Marketing Qualified Account

account-based marketing term

01 Definition

Marketing Qualified Account meaning: A target account showing enough engagement to warrant sales attention.

A marketing qualified account is a company account that has shown enough interest and fit, across its people and activity, to be passed toward sales. It is the account-based counterpart to a marketing qualified lead, judging the whole account rather than one person. Criteria vary by company and should be agreed with sales.

Also called

MQA

Why it matters

How Marketing Qualified Account fits the work

In account-based marketing, buying decisions involve many people, so scoring the whole account rather than single leads better reflects real buying intent and readiness.

In context

When four people from a target company downloaded assets and visited pricing within two weeks, the system flagged it as a marketing qualified account for sales.

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Practical note

Account signals can mislead if a few unrelated visitors inflate engagement. Combine fit and activity from multiple contacts, and align the threshold with sales to avoid premature handoffs.