
How Long Do Contractors Really Wait to Get Paid?
82% of contractors wait 30+ days to get paid; the average small business is owed $17,500. The verified 2026 payment-delay numbers, and what escrow-funded jobs change.
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82% of contractors wait 30+ days to get paid; the average small business is owed $17,500. The verified 2026 payment-delay numbers, and what escrow-funded jobs change.

Attributed lead prices, Angi’s 10-K revenue math, and the FTC’s 2023 order: the verified economics of buying contractor leads in 2026 — and the escrow-funded alternative.

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Most new contracting businesses do not survive their first five years — and it is almost never because

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A home-service business run on a paper schedule, a spreadsheet, and a phone bleeds money in ways that
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