Using Leads Center in Meta Business Suite

When we run lead generation campaigns for you on Facebook and Instagram, every form submission creates a new lead. These leads are collected inside Leads Center in Meta Business Suite.

Since you handle the sales conversations, Leads Center helps you keep those leads organized, respond faster, and avoid missing opportunities.

Guide version Version 2.0
Updated 20 January 2026

What Leads Center does

Use Leads Center to keep your enquiries and follow-ups in one place.

  • Review leads from your Meta lead forms.
  • Read contact details and form answers.
  • Assign leads to your team.
  • Track progress with stages, notes and reminders.
  • Export leads when needed.

How to access Leads Center

Open Leads Center using the profile that manages your business.

  1. Visit Meta Business Suite and log in.
  2. Select your business at the top of the screen.
  3. Find Leads Center in the left sidebar.
  4. Click it to open the dashboard.
Manage more than one Page?

Check that you have selected the correct business before reviewing its leads.

Meta Business Suite sidebar with Leads Center selected
Leads Center in the Meta Business Suite sidebar.

Overview of the Leads Center screen

Start with these four areas of the dashboard.

Choose your view

  • Pipeline view: leads grouped into columns by stage, such as Intake, Qualified and Converted.
  • Table view: leads shown in rows, with details such as their date, source, owner and stage.

Use whichever view makes your work easier.

Check the summary and filters

The summary shows lead counts and conversion information. Use the date, status, source and label filters to narrow the list.

Leads Center in Pipeline view, with the Intake, Qualified and Converted stages and the filters across the top
Pipeline view, with the filters and summary bar across the top.

Find a lead

Browse the stage columns in Pipeline view, or scan the rows in Table view.

Open the lead details

Click a lead to review its contact information, form answers, campaign source, notes and reminders.

  • Assigned to: the team member handling the lead.
  • Stage: where the lead is in your follow-up process.
Keep the team informed

Update the stage and notes after each conversation.

Step by step use Leads Center daily

Work through this routine at least once each working day.

Check new leads

  1. Sort by Date added or look for leads in Intake.
  2. Open each new lead and review their details and enquiry.

Assign an owner

  1. Open Assigned to in the lead details.
  2. Choose the salesperson responsible.
  3. Ask each team member to use a filtered view of their own leads.
Working alone?

Continue to contacting the lead.

Contact the lead

Use the phone number, email address and other information in the lead details to follow up promptly.

Update the stage

After contacting the lead, update their stage to reflect what happens next.

Choose stages that match your process

Default examples include Intake, Qualified and Converted. Custom examples include Contacted, Follow up scheduled and Proposal sent.

Record the next step

Add notes covering your last conversation, budget and next action.

Add useful labels

Apply labels for priority, engagement or source details. Filter by them later to focus on groups such as high-priority or event leads.

Daily check complete

Each lead should have a clear owner, an up-to-date stage and a recorded next action.

Use filters to stay organized

Use filters to focus on the leads you need to work on now.

  1. Choose a lead status to review a particular stage, such as follow-up.
  2. Set a date range to review this week or month.
  3. Choose a label to focus on a specific group.
  4. Filter by the assigned team member to see an owner’s leads.
Check your results

The list should now show the leads matching your selected filters.

Add leads from other sources

You can also add enquiries from website forms, WhatsApp, Google Ads and other channels.

  1. Click Add leads at the top right.
  2. Choose the option that matches your task.
Adding one lead?

Select Create lead to enter it manually.

Adding several leads?

Select Upload leads for a bulk upload.

Export your leads

Need to work in a spreadsheet or your own CRM?

  1. Find Download in the top toolbar.
  2. Use it to export your leads.
Next step

Use the exported file in your spreadsheet or CRM.

Best practices

  • Review & respond quicklyAim to contact new leads the same day.
  • Use clear statusesUpdate every lead after you contact them.
  • Use remindersSet reminders for follow ups.
  • Tell us what you seeShare feedback on lead quality so we can improve ads.

Need help using Leads Center?

If you would like a quick walkthrough of Leads Center for your account, we would be happy to guide you on a call.