AI visibility for local business

Someone near you just asked an AI who to hire. Were you the name it gave?

Q: Which AI are you checking?

Right now we query Perplexity's live, web-grounded AI — the kind that searches the web and names a few local companies, the same way the popular assistants do. It's a strong read on where you stand. We're adding direct checks of more assistants over time. If you also give us your website, we look at what your homepage actually exposes (structured details, Q&A content) so the reasons we give you are real, not generic.

When someone asks ChatGPT or Google's AI for the best plumber, dentist, or accountant in their area, it answers with two or three names. If your business isn't one of them, you don't get the call, and nothing tells you it happened.

Check your business

Free, no account, about 20 seconds.

Business name

Trade

City and state

Website — optional; if you add it, we'll look at your site too, not just what AI says

We ask the AI the way a customer would, then look for you. Answers shift and aren't a guarantee — this is a snapshot of what they say right now.

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Here's where you stand

What we asked — and whether AI named you

Who the AI named instead

Why — and what to fix first

Get the full report

The full report shows why AI names competitors instead of you — and exactly how to climb: your Google Business Profile gap, the trusted directories citing them but not you, your website, speed and AI-crawler fixes, and one prioritized action plan. Measured rigorously across the major AI assistants, several times over — an unbiased, third-party read. Private page + PDF. $29, one time.

Get the full report — $29

Secure checkout by Stripe. We email your private report link within a few hours.

Or get the free site-fix breakdown

We'll email the questions we ran, who AI named instead, and the first on-site fixes to check. It is useful, but it does not include the competitor citation map, GBP comparison, PageSpeed data, or private report page.

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How it works

One check, in plain English

Step 1

We ask like a customer

"Best roofer in Dallas," "electrician near me" — the questions people actually type into AI.

Step 2

We read the answer

We look for your business in what the AI says, and note which companies it named instead.

Step 3

You get the fixes

The reasons you're missing and what to change first. The full report names the exact sources to fix and how.

Why it matters

The shortlist got shorter

10+ blue links on a Google results page

Every business on the page had a shot at the click. Rank fifth and you still got found.

2–3 names in an AI answer

The assistant names a couple of businesses and stops. No ranking to climb, no traffic dip to notice, no sign at all that you were skipped.

A customer asks, hears three names, and calls one. If it wasn't you, you never knew you were in the running. That's the gap the check closes.

We measured it

We don't guess. We publish the data.

award-listed businesses checked in our national studies

US cities, from San Diego to Charlotte

were never named by AI at all — not in a single answer

The method is public and repeatable: real customer questions, asked multiple times, every answer recorded. Run it yourself with the guide, or read the studies:

Plumbers: 8 cities, 53% invisible Including Denver's most-reviewed shop — 3,300 reviews, named zero times.
Dentists: 6 cities, 49% invisible The pattern replicates across trades.
Check it yourself, by hand — the guide Free, about 15 minutes, no tools needed.

Who's behind this

A small shop, not a platform

NamedLocal is a small, independent operation, not a national platform or a call center. I built the check because local businesses get skipped by AI with no warning and no dashboard to catch it. If you have us handle the fixes, you get the work done and a weekly re-check, with plain reporting and no lock-in. And if AI already names you, I'll say so. I'm not going to sell you a problem you don't have.

Questions before you start? Email me directly at jeff@namedlocal.com — a real person reads it.

Questions

Straight answers

Isn't my business already in there automatically?

Being known to the AI isn't the same as being recommended. It only names a couple of companies per question and picks them on how clear and trusted your information is. Most local businesses get left out. The check shows you exactly where you land.

Can you promise I'll be the one it recommends?

No, and anyone who promises that is selling you something. The answers aren't fixed. What we do is measure where you stand, make the changes that improve your odds, and keep an eye on it so you know when things move.

Which AI are you checking?

The free check asks Google's AI — the Gemini model behind the AI answers at the top of a Google search, which is where most local customers meet AI first. The paid report also runs ChatGPT and Perplexity, several times each, so you see where you stand across the assistants people actually use. If you also give us your website, we look at what your homepage exposes (structured details, Q&A content) so the reasons we give you are real, not generic.

Will these fixes still matter if AI search changes?

Yes. The fixes are fundamentals — accurate listings, structured details, real reviews, a site that's easy to read — the same things that help you in ordinary Google Search and Maps, not tricks aimed at one assistant. If the AI answers shift next year, you've still made your business easier to find everywhere. That's also why the report is a one-time $29 with no retainer: you own the work, not a subscription to us.

What does it cost?

The check is free. The full report — the exact sources naming your competitors instead of you, the specific fixes, as a private page and PDF — is $29, one time. Most local businesses pay more than that for a single lead.