What AI engines actually recommend
for Birmingham HVAC
We probed 4 AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini) with 10 real customer-search queries about Birmingham hvac. 18 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: Cool Breeze, Inc. (10 citations across 1 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
18 businesses named across 10 queries| Rank | Property | ChatGPT | Claude | Perplexity | Gemini | Total | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cool Breeze, Inc. | · | · | 10 | · | 10 | 80 |
| 2 | Skelton's Heating, Cooling & Plumbing | · | · | 9 | · | 9 | 74 |
| 3 | Happeez HVAC | · | · | · | 8 | 8 | 68 |
| 4 | W.C. Wright And Son, Inc. | · | · | · | 7 | 7 | 62 |
| 5 | SimpliComfort LLC | · | · | 6 | · | 6 | 56 |
| 6 | Service Experts Birmingham | · | · | · | 6 | 6 | 56 |
| 7 | Capital Comfort Services | · | · | 5 | · | 5 | 50 |
| 8 | Grissom Brother Service Company | · | · | · | 5 | 5 | 50 |
| 9 | Wilbur's Air Conditioning, Heating & Plumbing | · | · | 4 | · | 4 | 44 |
| 10 | HVAC Home Pros | · | · | 3 | · | 3 | 38 |
| 11 | Plus One Heating and Air | · | · | 3 | · | 3 | 38 |
| 12 | Emergency Acre Repair Service | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | 32 |
| 13 | Aux Home Services | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | 32 |
| 14 | Xcalibur Services | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | 32 |
| 15 | Polar Bear Services Co. | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 26 |
| 16 | Grissom Brother Service Co | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 26 |
| 17 | Anova Contractors | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 26 |
| 18 | Aire Serv | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 26 |
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.