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What’s a good CPC for a Leads campaign on Meta Ads?

CPC for Leads campaigns tends to run higher than Traffic, since Meta is working to find people more likely to actually fill out a form, not just click through out of curiosity.

CPC benchmarks for a Leads campaign

Tier	Range	What it means
Below average	Over $2.3	Clicks are costing more than typical for a Leads campaign. Could mean the audience is narrow or highly competitive, worth checking.
Average	$1.7 – $2.3	A normal cost per click for lead generation.
Above average	$1.2 – $1.7	Cheaper than typical, usually a sign the targeting and offer are well matched.
Excellent	Under $1.2	A very efficient cost per click for lead generation.

CPC by industry, for a Leads campaign

Industry	Below average	Average	Above average	Excellent
E-commerce & Retail	No reliable industry-specific data, the general benchmark above applies.
Local & Home Services	Over $3.1	$2 – $3.1	$1.25 – $2	Under $1.25
Legal & Finance	Over $5.75	$3.7 – $5.75	$2.25 – $3.7	Under $2.25
Health & Wellness & Fitness	Over $3.7	$2.35 – $3.7	$1.45 – $2.35	Under $1.45
B2B & Professional Services	Over $2.73	$1.75 – $2.73	$1.07 – $1.75	Under $1.07
Education	Over $2.3	$1.5 – $2.3	$0.9 – $1.5	Under $0.9

Local & Home Services: These figures come from WordStream's “Home & Home Improvement” category, covering the Traffic and Leads campaign objectives. No CPM, ROAS, or Sales-objective benchmark data for this industry could be found in any source, and Frequency has no industry-specific data anywhere, so those fall back to the general benchmark.

WordStream / LOCALiQ: Facebook Ads Benchmarks 2025

Legal & Finance: This industry bucket combines legal and financial services. The Traffic and Leads figures shown here come specifically from WordStream's “Attorneys & Legal Services” category, since “Finance & Insurance” coverage in the same report was incomplete. CPM, ROAS, Sales-objective, and Frequency data for this industry was too sparse or too inconsistent between sources to build a reliable number from, so those fall back to the general benchmark.

WordStream / LOCALiQ: Facebook Ads Benchmarks 2025

Health & Wellness & Fitness: Traffic and Leads figures come from WordStream's “Health & Fitness” category. Sales-objective CTR, CPM, ROAS, and CPA come from Triple Whale's real ad-spend analysis of the Health & Wellness industry (Aug 2025 to Jul 2026). Sales-objective CPC isn't included since the only figure found for it was several years out of date, so that one falls back to the general benchmark, as does Frequency.

B2B & Professional Services: Traffic-objective figures come from WordStream's “Business Services” category. Leads-objective figures come from Metadata.io's 2025 B2B report (71 advertisers, $57.6 million in tracked spend), since WordStream doesn't publish Leads-objective data for Business Services. CPM, ROAS, Sales-objective, and Frequency data was too sparse or unverifiable to trust for this industry, so those fall back to the general benchmark.

Education: Traffic and Leads figures come from WordStream's “Education” category. Sales-objective CTR, CPM, ROAS, and CPA come from Triple Whale's real ad-spend analysis of the narrower “E-learning & Online Courses” category, the closest available match. Sales-objective CPC comes from Vaizle's 2025 study. Frequency has no industry-specific data anywhere, so it falls back to the general benchmark.

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If your CPC is below average

Clicks are costing more than typical for a Leads campaign. Could mean the audience is narrow or highly competitive, worth checking.

Is this audience especially competitive or narrow right now?

If your CPC is average

A normal cost per click for lead generation.

Is there room to bring this down without losing lead quality?

If your CPC is above average

Cheaper than typical, usually a sign the targeting and offer are well matched.

Since this is efficient, is there room to grow the audience or budget?

If your CPC is excellent

A very efficient cost per click for lead generation.

What's keeping this efficient, and is it something we can protect as we scale?

Other metrics for a Leads campaign

Sources

Adamigo provided the cleanest full Leads-objective breakdown (CTR, CPC, CPM, CPL, conversion rate), cross-checked against Hawky and theedigital, which agreed closely on CTR, CPC, and CPL. CPM bands are synthesized from Adamigo's stated range with the below-average threshold set a bit lower for a more usable spread.