Air Duct and Dryer Vent Cleaning leads: where to buy them, and how to need fewer

Each row is a place duct and dryer vent cleaning leads come from, how it charges and our read on the fit for duct cleaners.

All lead sources compared lists each platform's published prices next to Koira's, with the same columns.

Air Duct and Dryer Vent Cleaning is not named on Google's list of Local Services categories as we read it on Google's own pages. Check the list for the category closest to your work before you plan on it. If none fits your air duct cleaning, the money is better spent on what Google ranks for free. Google's help page on local ranking says local results are mainly based on relevance, distance and prominence (it also calls the last one popularity): how well your profile matches the search, how far you are from the searcher and how well known your business is.

See how Local Services Ads work in case your category is added, and SEO for duct cleaners for the free side of Google.

Lead volume follows the season. For duct cleaners it peaks around spring allergy season and the fall before the heat comes on and drops in midsummer, which changes what a paid lead is worth from month to month.

Expect homeowners after a remodel, a move or a bad allergy season, and people whose dryer takes forever, who are wary of bait prices and want the full price up front, along with property managers, apartment complexes and small offices and referrals from HVAC companies, realtors, home inspectors and house cleaners.

In its 2025 annual report, Angi describes lead fees as owed for each consumer match, regardless of whether the pro ultimately provides the service. Bark prices each lead in credits, set by the service, how much the job is worth and how many pros are chasing it locally.

Thumbtack says you control your pricing and budget for leads, and that budget determines how many leads you get. It does not publish lead prices on that page.

Shared leads reward the fastest reply. Your customers are homeowners after a remodel, a move or a bad allergy season, and people whose dryer takes forever, who are wary of bait prices and want the full price up front; reach them while they are still deciding, or the fee buys a conversation someone else already had. Thumbtack vs Angi puts the two biggest side by side.

Ignore the price per lead for a moment and look at the price per booked job: a month's spend divided by the jobs that source actually produced. Then compare it with what you keep on a dryer vent cleaning or a whole house of ducts with the furnace and dryer vent. If the booked job costs more than it leaves you, the source is losing money however busy it feels.

Run your own numbers through the free cost per lead calculator; it also shows the close rate where a source breaks even. The marketing budget planner works backward from the jobs you want.

• Reviews. Ask everyone, right after they pay, with a link straight to the review form. Google strictly prohibits offering incentives such as free or discounted goods or services for reviews. Koira's review engine sends the ask and drafts each reply.
• A price on your site. A dryer vent cleaning priced from your own list, day or night, with booking on the same page (instant quotes).
• The street around each job. A truck with a big hose running to the front door, which neighbors notice and ask about. Neighbor postcards go to the likely homes around the job the next morning.
• Referrals. From happy customers and from HVAC companies, realtors, home inspectors and house cleaners (referrals).
• Repeat work. A yearly dryer vent cleaning, reminded before the season and sold on the first visit (campaigns, maintenance plans).
• Commercial buyers. Three short emails to property managers, apartment complexes and small offices near you, then stop (commercial outreach).

A customer comparing duct cleaners usually books the first one who replies clearly. It does not matter whether the lead came free or cost you a fee. Koira's receptionist answers on your number and texts missed callers back in about a minute with three open times for a dryer vent cleaning or a look at a whole house of ducts with the furnace and dryer vent. Koira Grow is $249 a month plus usage at cost: texts, call minutes and emails with nothing added. See the duct and dryer vent cleaning answering service guide for live and AI options and their published prices.