How often AI search engines name plumbing contractors in Houston when homeowners ask for recommendations. 0% nationwide are invisible. Houston is no exception.
Full leaderboard for Plumbing in Houston publishes 2026-06-03. Run your own audit below to see where you stand against the index.
When a Houston 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 Houston 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.