Is your plumber in New York findable by AI?

We asked ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude who the best plumber in New York is — the way a real customer would. Then we checked 7 real, currently-operating plumber businesses in New York against every answer.

4/7never named by any assistant

57%miss rate in this sample

2real answers shown below

5businesses assistants do name

The receipts

What the assistants actually said

Verbatim, from a real query run August 21, 2026. Ask the same question yourself and you'll see something very similar.

Perplexity

Asked: I need a plumber in New York. Who are the best ones? List specific business names only, one per line.

RR Plumbing Roto-Rooter A&E NYC Plumbing Mentor Mechanical Petri Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Drain Cleaning Vigilante Plumbing Hub Plumbing & Mechanical Lopez Plumbing & Heating Mechanical LLC Liquid Tech Plumbing & Heating, Inc.

Perplexity

Asked: Who is the most recommended plumber in New York right now? Give a short ranked list of real business names, one per line.

There isn’t one universally agreed “most recommended” plumber in New York, but the strongest current repeat picks across ranking sites are A&E NYC Plumbing, Mentor Mechanical, and Petri Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Drain Cleaning.
1. A&E NYC Plumbing
2. Mentor Mechanical
3. Petri Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Drain Cleaning
4. RR Plumbing Roto-Rooter
5. Hub Plumbing & Mechanical

Who keeps getting named instead

New York's AI-recommended plumber businesses

Business	Times named
A&E NYC Plumbing	1
Mentor Mechanical	1
Petri Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Drain Cleaning	1
RR Plumbing Roto-Rooter	1
Hub Plumbing & Mechanical	1

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