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Google Ads for caterers: what a click costs

In the United States, the searches people make for a caterer add up to about 150,700 a month, and advertisers bid $1.21 to $5.84 to show at the top of Google for them. Here is what that means for a budget, country by country, and how to spend less of it on searches that never become a client.

From Google Keyword Planner, read by Adducta Collected 5 October 2026

The short version

01What a click costs, country by country

The range advertisers bid to show at the top of Google, Google's 20th to 80th percentile, for the searches below, in each country's own currency. A click usually costs less than the high end.

CountrySearches a monthTop of page, lowTop of page, high
United States150,700$1.21$5.84
Canada11,220CA$1.06CA$3.81
Australia7,580A$1.28A$7.05
New Zealand570NZ$1.17NZ$4.13

02What customers type, and what to block

Google measured the three searches a customer of a caterer types when ready to hire:

catering services · catering near me · event catering

Searches with these words in them cost the same and rarely become a client, so block them from the first day:

catering jobs · catering equipment · recipes · catering license · start a catering business

03What a budget buys

In the United States, at $1.21 to $5.84 a click, and if 5 in a hundred clicks become an enquiry:

BudgetA monthClicks a monthEnquiries a month
$10 a day$30452 to 2513 to 13
$30 a day$912156 to 7548 to 38
$100 a day$3,040521 to 2,51226 to 126
$300 a day$9,1201,562 to 7,53778 to 377

Put in your own budget, country and enquiry rate in the Google Ads cost calculator.

04What works for caterers

A good enquiry: someone in your area planning an event, with a date and a number of guests.

05Questions

How much does Google Ads cost for caterers?

In the United States, advertisers bid $1.21 to $5.84 for a click at the top of Google on the searches people make for a caterer, in October 2026. Elsewhere: CA$1.06 to CA$3.81 in Canada, A$1.28 to A$7.05 in Australia and NZ$1.17 to NZ$4.13 in New Zealand. A click usually costs less than the high end.

How much should a caterer spend on Google Ads?

It depends on how many new clients a month you can take and what one is worth. As a yardstick, a hundred clicks a month at the top of the range costs about $584 in the United States; if 5 in a hundred become enquiries, that is about 5 enquiries. Adducta's free plan works it out for your area and budget, and says if the budget is too thin.

What should a lead cost a caterer?

If 5 in a hundred clicks become an enquiry, about $24 to $117 an enquiry at the top-of-page range in the United States. Blocking the wrong searches, and a landing page that answers the first question, move it toward the low end.

Which searches should caterers block?

Searches with these words in them cost the same and rarely become a client: catering jobs, catering equipment, recipes, catering license and start a catering business. Adducta's plan lists the searches to block before anything is spent, and the agent adds to the list every day from the searches that come in.

06Let an agent run it

Adducta's agent writes the plan for a caterer's ads from six questions: the searches to buy and block, what the ads say, and what a lead should cost in your area. Write my plan is free, needs no account and no card, and nothing is spent until you approve it.

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