541 ads from 12 hydro excavation companies in the Meta Ad Library, 539 running now.
12 hydro excavation companies have 541 ads in the Meta Ad Library between them, and 539 of those were running when we read it on October 23, 2026. Below is a page of creative from each, what formats carry the category, and how long the ads that work stay up.
Hydro excavation ads rarely court homeowners. They talk to contractors digging near buried utilities, ask whether they still use a bucket, and post used vac trucks for sale or operators wanted, because the buyer is another operator.
The library count is everything a brand has published on Meta. The active count is what was delivering at the read. The ratio between them is the account’s posture: a large library with a small active share is a brand cycling hard, and one where nearly everything is live is running a small curated set.
| Advertiser | Ads in library | Running now | Read here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydrocam | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Applied Cleansing Solutions | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Christopher Terry | — | — | 6 |
Meta Ad Library, read October 23, 2026. Library and active counts are Meta’s own.
Single image leads at 75 percent of the 40 creatives read here, with video at 15 percent and carousel at 10. Contact us carries 33 percent of the calls to action.
The median creative here ran 16 days and the longest was still up at 262. Run length is the closest thing to a public performance signal these libraries publish, because nobody keeps paying to deliver an ad that is not working.
The longest-running ad from each advertiser, in its own words. These are the ads someone kept paying for.
Gutter Master® 1630Applied Cleansing Solutions · running 262 days
🚧 Still digging near utilities with a bucket?Hydrocam · running 171 days
Available | Inquire nowGarage: Buy & Sell Vehicles & Equipment · running 85 days
🚧 Hydro Vac Operators WantedPKX · running 59 days
2019 Ford F750 Powerstroke diesel, Crew cab, Vactron HTV873PTO Vac truckChristopher Terry · running 31 days
Quality Slate From David H. MartinDavid H. Martin Excavating, Inc. · running 21 days
5 percent of these ads open with a question, 40 percent put a number in the first line, and 10 percent lead with an emoji.
One page of creative from each advertiser, newest reads first. Every card carries the brand that ran it.
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Hooks, landing pages and run length for each
Every creative, with its copy, format and run length
People do not book a service, they book a job: one room, one driveway, one visit. The ads that fill a calendar name that job and put an offer beside it, a price, a free quote, or a slot this week. 8 percent of the hydro excavation ads here lead with a price in the ad.
The result is the creative. A before-and-after, the finished job, or a short clip of the work being done stops the scroll faster than a logo or a team photo. In this category single-image ads lead.
Set a radius around the towns you work in and let Meta find the homeowners inside it. Name the town in the copy: a local name in the first line tells the reader this ad is for them.
"Contact us" is the most used button on these ads. Use a call button, an instant form or a booking link, and answer every lead within minutes. The shop that calls back first gets the job.
The median hydro excavation ad here stayed up 16 days. Give a new ad a week of spend before you judge it, then retire what is not getting results and write the next version of what is. The advertisers with the most live ads are the ones testing the most.
This page shows 40 creatives. Meta lists 541 for these advertisers, and 539 are running right now. Sprites' proprietary marketing agent reads every hydro excavation ad running now, writes ads for your business in the styles that work, and launches them on Facebook, Instagram and Google once you approve.