When someone asks AI for the best in your business — does your name come up?

More customers than ever are asking ChatGPT and Google's AI "who's the best near me." Most local businesses have no idea whether they show up. Find out in three minutes — free.

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What changed — in about a year

Your customers stopped just Googling

They used to ask a neighbor, then they Googled. Now, more and more, they ask an AI assistant — and they call whoever it names.

6% → 45%

Consumers using AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity to find local businesses jumped from 6% to 45% in a single year — now the #3 way people find local businesses.

BrightLocal, 2026

83% → 71%

Google's own share of local-business discovery fell in just twelve months.

BrightLocal, 2026

Home & trade

The higher-consideration jobs people research before they call are leading the shift. Exactly your customers.

Industry data, 2026

Here's the uncomfortable part

AI names very few businesses — probably not yours

1.2%

A study of 350,000+ business locations found ChatGPT currently recommends just 1.2% of local businesses.

SOCi Local Visibility Index, 2026

35%

Only 35% of small businesses have a complete Google Business Profile — the exact data AI pulls from to answer these questions.

BrightLocal, 2026

Being great at your trade doesn't help here. AI can't recommend what it can't find.

Why now — not next year

The businesses that get found first become the default answer

The door is barely open, and that's the opportunity. Once a competitor is the name AI keeps giving, it's a lot harder to take that spot back. The same shift is happening with reviews — which now feed both Google and AI.

97%

of people read reviews before choosing a local business.

BrightLocal, 2026

74%

only trust reviews from the last three months. A great reputation from two years ago no longer counts.

BrightLocal, 2026

Most businesses are one or two fixable things away from showing up. They just don't know which.

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Two scores. Your two biggest fixes.

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In about three minutes, see how findable you are on Google and Maps, and how likely ChatGPT and other assistants are to name you. Then get your two biggest fixes — free, whether you do them yourself or have us handle everything.

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