What AI engines actually recommend
for Albany HVAC
We probed 4 AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini) with 10 real customer-search queries about Albany hvac. 15 unique businesses were named across the answers. Engine coverage (% of queries that returned a specific recommendation): Perplexity 100% · ChatGPT 0% · Claude 0% · Gemini 100%. Most-cited business: Northeast Heating, Cooling & Refrigeration (11 citations across 2 engines). Below is the live data — every number is computed from the AI answers shown in the per-query breakdown.
Engine coverage
% of queries where the engine returned a specific business name (not just “search Booking.com” or a refusal).
Top 3 — who wins this market
Most-cited businesses
15 businesses named across 10 queries| Rank | Property | ChatGPT | Claude | Perplexity | Gemini | Total | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northeast Heating, Cooling & Refrigeration | · | · | 9 | 2 | 11 | 100 |
| 2 | ALJ Heating & Cooling | · | · | · | 9 | 9 | 69 |
| 3 | Albany Mechanical Services Inc. | · | · | · | 8 | 8 | 64 |
| 4 | Adams Heating & Cooling Co. | · | · | 8 | · | 8 | 64 |
| 5 | One Hour® of Albany | · | · | · | 7 | 7 | 58 |
| 6 | Galaxy Heating & Air Conditioning | · | · | 6 | · | 6 | 53 |
| 7 | Albany Mechanical Services | · | · | 5 | · | 5 | 47 |
| 8 | Walters Company Air Conditioning | · | · | 4 | · | 4 | 42 |
| 9 | Family Danz | · | · | 4 | · | 4 | 42 |
| 10 | Albany HVAC Pros | · | · | 4 | · | 4 | 42 |
| 11 | Crisafulli Bros. | · | · | 3 | · | 3 | 36 |
| 12 | Roland J. Down Service Experts | · | · | 3 | · | 3 | 36 |
| 13 | Birchfield Heating and Air Conditioning | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | 31 |
| 14 | Bourque Mechanical Systems | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 25 |
| 15 | Pace Heating & Air | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 25 |
Total = sum of citations across all engines × all queries. Score = density-weighted with cross-engine consensus.
Per-query breakdown
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Data snapshot generated July 6, 2026. Refreshed weekly. findloc.ai is independent — we are not affiliated with OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity or Google. AI engine answers shown are quoted verbatim from public API responses and may change between snapshots.