What AI engines actually recommend
for Asheville HVAC
We probed 4 AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini) with 15 real customer-search queries about Asheville hvac. 11 unique businesses were named across the answers. Engine coverage (% of queries that returned a specific recommendation): Perplexity 100% · ChatGPT 100% · Claude 100% · Gemini 100%. Most-cited business: Gentry Service Group (46 citations across 4 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
11 businesses named across 15 queries| Rank | Property | ChatGPT | Claude | Perplexity | Gemini | Total | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gentry Service Group | 6 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 46 | 100 |
| 2 | The Chill Brothers | 3 | 13 | · | 11 | 27 | 65 |
| 3 | Prime Heating & Cooling of WNC | 5 | 12 | · | 6 | 23 | 60 |
| 4 | Quality Comfort HVAC | 13 | 14 | · | · | 27 | 55 |
| 5 | Alpine Air Heating & Cooling | 1 | 11 | · | 7 | 19 | 55 |
| 6 | White & Williams Co., Inc. | · | · | 15 | · | 15 | 30 |
| 7 | Quality Comfort Heating & Cooling | · | · | 15 | · | 15 | 30 |
| 8 | MB Haynes | · | · | 15 | · | 15 | 30 |
| 9 | Mountain Heating & Cooling | · | · | 14 | · | 14 | 28 |
| 10 | American Air | · | · | · | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 11 | Mountain Air Mechanical Contractors | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 11 |
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 5, 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.