What AI engines actually recommend
for San Diego HVAC
We probed 4 AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini) with 10 real customer-search queries about San Diego hvac. 9 unique businesses were named across the answers. Engine coverage (% of queries that returned a specific recommendation): Perplexity 100% · ChatGPT 0% · Claude 0% · Gemini 0%. Most-cited business: Carini Home Services (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
9 businesses named across 10 queries| Rank | Property | ChatGPT | Claude | Perplexity | Gemini | Total | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carini Home Services | · | · | 10 | · | 10 | 100 |
| 2 | Guthrie & Sons Heating, Air & Solar | · | · | 10 | · | 10 | 100 |
| 3 | Sterling Mechanical | · | · | 9 | · | 9 | 94 |
| 4 | Climate Pros SD | · | · | 6 | · | 6 | 76 |
| 5 | JPM Heating & Air | · | · | 6 | · | 6 | 76 |
| 6 | Sky Clean Air | · | · | 3 | · | 3 | 58 |
| 7 | PR Wave Mechanical | · | · | 3 | · | 3 | 58 |
| 8 | West Coast Heating, Air Conditioning, and Solar | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | 52 |
| 9 | Same Day HVAC | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 46 |
Total = sum of citations across all engines × all queries. Score = density-weighted with cross-engine consensus.
Per-query breakdown
click any row to read what each AI actually saidOther"best HVAC company in San Diego"0 engines
Other"emergency AC repair in San Diego same day"0 engines
Other"heat pump installation in San Diego with rebates"0 engines
Other"top rated furnace replacement contractor in San Diego"0 engines
Other"San Diego HVAC maintenance plan recommendations"0 engines
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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.