When AI gets asked, this business is THE answer.
Client anonymized at their request. Largest share of category mentions in its market, and named first in 64% of the AI answers that mention it.
Not just mentioned. Recommended first.
A recreational storage business in a crowded metro market. It holds the largest share of category mentions of any name in its market, and in 64% of the AI answers that name it, it is the answer rather than one option on a list. Measured over four and a half months, not one good week.
Growth tracker
Share of category mentions vs competition
- This client34.5%
- Competitor A22.8%
- Competitor B14.7%
- Competitor C12.7%
- Competitor D12.5%
- Competitor E2.8%
The question shapes it wins
The real questions stay private at the client's request. The shapes do not, and the shape is the transferable part: these are the questions a buyer asks when they are close to choosing.
[service] near [major local landmark]
The highest-intent shape there is. Someone naming a landmark already knows where they need to be.
[service] in [city], [state]
The plain category search, and the one with the most competitors fighting over it.
Where should I [do the thing] near [city]?
A full spoken question. This is the shape that grows as people talk to AI instead of typing at it.
AI search wins
7 / 11
questions where ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Perplexity names this business, in the most recent audit
Google wins
7 / 11
questions where this business ranks on page 1, at an average position of #2.0
Measured weekly across five engines from 28 April to 14 September 2026, on non-branded questions only. Questions carrying the business's own name are excluded, because winning those proves nothing. One comparison question has never gone its way, and that is left in the data rather than trimmed out of it.
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