AI Visibility Index · Orlando, FL

It's 8 PM on a Thursday in Winter Park. A homeowner's breaker box trips for the third time in two weeks. She opens ChatGPT on her phone and types: "best electrician in Orlando who can come out tomorrow."

ChatGPT returns three names. None of them are yours.

This exact scenario is happening hundreds of times per week in the Orlando area. Homeowners stopped calling Google. They started asking AI. And 87% of electrical contractors are not showing up in those answers.

Why Orlando Electricians Get Missed

Orlando's specific problem is worse than most markets. The city is growing fast, which means constant new construction, renovating 1970s-1990s residential stock with outdated electrical systems, and seasonal surges when snowbirds return and discover problems after months away. Every one of those situations starts with an AI search, not a Google search.

The local HVAC and plumbing trades saw this shift first. But electricians are invisible even longer because:

• Most electrical contractors have zero schema markup. No structured data on their site telling ChatGPT they exist.
• Trade-specific directory presence is lower for electricians than HVAC. NECA directories are membership-locked and non-SEO-friendly.
• Google Business Profile claims are incomplete. Missing service categories, hours, or service-area polygons.
• Blog content is almost non-existent. AI engines rank recent content heavily. Most electrical contractor sites were built in 2015 and never touched again.
• Reviews mentioning specific services ("breaker box upgrade", "whole-house rewire", "generator install") are rare. Generic "great service" reviews don't feed AI models.

This is Orlando-specific because the market is fragmented. You have national franchises (Mr. Electric, Greensky), mid-size locals with strong reputations, and solo operators. The national franchises are already visible. The locals are fighting blind.

What the Data Shows

We ran audits on 137 electrical contractors across 15 US markets, including Orlando area contractors. The results are stark:

• Median AI visibility score: 32 out of 100. That is the middle contractor. Half are worse.
• Top performers score 79. The gap between median and top is 47 points.
• 47-point gap = $5k-$20k per month in lost revenue. Conservative math: a visible contractor captures 3-5 more AI-referred calls per month. Average ticket for electrical work is $1,200-$2,500. At 30% close rate, that is $1,080-$3,750 per month at the low end.

For a typical Orlando electrical contractor running $300k-$800k annual revenue, being invisible to AI costs roughly 8-25% of annual profit.

The tool we built (Mentioned) tracks four AI engines: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini. We re-run the audits monthly because visibility changes fast. Most contractors have no idea where they stand because nobody is tracking this.

What to Do About It

Three tactical moves move the needle fastest:

1. Add schema markup to your site. Add `Electrician` schema to your homepage and every service page. Include your NAP (name, address, phone), service area (zip codes or polygon), aggregate rating, and service types offered (residential wiring, generator install, breaker upgrade, etc.). This takes 2 hours and costs nothing. ChatGPT and Gemini weight this heavily.

2. Claim and fully build your Google Business Profile. If you have not touched your GBP in 2+ years, you are invisible. Add photos of your van, your team, and actual completed jobs. List every service category that applies. Set your service area to the cities and zip codes you actually serve. This matters for Gemini specifically, which pulls 60% of its data from Google.

3. Publish service guides that answer real questions homeowners ask. "Should I upgrade my 50-year-old breaker box?" "How much does it cost to add a new circuit?" "What is the difference between a generator and a portable power station?" One blog post per month beats zero. AI engines weight recency. A site with fresh content from 2026 outranks a site with 100 posts from 2015.

All three of these moves are executable in 30 days with no paid ads, no SEO agency, no complex setup. The contractors scoring 70+ in our 137-contractor audit did exactly this.

Your Move

The founder cohort for Mentioned closes July 4. Early pricing is $297 per month or $1,497 lifetime access. That covers unlimited monthly AI visibility audits, monthly score tracking, and specific fix recommendations ranked by impact.

But first, run the free 90-second audit at mentionedinai.com. Enter your business name, Orlando, and electrical. You get a score and a 5-page PDF showing where you stand versus competitors in your market.

No credit card. No sales call. Just the truth about whether AI knows you exist.

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