Contractor Answering Service
Contractors don't miss calls because they're careless — they miss calls because their hands are full. An AI answering service for contractors that picks up every call while you're on the tools.
If you're a contractor, your unanswered calls aren't messages waiting to be returned — they're bids going to the next contractor. A homeowner with a burst pipe, a no-heat furnace, or a leaking roof is not going to sit on voicemail and wait for you to call back this evening. They're going to dial the next name on the search results, and that contractor is going to book the job. Every ring you can't answer is money leaving your business, and most contractors have no idea how much.
The tricky part is that you're not ignoring the phone. You're twelve feet up a ladder, or in a crawlspace, or under a sink, or driving between jobs. General contractors have it even worse — they're juggling subs, chasing suppliers, and fielding new-lead calls all at once. There is no realistic version of your day where you personally answer every call and still get any work done.
An AI answering service for contractors solves that specific problem. Your business line is picked up on the first ring by a natural American-English voice using your business name. It listens, gets the caller's name and number, asks the job questions you chose (address, trade, urgency, is-there-water-on-the-floor-right-now), and flags anything urgent so you know to step off the ladder. You get every bid — the routine service calls and the 2am emergencies — as a clean lead on your phone within seconds of the call ending.
How it works
1. One setup call, in plain English
Tell us what trade you're in, how you want the phone answered, what counts as an emergency, and what you want asked. 10–20 minutes, on the phone, no forms.
2. Forward your business line
About a minute on your phone. From that moment on, every call — while you're on the tools, on a job site, or off the clock — reaches your AI answering service.
3. Every call answered on the first ring
No voicemail. No 'we're not available right now.' Your callers get a real conversation, in your business name, from the second the phone starts ringing.
4. You get the lead — and the emergency flag
As soon as the call ends, you get the caller, the job, and a red/orange/green urgency flag. You call back knowing whether it's a Tuesday quote or a leaking-through-the-ceiling right now.
What you get
Every bid captured
New-lead calls are the highest-value calls of the day. Missed ones go to the next contractor. This makes sure they don't.
Emergency vs. routine, sorted for you
You tell it what counts as an emergency in your trade — no heat, no water, gas leak, water damage — and it flags those the second the call ends.
No per-minute billing
Traditional contractor answering services bill by the minute, which punishes you exactly when business is good. This is $89/month, flat.
Off-the-tools evenings
You don't have to answer your cell at dinner. Your AI receptionist has the phone, and only pings you for calls you told it to interrupt for.
Sounds like a professional shop, not a job site
Callers hear a calm, clear greeting instead of you shouting over a saw. First impression fixed.
Works with any trade or GC workflow
Plumbing, HVAC, electrical, roofing, moving, landscaping, remodeling, general contracting — every trade page and industry hub below shows how it's briefed for that specific work.
Answering service for construction companies
General contractors and construction companies have a specific version of this problem. A GC's day is a spinning plate act — subs asking where they should be, suppliers confirming deliveries, inspectors calling with windows, and in the middle of all that, a brand-new-lead call from a homeowner or a developer who wants a bid. On a busy jobsite, you're wearing gloves, standing next to a running saw, or up on a roof, and the phone rings anyway. Every one of those unanswered calls is a bid you didn't get to make — and in construction, one bid can be worth more than a year of the service. An AI answering service for construction companies picks up on the first ring in your business name, captures the caller and the project (residential remodel vs. commercial fit-out, timeline, scope, whether it's a sub or a supplier or a new lead), and flags it accordingly. You keep swinging the hammer, and the office phone quietly runs itself in the background.
What are missed calls actually costing you?
Most contractors underestimate how many bids they miss in a week. Plug your numbers in below and see what the year looks like.
Your Numbers
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Local trades businesses miss 28%–62% of inbound calls
What an average job is worth to you
% of qualified leads you'd normally close
Revenue Going to Your Competition
$92,820
Per year in missed jobs
Weekly Missed
$1,785
Monthly Missed
$7,729
EazyAgent starts at $468/year.
Catching just 2 missed jobs per year pays for it.
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Plans from $39/mo. No contracts. Setup takes 10–20 minutes on a phone call — no forms, no sales call.