Local AI report, October 2026
ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini named the same local business first for 9 of 40 questions
We asked ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini 40 questions people ask when they hire a dentist, injury lawyer, plumber, med spa or HVAC company in Austin, Texas. For 31 of them, at least one engine put a different business first.
22.5%
of questions got the same first business from all three engines (9 of 40)
52.3%
of businesses named for a question were named by one engine only (255 of 488)
Named first
The three engines agreed on the first business for 9 of 40 questions
Two engines often agreed while the third named someone else. ChatGPT and Claude put the same business first least often: 14 of 40 questions.
How often ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini named the same business first
| Share of questions | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| All three named the same business first | 22.5% | 9 of 40 |
| Two of the three agreed | 60.0% | 24 of 40 |
| Each engine named a different business first | 17.5% | 7 of 40 |
Share of the 40 questions. One Gemini answer (affordable plumber in Austin) named no business and pointed to directories; that question counts in the last row. Source: Rank.ai, answers recorded September 25, 2026. Download the data.
| Market | All three | Two of three | All different |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dentists | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Injury lawyers | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Plumbers | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Med spas | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| HVAC | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Questions per market (8 each) by how many engines named the same business first. Recorded September 25, 2026.
| Engines | Same first business | Share |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT and Claude | 35.0% | |
| ChatGPT and Gemini | 48.7% | |
| Claude and Gemini | 46.2% |
Questions where both engines named a business, by whether they named the same one first.
Overlap
52.3% of the businesses named for a question came from one engine only
For each question we pooled every business any engine named: 488 in all. 97 of them were named by all three engines.
How many engines named each business, question by question
| Share of businesses named | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| Named by one engine only | 52.3% | 255 of 488 |
| Named by two engines | 27.9% | 136 of 488 |
| Named by all three engines | 19.9% | 97 of 488 |
Share of the 488 businesses named across the 40 questions, counting a business once per question. Source: Rank.ai, answers recorded September 25, 2026. Download the data.
| Market | Businesses named | Named by one engine only |
|---|---|---|
| Dentists | 76 | |
| Injury lawyers | 46 | |
| Plumbers | 59 | |
| Med spas | 63 | |
| HVAC | 49 |
Businesses named: every business any engine named across the market's 8 questions. Named by one engine only: of each question's businesses, the share only one engine named. Recorded September 25, 2026.
Sources
70.1% of the pages the answers cited were on business websites
yelp.com was the most cited single site, with 84 of 829 citations, then reddit.com with 44. The answers cited 213 different sites.
What the answers cited, by type of site
| Share of citations | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| Business websites | 70.1% | 581 of 829 |
| Review sites and directories | 20.4% | 169 of 829 |
| Reddit and social media | 8.0% | 66 of 829 |
| News and magazines | 1.6% | 13 of 829 |
Share of the 829 pages the 120 answers cited, grouped by the site each page is on. Source: Rank.ai, answers recorded September 25, 2026. Download every site.
| # | Site | Type | Citations | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yelp.com | Directory | 84 | 10.1% |
| 2 | reddit.com | Social | 44 | 5.3% |
| 3 | angi.com | Directory | 23 | 2.8% |
| 4 | facebook.com | Social | 19 | 2.3% |
| 5 | vivadayspa.com | Business site | 19 | 2.3% |
| 6 | abacusplumbing.com | Business site | 16 | 1.9% |
| 7 | personalinjurylawyersaustintx.com | Business site | 15 | 1.8% |
| 8 | skinenvyaustin.com | Business site | 14 | 1.7% |
| 9 | westlakedermatology.com | Business site | 14 | 1.7% |
| 10 | goettl.com | Business site | 13 | 1.6% |
The 10 most cited sites across all 120 answers. Recorded September 25, 2026.
Every question
The business each engine named first, for all 40 questions
Names are as each answer wrote them. A business can rank first in one engine and go unnamed in another.
| Question | Market | ChatGPT | Claude | Gemini | Named first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| best dentist in Austin | Dentists | Kunik Orthodontics | Toothbar | Dr. John Baines | All different |
| best family dentist in Austin | Dentists | ATX Family Dental | Forest Family Dentistry | Forest Family Dentistry | Two of three |
| best cosmetic dentist in Austin | Dentists | Dr. Annalisa Heck | Austin Dental Spa | Austin Dental Spa | Two of three |
| emergency dentist in Austin open today | Dentists | Emergency Dentist of Austin | Emergency Dentist of Austin | Emergency Dentist of Austin | All three |
| best Invisalign dentist in Austin | Dentists | Tomblyn Family Orthodontics | Breeze Dental Care | Tomblyn Family Orthodontics | Two of three |
| best pediatric dentist in Austin | Dentists | Central Park Pediatric Dentistry | Dentalsaurus Pediatric Dental | Jensen Pediatric Dentistry | All different |
| affordable dental implants in Austin | Dentists | Aspire Dental | South Austin Dental Associates | Affordable Dentures & Implants | All different |
| best dentist in North Austin | Dentists | Tech Ridge Dental | North Austin Dentistry | North Austin Dentistry | Two of three |
| best personal injury lawyer in Austin | Injury lawyers | Loewy Law Firm | Loewy Law Firm | Loewy Law Firm | All three |
| best car accident lawyer in Austin | Injury lawyers | Loewy Law Firm | Ben Crump Law | Loewy Law Firm | Two of three |
| best truck accident attorney in Austin | Injury lawyers | Zinda Law Group | Zinda Law Group | Zinda Law Group | All three |
| top rated injury attorney in Austin | Injury lawyers | Loewy Law Firm | Joe Lopez Law | Loewy Law Firm | Two of three |
| best motorcycle accident lawyer in Austin | Injury lawyers | FVF Law Firm | Glen Larson Law | Glen Larson Law | Two of three |
| best slip and fall lawyer in Austin | Injury lawyers | Loewy Law Firm | Loewy Law Firm | Loewy Law Firm | All three |
| personal injury lawyer in Austin with a free consultation | Injury lawyers | Loewy Law Firm | Loewy Law Firm | Loewy Law Firm | All three |
| best wrongful death attorney in Austin | Injury lawyers | Howry, Breen & Herman | Cofer & Connelly | Howry, Breen & Herman | Two of three |
| best plumber in Austin | Plumbers | Blue Dragon Plumbing | Austin's Best Plumbing | Austin's Best Plumbing | Two of three |
| emergency plumber in Austin open 24 hours | Plumbers | Abacus Plumbing | Abacus Plumbing | Abacus Plumbing | All three |
| best water heater repair in Austin | Plumbers | Goettl | Stan's Heating, Air, Plumbing & Electrical | Stan's Heating, Air, Plumbing & Electrical | Two of three |
| best drain cleaning service in Austin | Plumbers | Abacus Plumbing | Rooterman Plumbing | Abacus Plumbing | Two of three |
| best plumbing company in Austin | Plumbers | Cold Is On The Right Plumbing & Air | Cold Is On The Right Plumbing & Air | Austin Area Plumbing | Two of three |
| slab leak repair in Austin | Plumbers | Abacus Plumbing | Stan's Heating, Air, Plumbing & Electrical | Abacus Plumbing | Two of three |
| affordable plumber in Austin | Plumbers | 1-800-Plumber + Air | Affordable Plumbing Austin | No business named | All different |
| best plumber in Round Rock | Plumbers | Benjamin Franklin Plumbing | Benjamin Franklin Plumbing | Goettl | Two of three |
| best med spa in Austin | Med spas | Viva Day Spa + Med Spa | Glo Med Spa | Viva Day Spa + Med Spa | Two of three |
| best Botox in Austin | Med spas | Westlake Dermatology | Westlake Dermatology | Westlake Dermatology | All three |
| best laser hair removal in Austin | Med spas | Westlake Dermatology | Westlake Dermatology | BestLaser Austin | Two of three |
| best lip filler in Austin | Med spas | Maui MedSpa | Lips By Sivan | The Injection Room | All different |
| best HydraFacial in Austin | Med spas | Viva Day Spa + Med Spa | Viva Day Spa + Med Spa | Viva Day Spa + Med Spa | All three |
| best med spa for skin tightening in Austin | Med spas | Viva Day Spa + Med Spa | Skin Envy Austin | Grace MedSpa | All different |
| best CoolSculpting in Austin | Med spas | Westlake Dermatology | Westlake Dermatology | Westlake Dermatology | All three |
| top rated med spa in Austin | Med spas | Rejuvenate Austin | Glo Med Spa | Rejuvenate Austin | Two of three |
| best HVAC company in Austin | HVAC | The Chill Brothers | Greg's Heating and Air | The Chill Brothers | Two of three |
| best AC repair in Austin | HVAC | ACSACATX | Radiant Plumbing & Air Conditioning | Radiant Plumbing & Air Conditioning | Two of three |
| emergency AC repair in Austin | HVAC | Abacus Plumbing, Air Conditioning & Electrical | Efficient Texas | Abacus Plumbing, Air Conditioning & Electrical | Two of three |
| best furnace repair in Austin | HVAC | The Chill Brothers | Greg's Heating and Air | Greg's Heating and Air | Two of three |
| best HVAC installation in Austin | HVAC | The Chill Brothers | The Chill Brothers | Service Wizard | Two of three |
| best air conditioning company in Austin | HVAC | The Chill Brothers | The Chill Brothers | Greg's Heating and Air | Two of three |
| affordable AC repair in Austin | HVAC | Goettl | ABA Austin | A-Plus Air Conditioning & Home Solutions | All different |
| best HVAC company in Round Rock | HVAC | Aire Serv of Central and North Austin | Koala Cooling & Plumbing | Koala Cooling & Plumbing | Two of three |
Each question asked once of each engine on September 25, 2026, in Austin, Texas.
Method
How we measured it
The questions
40 questions, 8 for each of 5 local markets in Austin, Texas: dentists, personal injury lawyers, plumbers, med spas and HVAC companies. Each is written the way people ask, such as “best dentist in Austin” or “emergency plumber in Austin open 24 hours”. Three name a part of the metro: North Austin, and Round Rock twice.
The engines
ChatGPT (OpenAI gpt-4o-mini), Claude (Anthropic claude-haiku-4-5) and Gemini (Google gemini-2.5-flash), each asked through its API with web search on, through Rank.ai’s own pipeline. All three used the same search tool (Google’s top 10 results, with the text of the top pages) and wrote their own searches, up to two per answer. These are the models behind the apps with search on; the consumer apps can answer differently, and answers vary by person and by day.
When
Once, on September 25, 2026 (03:11 UTC): one answer per engine per question, 120 answers in all. 119 of them named at least one business.
What we counted
- Businesses named. Read from each answer’s text, then merged by name and by website, so “Viva Day Spa” and “Viva Day Spa + Med Spa” are one business.
- Named first. The named business whose name appears earliest in the answer. All 120 answers were checked by hand.
- Overlap. For each question, every business any engine named, counted by how many of the three engines named it.
- Sources. Every page an answer cited, grouped by its site. Review sites and directories (Yelp, Angi, Zocdoc, Justia and others), Reddit and social media, and news and magazines are listed site by site in the sources CSV; every other site is a business’s own website.
Limits
One city, 40 questions and one answer per engine per question. Asked again, an engine can name a different business first, so read the shares as a picture of one day. A business an answer names two ways can count twice: Gemini named “Dr. John Baines”, a dentist Claude placed at Walton Family Dentistry.
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