

Maturity cutoff

The date unresolved outcomes are closed, excluded, or retained as open.

Status

Open, Closed, or Excluded with a documented reason.

This is a measurement template, not a roofing-industry benchmark, forecast, accounting opinion, legal opinion, or promise of lead-source performance. Do not enter homeowner names, phone numbers, addresses, claim details, or other personal information.
Download the formula-driven workbook

Citation and reuse

Reference the method. Keep your numbers.

Publishers, consultants, associations, and software partners may quote the field definitions and formulas with attribution and a link to this page. Contractor data remains with the contractor. GhostRep does not request uploads for this workbook.

GhostRep. “Roofing Lead Economics Measurement Standard, version 1.0.” Updated August 2026. https://www.ghostrep.ai/resources/roofing-lead-economics-measurement-standard

Version history: v1.0 published August 23, 2026. Material changes to definitions or formulas will receive a new version note on this page.