Commercial lead generation and B2B appointment setting in Manchester

Manchester-Nashua has 1,141 business sites with 20 or more people on site in the categories commercial trades sell to, #95 of the 100 markets we cover, and 1.71 times the national concentration of auto dealerships. Private business establishments fell 1.7% from 2025 Q1 to 2026 Q1. Abstrakt's U.S.-based reps prospect those buyers by phone, email and LinkedIn and book meetings with the people who sign.

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Local B2B snapshot

How many businesses are in Manchester-Nashua, and which ones buy

Manchester-Nashua has 5,087 establishments in the categories commercial trades sell to, 1,141 of them with 20 or more people on site. Compared with the national mix it over-indexes on auto dealerships (1.71x), golf courses and country clubs (1.45x) and manufacturing plants (1.43x). Added over the past year: restaurants (+5), apartment and residential property managers (+5) and private K-12 schools (+2). Down: retail stores (-47) and medical, dental and outpatient offices (-41).

  • 5,087 establishments in the 21 categories commercial trades sell to

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023

  • 1,141 of them with 20 or more people on site, where a prospecting list starts

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023

  • -1.7% private business establishments, 2025 Q1 to 2026 Q1 (11,987 now; U.S. +3.6%)

    Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private ownership, 2026 Q1

  • 1.71x the national concentration of auto dealerships

    Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private ownership, 2026 Q1

  • 2,747 decision-maker records Abstrakt can prospect for a construction and roofing program (territory: Manchester - Concord - Portsmouth - Nashua)

    Source: Abstrakt territory record counts, October 2026

An establishment is one physical location, so a company with three sites counts three times; decision-maker records are contacts, not companies; open programs are not reservations.

Largest buyer groups in Manchester-Nashua

  1. Restaurants 1.28x the U.S. mix290
  2. Retail stores 1.34x the U.S. mix286
  3. Manufacturing plants 1.43x the U.S. mix194
  4. Medical, dental and outpatient offices124
  5. Wholesale distributors84
  6. Senior living and nursing 1.23x the U.S. mix61
  7. Grocery stores47
  8. Auto dealerships 1.71x the U.S. mix34

Sites with 20 or more people on site, U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023; concentration, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private ownership, 2026 Q1.

All 21 categories, with establishments, concentration and one-year change
Business categories in Manchester-Nashua: larger sites, all establishments, concentration and one-year change
CategorySites with 20+All establishmentsvs. U.S. mix1-yr change
Restaurants 290899 1.28x +5
Retail stores 2861,488 1.34x -47
Manufacturing plants 194492 1.43x -9
Medical, dental and outpatient offices 124791 1.03x -41
Wholesale distributors 84502 1.08x -36
Senior living and nursing 61128 1.23x -12
Grocery stores (also counted in retail) 47184 1.13x -4
Auto dealerships (also counted in retail) 3490 1.71x -5
Private K-12 schools 2545 1.25x +2
Bank and credit union offices 25205 0.96x -12
Trucking companies 14105 0.47x -3
Hotels 1039 0.65x -2
Churches and religious organizations 7172 0.11x -1
Hosting and data processing companies 532 0.54x -3
Apartment and residential property managers 572 1.13x +5
Warehousing and distribution 426 1.01x +1
Hospitals 49 1.12x -1
Golf courses and country clubs 318 1.45x 0
Colleges and universities 010 1.10x -2
Commercial property managers 017 1.13x -1
Nonresidential building owners 037 0.74x -2
Total, each site once1,1415,087

Sites and establishments: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023; concentration (location quotient) and one-year change in establishments: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private ownership, 2026 Q1, summed across the metro's counties.

Your industry in Manchester

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Every trade in Manchester at a glance

Largest buyer groups (sites with 20+ people)

  1. Restaurants290
  2. Retail stores286
  3. Manufacturing plants194
  4. Medical, dental and outpatient offices124
  5. Wholesale distributors84

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023.

Most room per contractor

  1. Commercial Construction#15 of 100
  2. Commercial Electrical#42 of 100
  3. Commercial HVAC & Mechanical#44 of 100

Larger buyer sites per contractor, ranked across up to 100 markets. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private ownership, 2026 Q1.

Trade panels: buyer sites, U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023; contractors, their one-year change and employment, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private ownership, 2026 Q1; decision-maker records, Abstrakt territory record counts, October 2026; open programs, Abstrakt territory availability.

Compare all 11 trades in Manchester

Ranked by larger buyer sites per contractor against up to 100 markets (only markets with 10 or more contractors in a trade are ranked; n/r means not ranked). A higher rank means more buildings worth calling for every competitor working them.

Commercial trades in Manchester: contractors, buyer sites and rank
TradeContractors1-yr changeLarger buyer sitesPer contractorRankDecision-maker records
Commercial Construction
Largest buyer group: manufacturing companies
 53 +2 389 7.3 #15 2,747
Commercial Electrical
Largest buyer group: retail stores
 55 0 608 11.1 #42 not counted
Commercial HVAC & Mechanical
Largest buyer group: manufacturing plants
 43 -2 444 10.3 #44 1,005
Managed Service Providers
Largest buyer group: manufacturers
 235 +3 680 2.9 #46 not counted
Commercial Cleaning & Janitorial
Largest buyer group: manufacturing plants
 144 -3 521 3.6 #57 802
Fire Protection
Largest buyer group: restaurants
 26 -1 677 26.0 #85 not counted
Commercial Landscaping
Largest buyer group: retail stores
 256 0 617 2.4 #90 not counted
Commercial Flooring
Largest buyer group: ambulatory health care: physician, dental, outpatient and urgent care
 6 0 378 63.0 n/r not counted
Commercial Painting & Coatings
Largest buyer group: retail stores
 8 +1 706 88.3 n/r not counted
Commercial Roofing
Largest buyer group: retail stores
 8 0 652 81.5 n/r 2,747
Paving & Asphalt
Largest buyer group: retail stores
 8 0 571 71.4 n/r not counted

Sources: contractors and change, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private ownership, 2026 Q1; buyer sites, U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (each trade's own buyer categories, each site counted once); decision-maker records, Abstrakt territory record counts, October 2026.

Growth and trends

Is Manchester-Nashua adding businesses? Five years of counts

Private business establishments in the metro's counties went from 12,237 in 2021 to 12,214 in 2025 (-0.2%), while private employment moved +0.8% to 178,067. In the Census Bureau's latest count, 874 establishments opened and 878 closed in a year. New sites start without an incumbent vendor.

Private establishments and employment, 2021 to 2025

Private establishments, employment and average weekly wage by year, Manchester-Nashua
YearEstablishmentsEmploymentAvg weekly wage
202112,237176,615$1,426
202212,353180,405$1,472
202312,408181,065$1,500
202412,406179,909$1,550
202512,214178,067$1,626

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (opens in a new tab), private ownership, 2021 to 2025 annual averages, Hillsborough County only. n/a: BLS withholds the figure for the county.

Establishments opened and closed each year

Establishment openings and closings by year, Manchester-Nashua, NH
Year to MarchOpenedRateClosedRate
20198138.0%7557.4%
20208148.0%8538.4%
20218758.7%9579.5%
20229789.7%8568.5%
20238748.6%8788.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics (opens in a new tab), 2023 release, Manchester-Nashua, NH. Each year runs March to March; rates are per 100 establishments.

New business applications

5,180 applications for an employer ID number were filed in the metro's counties in 2025, +49.4% on 2019 (3,468): Hillsborough County 5,180. Applications include sole proprietors and filings that never hire, so they measure new business activity, not new buyers.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Formation Statistics (county annual) (opens in a new tab), calendar 2025, retrieved 2026-10-15.

Contractors by trade, 2021 to 2025
Contractor establishments by trade, 2021 and 2025, Manchester-Nashua
Trade20212025Change
Commercial Flooring36+3 (+100.0%)
Paving & Asphalt68+2 (+33.3%)
Fire Protection2127+6 (+28.6%)
Commercial Painting & Coatings67+1 (+16.7%)
Managed Service Providers222235+13 (+5.9%)
Commercial Landscaping2582580 (0.0%)
Commercial Roofing880 (0.0%)
Commercial Construction5452-2 (-3.7%)
Commercial Electrical5954-5 (-8.5%)
Commercial Cleaning & Janitorial169147-22 (-13.0%)
Commercial HVAC & Mechanical5144-7 (-13.7%)

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, annual averages, the same NAICS codes as the trade comparison above. More contractors means more competition for the same buyers; fewer means more room for outbound.

When to prospect: the Manchester calendar

Cooling demand peaks in July (176 cooling degree days in a normal year), and 74% of the 174 severe hail and wind reports from 2015 to 2024 fell in July, August and June. Start roofing and HVAC prospecting ahead of those months.

Average high temperature, cooling degree days and severe storm reports by month, Manchester-Nashua
MonthAvg high (F)Cooling degree daysHail and wind reports
January3200
February3500
March4406
April5700
May68821
June776126
July8217671
August8013432
September722011
October6003
November4803
December3701

Sources: NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county monthly series, 1991-2020 averages (opens in a new tab); NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab), 2015 to 2024. Reports of hail 1 inch or larger and thunderstorm wind of 58 mph or more, by month, across the market counties.

Buying signals

Where the money is moving in Manchester-Nashua

Federal contracts and building permits are early signs that a building is changing: new construction, a renovation, a re-roof.

Federal contracts performed in the metro

Federal agencies obligated $1.11 billion in contracts with a place of performance in Manchester-Nashua's counties in federal fiscal year 2026 (October 2025 to September 2026), against $1.54 billion in fiscal 2025 (-27.8%). Construction (NAICS 23) took $15.2 million, 33% of it on one award: the Department of Veterans Affairs's 36C77626C0114 (opens in a new tab) in Hillsborough County, $5.0 million obligated this fiscal year (the award record describes it as PROJ 608-26-760 MANCHESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE VAMC ELEVATOR MODERNIZATION).

Contract obligations by county
CountyFY2026FY2025
Hillsborough County$1.11 billion$1.54 billion
Metro counties$1.11 billion$1.54 billion
FY2026 obligations in each trade's own NAICS code
TradeNAICSFY2026
Commercial Construction236220$7.1 million
Commercial Electrical238210$1.6 million
Commercial HVAC & Mechanical238220$1.1 million
Commercial Cleaning & Janitorial561720$758,697
Commercial Landscaping561730$585,282
Fire Protection561621$157,569

Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury) (opens in a new tab), contract award types A to D, obligations dated October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026, by place of performance; data as of 2026-10-15. Defense contract actions are published 90 days late, so fiscal 2026 will still rise. Place of performance is coded by the contracting officer.

Territory intelligence

Where the Manchester buyers are

The Manchester-Nashua, NH metro is a single county, so a program here covers all 1,141 larger business sites from day one.

Larger business sites (20+ people) by county, Manchester-Nashua, NH
CountySitesShare
Hillsborough County 1,141100%
Metro total1,141100%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023, metro and county files, summed across the buyer categories on this page (each site counted once).

Abstrakt territories in this market

Manchester - Concord - Portsmouth - Nashua, NH. A strategist confirms which one your program would hold.

The owners that anchor Manchester-Nashua

Each fact links to its source, checked 2026-10.

Health system

Elliot Hospital (Elliot Health System)

Manchester, Hillsborough County

Elliot Health System calls itself the largest provider of comprehensive healthcare services in southern New Hampshire; its flagship Elliot Hospital is a 296-bed acute care facility established in 1890.

The flagship hospital plus urgent care, imaging and physician office sites across the region all need HVAC service, cleaning and life-safety upkeep.

HVACcleaningfire protectionflooring

Elliot Health System (opens in a new tab)
3 more anchor owners in Manchester-Nashua
Major employer

BAE Systems, Nashua

Nashua, Hillsborough County

NBC News reported in December 2023 that BAE's Nashua microelectronics center is a 110,000-square-foot building and that the company has a 3,700-person workforce in southern New Hampshire.

Defense electronics plants, clean rooms and engineering offices in and around Nashua depend on precise HVAC, electrical and fire protection systems.

HVACelectricalfire protectioncleaning

NBC News (opens in a new tab)
Industrial park

Manchester Millyard

Manchester, Hillsborough County

Valley News reported in March 2026 that ARMI, headquartered in the Millyard, broke ground on December 15, 2025 for a biomanufacturing facility and workforce training center at 150 Dow St., slated for completion in 2027.

Former mill buildings converted to labs, offices and light manufacturing carry old roofs, masonry, sprinklers and mechanical systems that need constant work.

roofingfire protectionHVACpaintingconstruction

Valley News (opens in a new tab)
Airport

Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT)

Manchester, Hillsborough County

WMUR reported that, according to airport data, more than 1.38 million people flew in and out of MHT in 2025 and the airport processed nearly 240 million pounds of cargo, a record.

Terminal, cargo buildings, parking and airfield pavement need cleaning, HVAC, paving and snow-season upkeep.

cleaningHVACpavingelectrical

WMUR (opens in a new tab)
Projects and economic activity

What is being built in Manchester-Nashua, and who it puts to work

Named projects from primary and local news sources, researched September 2026. Market intelligence, not open bids: confirm timing with the owner.

Catholic Medical Center central energy plant

$43 million

Under wayUnder construction; broke ground February 2026

A new central energy plant at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, part of a $157 million capital commitment by HCA Healthcare.

A hospital energy plant is mostly boilers, chillers, switchgear and controls, so this is mechanical and electrical work through 2026 and 2027. A further $27 million infrastructure program, phased over five years, will upgrade many of the hospital's windows and roofs.

HVACelectricalconstructionroofing

Business NH Magazine, 2026-07-13 (opens in a new tab)

Manchester School District Priority One middle school program

$306 million

Under wayUnder construction; McLaughlin Middle School completed 2026

Renovation and expansion of all four Manchester middle schools and a new Beech Street Elementary School, including a 40,000-square-foot, three-story addition at Southside Middle School.

With McLaughlin open and Southside topped out in April 2026, the remaining schools bring MEP, fire protection, flooring and painting packages over several years, plus new parking and site work. The new Beech Street Elementary School and the three-story Southside addition are new structures that each need a full roof system.

HVACelectricalfire protectionflooringpavingroofing

New Hampshire Union Leader, 2026-04-07 (opens in a new tab)

BAE Systems Hudson campus modernization

$85 million

Announced or plannedAnnounced 2026

A renovation that will modernize and reconfigure 65,000 square feet of workspace at BAE Systems' defense electronics site in Hudson.

Reconfiguring engineering and test space is interior work: electrical, HVAC, flooring and painting, done inside an operating campus with about 1,052 workers.

electricalHVACflooringpainting

NH Business Review, 2026-05-20 (opens in a new tab)

Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel

$360 million

Under wayUnder construction; completion 2028

A 2.25-mile, 12-foot-diameter stormwater tunnel under Manchester with seven drop shafts and two vent shafts to cut combined sewer overflows.

Tunnel boring started in 2026, and each shaft site and the street separation projects that feed the tunnel need surface restoration, paving and electrical work through 2028.

pavingconstructionelectrical

Engineering News-Record, 2026-04-15 (opens in a new tab)

Gate City Casino Hotel expansion at Sheraton Nashua

92,860 square feet of gaming space

Approved or fundedApproved August 2026; Phase 1 expected to finish in 2027, Phase 2 to begin in 2030

A two-story addition with Gate City Casino, four restaurants and a five-story parking garage built on the front parking lot of the 357-room Sheraton Nashua at 11 Tara Boulevard in south Nashua, owned by Delaware North.

Phase 1 alone is 65,900 square feet of gaming area and an 865-space garage, so roofing, sprinkler, electrical and garage deck work land in 2026 and 2027, with $5 million in Tara Boulevard road improvements and a second garage phase to follow.

constructionroofingfire protectionelectricalpaving

Nashua Ink Link, 2026-08-07 (opens in a new tab)

Revo Casino redevelopment

73,240 sq ft

Announced or plannedSite plan before the Manchester Planning Board, August 2026

A proposed 73,240-square-foot charitable gaming facility with 1,086 parking spaces on five combined lots at 1279 South Willow Street, John E. Devine Drive and Gold Street in Manchester, Ward 9, replacing the current Revo Casino.

The existing casino stays open until the new building gets occupancy and is then razed to finish the parking field, so the work runs as a new roof and mechanical systems first, then a large lot to pave, stripe and light.

constructionroofingHVACpavingelectrical

Manchester Ink Link, 2026-08-17 (opens in a new tab)

Manchester high school boiler and roof capital work

See sourceUnder review by the Board of School Committee

Replacement of failing heating systems at Manchester West and Central high schools, where three of West's five hot water boilers failed within six months and Central is down to one steam boiler, alongside design work and roof replacement at West.

District estimates put a Central steam boiler at about $1.6 million and a full digital controls conversion at about $4.9 million, against about $5.8 million available for capital projects, so boiler, controls and roof replacement work at West and Central is likely to be bid in phases.

HVACroofingconstruction

Manchester Ink Link, 2026-03-15 (opens in a new tab)
Market view

What we see in Manchester

Manchester and Nashua are flat, and the public sector is doing the building. Private establishments were essentially unchanged from 2021 to 2025 (-0.2%), and in the latest year retail fell by 47 establishments, medical offices by 41 and wholesale by 36. Do not plan on new accounts arriving.

Manchester's school district is the steadiest buyer. Its middle school program renovates and expands every middle school in the city and builds a new Beech Street Elementary; McLaughlin Middle is finished and the Southside addition topped out in April 2026, with mechanical, fire protection, flooring, painting and roofing packages still to come. The district is also reviewing boiler replacements at West and Central high schools and a roof at West, likely bid in phases.

Health care and gaming fill in. Catholic Medical Center broke ground in February 2026 on a central energy plant under HCA Healthcare's capital commitment, mostly boilers, chillers, switchgear and controls, with a window and roof program to follow. In Nashua, the Gate City Casino addition at the Sheraton was approved in August 2026 with its first phase due in 2027, and the Revo Casino replacement in Manchester went to the Planning Board the same month.

General construction is the trade with room, ranked #15 of 100 markets on larger buyer sites per contractor. HVAC lost 13.7% of its contractors from 2021 to 2025, which makes the school boiler work worth chasing. Landscaping (#90) and fire protection (#85 of 96) are crowded.

Abstrakt's reading of the sourced figures and projects above, written .

Decision-makers

Who signs, and how many of them work in Manchester

4,990 general and operations managers, 1,470 computer and information systems managers and 860 buyers and purchasing agents work in the Manchester-Nashua, NH metro. Jobs across every industry, not a contact list.

Jobs and median annual pay by title, Manchester-Nashua, NH
TitleJobsMedian payTrades that call this title first
General and operations managers
SOC 11-1021
4,990$124,990MSP
Computer and information systems managers
SOC 11-3021
1,470$175,530
Buyers and purchasing agents
SOC 13-1020
860$79,120
Medical and health services managers
SOC 11-9111
760$133,220
Education administrators, postsecondary
SOC 11-9033
290$99,860
Purchasing managers
SOC 11-3061
240$165,870
Property, real estate, and community association managers
SOC 11-9141
240$78,930landscaping, painting, paving
Facilities managers
SOC 11-3013
170$107,350cleaning, construction, electrical, flooring, roofing, fire protection, HVAC
Construction managers
SOC 11-9021
160$133,980

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) (opens in a new tab), May 2025, Manchester-Nashua, NH, all industries. Each title is the closest BLS occupation to a role in the trade's playbook; titles BLS does not publish for this metro are left out. Each trade link opens the Manchester guide's decision-maker questions.

Opportunity estimator

What Could Your Next 12 Months in Manchester Look Like?

A planning model, not a forecast: put in your own numbers and it applies Abstrakt's national sales center rates for your trade.

Default 16.1%: Abstrakt national rate for this trade. Use your own if you know it.

Baseline, 12 months

12,000prospecting dials
86meetings set
22proposals
3.6customers won
$89,355first-year value of those customers
Scenarios
ScenarioDials per meetingMeetingsCustomers wonFirst-year value
Conservative190632.6$65,841
Baseline140863.6$89,355
Optimistic1081114.6$115,831
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How it works. Meetings are dials divided by dials per appointment; proposals, customers won and value follow from the proposal rate, the win rate and your customer value. The rates are Abstrakt sales center, Performance Intelligence, national, October 2026, across all programs, not Manchester results; the scenarios use the slower and faster quarter of buyer industries. Outbound results typically build over 6 to 12 months, so a first year rarely runs at a full year's pace. Benchmarks by trade and method.

Hiring locally

What an in-house SDR costs in Manchester

  • 1,540people in the role locally, all competing for the same hires

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services and travel (SOC 41-3091).

In-house SDR, first year (illustrative)$124,700

An illustrative model, not a quote: in-house adds $15,000 commission, 25% payroll taxes and benefits, $550/month tools, $7,000 recruiting and training, 35% yearly turnover, and manager, QA and admin time, before ramp time. Abstrakt includes the SDR, management, tools and data.

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Local sales intelligence

See how a Manchester program is built in Abstrakt Intelligence

Ava walks through the platform our strategists use, set to Manchester.

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This demonstration showcases real Abstrakt Intelligence capabilities using fictional companies and contacts to protect client and prospect privacy. Ava is Abstrakt's AI guide.

Read the transcript of Ava's Manchester walkthrough

Hi, I'm Ava.

Here's what an Abstrakt program looks like in Manchester.

First, we size your territory.

Next, we pick the playbook for your industry.

Each playbook starts with criteria that have already booked meetings.

For roofing, that's roof size, roof age and who owns the building.

Then we build the list.

Anyone who isn't a fit comes off before a rep ever sees the name.

Every prospect gets a full profile.

The decision-maker, the building, and every touch so far.

Before the first dial, each rep practices in an AI role play and gets certified.

Now the calls start.

The dialer, the talk track and the follow-up all live in one place.

Every meeting is reviewed for quality before it reaches you.

And we track each one all the way to closed.

We take one client per trade per territory.

Once a spot is taken, it's gone.

Check if your trade is still open in Manchester.

Client results

Results from programs like this one

Each story is labeled with where the program ran. Abstrakt runs every program from its St. Louis sales floor.

  • Commercial cleaningLocal program, Tulsa

    How Century Facility Services broke its referral ceiling: $415K closed in year one

    Century Facility Services

    After losing a sales rep, Century Facility Services outsourced outbound and booked 58 appointments and closed $415K in year one.

    • 58 appointments booked
    • 7 deals closed
    • $415K closed business

    First year of the program (case published April 2026)

  • Commercial roofingRegional

    How Schena Roofing booked 475 appointments and kept a seasonal calendar full

    Schena Roofing & Sheet Metal

    Schena Roofing booked 475 appointments and closed $1.69M from 2018 to 2024, with another $1.39M in proposals delivered.

    • 475 appointments
    • $1.69M closed business
    • $1.39M in proposals delivered

    2018 to 2024, from Abstrakt program records. Closed business and proposals delivered are separate figures.

  • Fire protectionLocal program, Philadelphia

    How Harring Fire Protection turned outbound and inbound into $200K in new business

    Harring Fire Protection

    Outbound appointment setting plus an inbound website produced 195 appointments and 16 closed deals worth $200K in 28 months.

    • 195 appointments booked
    • 16 deals closed
    • $200K closed business

    28-month partnership (case published April 2026); search figures within 12 months of the February 2025 site launch

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Outsourced sales development

How Abstrakt runs a Manchester program

Reps on Abstrakt's St. Louis sales floor work your Manchester-Nashua list by phone, email, LinkedIn and direct mail after two weeks of training and certification on your account.

Contractor licensing in New Hampshire

New Hampshire licenses individual trades, such as electricians, plumbers, and fuel gas fitters, through boards administered by the OPLC. State Fire Marshal certification for fire protection technicians is voluntary.

Confirm with New Hampshire Office of Professional Licensure and Certification (OPLC) (opens in a new tab). Checked 2026-09-30.

Free market report

The State of Outbound Sales in Manchester, 2026

This page's Manchester data in one report for your team, with the New Hampshire calling rules. No form to fill in.

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Outsourced sales development in Manchester, answered

Does Abstrakt provide B2B lead generation and appointment setting in Manchester?

Yes. Abstrakt runs outsourced lead generation and B2B appointment setting across the Manchester-Nashua, NH metro from its St. Louis sales floor: U.S.-based reps prospect the buildings, qualify the opportunity and book meetings with the person who signs. We take one client per trade per territory.

How does B2B appointment setting work for a Manchester program?

It starts with the list. Of the 1,141 sites in Manchester-Nashua with 20 or more people on site, we keep the ones that buy your trade inside your service area, then a certified rep works them by phone, email, LinkedIn and direct mail. Meetings are booked with the decision-maker, reviewed before they reach you and tracked to a proposal and a close.

Which commercial trades have the most room to grow in Manchester?

Measured by larger buyer sites per contractor across the markets we track (a market is ranked for a trade only where it has at least 10 local contractors), commercial construction (#15 of 100), commercial electrical (#42 of 100) and commercial HVAC & mechanical (#44 of 100) rank best in Manchester.

What kinds of businesses are concentrated in Manchester?

Compared with the national mix, Manchester-Nashua has more auto dealerships (1.71x), golf courses and country clubs (1.45x) and manufacturing plants (1.43x). Those industries are the best-represented buyers for trades that serve them.

Is the Manchester business market growing?

The latest year dipped: private business establishments fell 1.7% from 2025 Q1 to 2026 Q1. Not on these counts: both measures below point down. Private business establishments across Manchester-Nashua's counties went from 12,237 in 2021 to 12,214 in 2025 (-0.2%), and private employment +0.8% (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, annual averages). In the latest Census count, 874 establishments opened and 878 closed in the metro (U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics, 2023, March to March), so closings outran openings by 4.

How much federal construction money is spent in Manchester?

Federal contract obligations with a place of performance in Manchester-Nashua's counties came to $1.11 billion in federal fiscal year 2026 (October 2025 to September 2026), $15.2 million of it in construction (NAICS 23) (USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), retrieved 2026-10-15). Fiscal 2026 will still rise as delayed defense contract actions post.

What contractor work is left in Manchester's middle school program?

Plenty, in packages. The district's program renovates and expands every Manchester middle school and builds a new Beech Street Elementary School. McLaughlin Middle School was completed in 2026 and the Southside Middle School addition topped out in April 2026. The remaining schools bring mechanical, electrical, fire protection, flooring and painting packages over several years, plus parking and site work, and the new elementary school and the Southside addition each need a full roof system.

Why are Manchester's high school boilers an opening for HVAC contractors?

Because they are failing and the money is tight. Several of West High School's hot water boilers failed within six months and Central High is down to one steam boiler, and the Board of School Committee is reviewing replacements alongside design work and a roof replacement at West. District estimates put the work above the capital money available, so expect phased bids. The HVAC contractor count fell 13.7% from 2021 to 2025, which thins the field.

What does outsourced sales development cost in Manchester?

Starting at $5,000 per month for an Outbound BDR program, as a flat monthly program. The price depends on how many reps work your program, the channels, and how large a territory and how many trades it covers. For comparison, one in-house SDR costs about $124,700 in year one at a $55,000 base salary on our illustrative model, before ramp time.

Sources and method

Updated . Approved the local markets plan: the data sources, the method and the in-house SDR cost model shown on market pages: Scott Scully, Executive Chairman, October 15, 2026. Every figure is regenerated from its source by a script in the site's code, never typed by hand.

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