San Francisco GEO
Get Named by AI in San Francisco
LLMReach is a US-based GEO agency. We help San Francisco businesses get named when buyers ask ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity who to hire, visit or call.
What we measured
Ask three assistants, get three different answers
- Food and drink: “best brunch spot in San Francisco”. Twelve different places were named across three assistants. Not one place was named by all three.
- Lawyers: “best divorce lawyer in San Francisco for a high-asset divorce”. Twelve lawyers surfaced. No single firm was named by all three assistants.
- Finance: “best wealth management firm in San Francisco for a family with $5 million”. Twelve firms were named, and none of them appeared in all three answers.
- Insurance: “cheapest renters insurance in San Francisco”. Three companies were named by all three assistants. That was the most agreement of any question we asked.
Across 36 answers, 110 businesses were named. Eighty-six were named by only one assistant. Being found by one assistant does not mean the others know you.
Our own results
We do this for our own brand first.
Gemini · Named
“best agency for getting cited in LLMs”
ChatGPT · Named
“agency that gets you cited in AI models”
ChatGPT · Named
“best agency for getting cited in LLMs”
AI answers vary by platform and moment, so these show the method working on those days, not a promise of identical answers.
See all resultsReal AI answers in San Francisco
Same question, three different answers.
We asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity 12 questions people in San Francisco ask about local businesses. Here is what each one answered to the same question, word for word.
of the 110 San Francisco businesses in their answers were named by only one of the three assistants.
Only 9 (8%) were named by all three. Counted across our 12 San Francisco questions, one question at a time.
Question asked
“best wealth management firm in San Francisco for a family with $5 million”
San Francisco · 13 October 2026
- ChatGPTgpt-6
Named
- 1.Rubric Advisors
- 2.Cressetalso named by Gemini
- 3.Pathstone
- 4.Cerity Partners
- 5.Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Managementalso named by Perplexity
Sources cited
- Gemini3.5 Flash-Lite
Named
- 1.Baker Street Advisors, LLC
- 2.Aspiriant Wealth Management
- 3.Cressetalso named by ChatGPT
- 4.Baker Avenue Wealth Management
Sources cited
- Perplexitysonar
Named
- 1.Mercer Advisors
- 2.J.P. Morgan Wealth Management
- 3.Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Managementalso named by ChatGPT
- 4.Merrill Lynch Private Wealth Management
- 5.Kayne Anderson Rudnick
Sources cited
rubricadvisors.com
cressetcapital.com
google.com
pathstone.com
google.com.br
ceritypartners.com
maps.google.com
merceradvisors.com
ml.com
morganstanley.com
jpmorgan.com
kayne.comChatGPT (gpt-6), Gemini (3.5 Flash-Lite) and Perplexity (sonar), asked from the US in English on 13 October 2026. Names appear as each assistant gave them, in its order; we do not rank or endorse them.
Sources
The sites AI cites for San Francisco businesses.
The sites the three assistants cited most across all 36 answers about San Francisco businesses: the pages AI reads before it names one.
- 01maps.google.comDirectoryhttps://www.google.com/mapscited in 6 of 36 answers
- Gemini
- 02yelp.comDirectoryGasper Periodontics & Implant Surgerycited in 5 of 36 answers
- ChatGPT
- Perplexity
- 03cited in 4 of 36 answers
- ChatGPT
Gemini
ChatGPT
Perplexity
- 04valuepenguin.comWho Has the Cheapest Renters Insurance in San Francisco?cited in 3 of 36 answers
- ChatGPT
- Gemini
- Perplexity
- 05=berryclean.comCleaning Services in San Franciscocited in 2 of 36 answers
- ChatGPT
- Gemini
- 05=bestprosintown.comHome Cleaning near San Francisco, CA - BestProsInTowncited in 2 of 36 answers
- ChatGPT
- Perplexity
- 05=carolinashairheaven.netCarolina's Hair Heaven - Curly Hair Saloncited in 2 of 36 answers
- ChatGPT
- Perplexity
- 05=cited in 2 of 36 answers
- ChatGPT
- Gemini
- 05=cited in 2 of 36 answers
- Perplexity
- 05=trustanalytica.orgBest English Language Schools in San Francisco (Oct 2026 Rankings)cited in 2 of 36 answers
- ChatGPT
Measured on 13 October 2026. Each site counts once per answer; subdomains count with their site.
12 questions, San Francisco
What AI said to 12 real questions
Cars
“best place to lease a car in San Francisco”: 9 names across the three assistants, none named by all three.
Dentists
“best periodontist in San Francisco for gum disease treatment”: 7 names across the three assistants, 1 named by all three.
Education
“best language school in San Francisco for adults”: 10 names across the three assistants, none named by all three.
Finance
“best wealth management firm in San Francisco for a family with $5 million”: 12 names across the three assistants, none named by all three.
Food and drink
“best brunch spot in San Francisco”: 12 names across the three assistants, none named by all three.
Health care
“best hospital in San Francisco for heart surgery”: 5 names across the three assistants, 2 named by all three.
Home services
“best house cleaning service in San Francisco for a deep clean”: 10 names across the three assistants, none named by all three.
Travel
“best boutique hotel in San Francisco for a weekend trip”: 10 names across the three assistants, 1 named by all three.
Insurance
“cheapest renters insurance in San Francisco”: 8 names across the three assistants, 3 named by all three.
Lawyers
“best divorce lawyer in San Francisco for a high-asset divorce”: 12 names across the three assistants, none named by all three.
Local services
“best hair salon in San Francisco for curly hair”: 8 names across the three assistants, 2 named by all three.
Real estate
“who is the best real estate agent in San Francisco for first-time buyers?”: 7 names across the three assistants, none named by all three.
What's included
What you get with LLMReach
A 90-day program built around the questions your San Francisco buyers actually ask.
- Research into the questions your buyers ask AI assistants
- A baseline of your AI citations before we start
- Technical fixes so assistants can read and trust your site
- Answer-first pages written for the questions that matter
- Reddit and community research to find where assistants look
- Ongoing citation tracking across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini
- Your approval on every page, at about an hour a week
How it works
The Citation Stack, five steps to get named
- 01
Prompt research
We find the questions your San Francisco buyers ask AI, then test them across assistants to see who gets named today.
Explore AI Prompt Research - 02
Technical optimization
We fix what blocks assistants from reading, understanding and trusting your site.
Explore Technical GEO - 03
Content
We write answer-first pages that give assistants a clear, quotable reply to each buyer question.
Explore AI Content Optimization - 04
Reddit authorityWe research Reddit and community threads, because assistants often pull from the places real people discuss businesses.
Explore Reddit Marketing - 05
Visibility tracking
We track your citations against your own baseline, so you see what moved and what did not.
Explore AI Visibility Tracking
You approve every page. We do the rest: about an hour a week from you. See all our AI visibility services
Who this is for
Is this right for your business?
Not for you
If any of these are you.
- You want a ranking promise overnight
- You will not review or approve content
- Your buyers never research before they choose
- You want to pay for clicks, not citations
For you
If this is you.
- Your customers ask AI who to trust in San Francisco
- You can give us about an hour a week
- You want results measured against your own baseline
- You can commit to a 90-day minimum
- We would rather tell you now than after you sign.
- The fit comes down to patience, proof and a local buyer who asks AI.
FAQ
Questions San Francisco owners ask
What does a GEO agency in San Francisco do?
A GEO agency helps your business get named in AI answers. We research buyer questions, fix technical gaps, write answer-first content and track citations across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude.
What is generative engine optimization in San Francisco?
It is the work of making your business easy for AI assistants to find and recommend when San Francisco buyers ask who to hire or visit. It sits alongside traditional SEO, not in place of it.
How is AI SEO different from regular SEO?
Regular SEO aims for a ranked link. AI SEO aims to get you named inside the answer itself. Assistants also disagree with each other, so we test several of them, not just one.
Why do ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity name different businesses?
They draw on different sources and weigh them differently. In our test, 86 of 110 named businesses appeared in only one assistant, and just 9 appeared in all three.
What is the guarantee?
We guarantee a minimum 30% increase in total AI citations within 90 days, measured against your own baseline. If we miss it, we keep working at no charge until we hit it.
How long is the commitment, and how much time do I spend?
The minimum is 90 days, then month to month. You approve every page, and the work takes about an hour a week from you.
What happens in the free AI audit?
Before the call, we run the questions your buyers ask through ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. On the call, we show you who gets named today and where your business stands.
Free AI Audit
See who AI names in your market
You leave knowing where your business is missing from AI answers in San Francisco, what is causing it, and which changes would matter first, whether we work together or not.
What to expect
Audit
Before the call, we run the questions buyers in San Francisco ask through ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini.
Map
On the call, we show you where competitors are cited and you are not, and what's causing it.
Decide
An honest read on whether the Citation Stack fits. If it doesn't, you'll hear it on the call.
Don't see a time that works? Email Karim directly: contact@llmreach.ai