How often AI search engines name plumbing contractors in Chicago when homeowners ask for recommendations. 0% nationwide are invisible. Chicago is no exception.
Full leaderboard for Plumbing in Chicago publishes 2026-06-03. Run your own audit below to see where you stand against the index.
When a Chicago homeowner asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Gemini "best plumbing near me", the engine names 3 to 5 specific companies. The companies on the leaderboard above are the ones being named. Everyone else is invisible to that query.
The gap is almost entirely mechanical: schema markup, citation density in local trade directories, structured content on the site, and presence in Reddit + Quora threads for Chicago service queries.
The full national benchmark covers 100+ companies across HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and roofing. See the full report for trend data back to 2024 and the strongest score predictors.
Part of The 2026 AI Visibility Index for Trade Contractors. Next refresh: 2026-09-03.