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Original measurement

The Local AI Visibility Index

Search rankings are measured constantly. Whether an AI answer engine names your business is not. We ask ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Google’s AI Overview the same customer questions across an entire market, then record which businesses get named — and which never come up.

What the Index measures

For each market we pull every business Google Maps returns for a category, ask five AI answer engines ten questions a real customer would ask, and record which businesses each engine names or cites. The result is a visibility score for every business in the market, not just the ones already winning. Each market is reported on its own figures; results differ between markets and are not carried across.

The cumulative study

353 businesses · 6 markets · July 2026

foundation repair across 6 US markets

The businesses ranked highest on Google Maps still show up in only 9.8% of AI answers. Measured across 353 foundation repairs in 6 markets: across the best-ranked 10% by map position, an AI engine named them in 9.8% of the answers about their own category.

Markets measured so far