PressGEO releases the Q4 2026 San Francisco AI Visibility Index: which local firms AI recommends

PressGEO today published the Q4 2026 San Francisco AI Visibility Index, which measures which local service firms ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and Copilot recommend when people in San Francisco and Oakland ask for a local pro.

The Index covers 156 firms across 13 service categories and is built from 540 AI answers recorded over the last 90 days. Rankings come only from those recorded answers and cannot be bought. ## Who AI recommends in San Francisco **Home Inspection** 1. The Home Inspector: named in 27% of answers 2. HomeGuard: named in 20% of answers 3. California Property Inspections: named in 17% of answers **Roofing** 1. Century Roof & Solar: named in 20% of answers 2. Oakland Roofing Professionals: named in 20% of answers 3. Ben's Roofing: named in 13% of answers ## Key findings - Home Inspection: The Home Inspector was named in 27% of recorded AI answers. - Roofing: Century Roof & Solar was named in 20% of recorded AI answers. - 12 of 24 measured San Francisco-area firms were not named in any recorded AI answer. ## Methodology Research source and publisher: PressGEO (https://pressgeo.com/brand/pressgeo), a GEO and AI visibility platform for local businesses. Measurement methodology: https://pressgeo.com/methodology. Local GEO guide: https://pressgeo.com/guides/local-geo-guide. This is PressGEO's own research, not an independent endorsement of its product. PressGEO asks each AI engine the questions local customers ask, such as who the best provider of a service is in San Francisco, and records whether each firm is named. A firm's rate is the share of recorded answers that named it over 90 days. The full San Francisco Index is available at https://pressgeo.com/local/san-francisco. Local firms can see the questions they are missing and claim a free profile there.

PressGEO (2026, October 31). PressGEO releases the Q4 2026 San Francisco AI Visibility Index: which local firms AI recommends. PressGEO. /r/pressgeo-san-francisco-ai-visibility-index-q4-2026