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RESEARCH REPORTApril 2026

Florida Electrician AI Visibility Study

A 34-point gap between Miami and West Palm Beach. The widest city spread of any industry studied.

Last updated: April 2026

650

AI Queries Tested

10

Florida Metro Areas

5

AI Platforms Analyzed

0

Electricians on All 5

Study scope

600

AI queries tested

Across 5 electrical specialties: general electrician, emergency, contractor, lighting installation, panel upgrade

10

Florida metro areas

Miami, Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville, Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Naples, Sarasota, Tallahassee, St. Pete

5

AI platforms tested

ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Claude

12

Queries per city/specialty

3 query types per specialty: best in city, need one taking customers, top rated with reviews

Key findings

Executive summary from the full report. No email required.

  • AI does recommend electricians by name. 75.8% of queries returned specific local electrician names. But that means 24.2% of the time, someone asking AI for an electrician got no specific recommendation at all.
  • Nearly every electrician appeared on only one platform. 97.7% of the 1,646 electricians recommended showed up on just a single AI tool. Not one electrician appeared on all five platforms.
  • ChatGPT names someone every single time. 100% response rate from ChatGPT vs. just 38% from Google AI Overviews. The gap between platforms is enormous.
  • Google AI Overviews barely trigger for electrical queries. Only 38% of Google searches for electricians showed an AI answer. But panel upgrade queries triggered AI Overviews 67% of the time, more than double the rate for general electrician queries.
  • AI platforms do not agree on who to recommend. The highest agreement between any two platforms was 16.2% (Perplexity and Claude). ChatGPT agreed with no other platform on a single recommendation.
  • Independents dominate completely. Franchises like Mr. Electric and Mister Sparky account for only 3.8% of AI recommendations. 96.2% are independent electricians.
  • Miami leads. West Palm Beach trails. A-Response Rates range from 90.7% in Miami to 56.7% in West Palm Beach, a 34-point gap that is the widest city spread of any industry we have studied.
  • Angi is the dominant citation source. Angi was cited in 198 queries, followed by Yelp at 170. Together they account for the majority of AI source data for electricians.

Platform comparison

How often each AI platform named specific local dental practices (A-response rate).

ChatGPT100%

150/150 queries returned local practice names

Claude98%

49/50 queries returned local practice names

Gemini93.3%

140/150 queries returned local practice names

Perplexity64.7%

97/150 queries returned local practice names

Google AI Overview38%

57/150 queries returned local practice names

The bottom line

If your electrical business only shows up on Google, you are invisible on 4 out of 5 AI platforms where customers are already searching. And the platforms that do find you almost certainly disagree on whether to recommend you.

Cite this research

Valero, A. (April 2026). Florida Electrician AI Visibility Study. Local Vitals. getlocalvitals.com/research/florida-electrician-ai-visibility

This research is published under CC BY-NC 4.0. You may cite and reference this data with attribution.

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About this study

650 queries were run across ChatGPT (GPT-4o with search), Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, and Claude during April 2026. Queries covered 10 Florida metro areas and 5 electrical specialties. Every response was coded by type (local business named, general advice, franchise only, platform referral, or not triggered). No sponsored placements or paid tools were used. Full methodology is included in the report.

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