Top firms ranked
15
#1 firm's city score
398
THE Mather Group
Average city score
219.9
City scale — not the 0–100 national score
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3Local Specialist
Ranks #1 here but #107 nationally — a genuinely local presence.
National rank
#107
National score
53.4/100
Avg. position here
5.7
Good — often in the top 10 when mentioned
AI platform breakdown · this metro
ChatGPT12%
Claude15%
Perplexity62%
Gemini12%
Primarily visible on Perplexity (62%), with secondary presence on other platforms — 26 total mentions across 4 platforms.
4948Local Specialist
Ranks #2 here but #102 nationally — a genuinely local presence.
National rank
#102
National score
53.7/100
Avg. position here
6.8
Good — often in the top 10 when mentioned
AI platform breakdown · this metro
ChatGPT16%
Claude36%
Perplexity16%
Gemini32%
Balanced visibility across 4 AI platforms — 25 total mentions across 4 platforms.
01149National Leader
Ranks #3 locally and #4 nationally — consistently high visibility across markets.
National rank
#4
National score
85.0/100
Avg. position here
5.1
Good — often in the top 10 when mentioned
AI platform breakdown · this metro
ChatGPT0%
Claude46%
Perplexity17%
Gemini38%
Balanced visibility across 3 AI platforms — 24 total mentions across 4 platforms.
6755National Leader
Ranks #4 locally and #5 nationally — consistently high visibility across markets.
National rank
#5
National score
80.6/100
Avg. position here
4.4
Very good — typically in the top 5 when mentioned
AI platform breakdown · this metro
ChatGPT26%
Claude30%
Perplexity22%
Gemini22%
Balanced visibility across 4 AI platforms — 23 total mentions across 4 platforms.
1459Local Specialist
Ranks #5 here but #229 nationally — a genuinely local presence.
National rank
#229
National score
49.2/100
Avg. position here
6.5
Good — often in the top 10 when mentioned
AI platform breakdown · this metro
ChatGPT5%
Claude21%
Perplexity26%
Gemini47%
Balanced visibility across 3 AI platforms — 19 total mentions across 4 platforms.
2195Local Specialist
Ranks #6 here but #146 nationally — a genuinely local presence.
National rank
#146
National score
51.7/100
Avg. position here
5.3
Good — often in the top 10 when mentioned
AI platform breakdown · this metro
ChatGPT12%
Claude6%
Perplexity53%
Gemini29%
Split between Perplexity (53%) and Gemini (29%) — 17 total mentions across 4 platforms.
3534Local Specialist
Ranks #7 here but #76 nationally — a genuinely local presence.
National rank
#76
National score
55.6/100
Avg. position here
7.1
Good — often in the top 10 when mentioned
AI platform breakdown · this metro
ChatGPT20%
Claude33%
Perplexity20%
Gemini27%
Balanced visibility across 4 AI platforms — 15 total mentions across 4 platforms.
0391Local Specialist
Ranks #8 here but #263 nationally — a genuinely local presence.
National rank
#263
National score
48.7/100
Avg. position here
6.1
Good — often in the top 10 when mentioned
AI platform breakdown · this metro
ChatGPT0%
Claude23%
Perplexity69%
Gemini8%
Primarily visible on Perplexity (69%), with secondary presence on other platforms — 13 total mentions across 4 platforms.
1090Local Focus
Ranks #9 in this city with no national ranking — AI visibility concentrated in local markets.
National rank
Not in top 300
National score
—
Avg. position here
4.2
Very good — typically in the top 5 when mentioned
AI platform breakdown · this metro
ChatGPT10%
Claude0%
Perplexity90%
Gemini0%
Perplexity drives 90% of this firm's AI visibility in this city — 10 total mentions across 4 platforms.
0090National Leader
Ranks #10 locally and #18 nationally — consistently high visibility across markets.
National rank
#18
National score
68.0/100
Avg. position here
7.0
Good — often in the top 10 when mentioned
AI platform breakdown · this metro
ChatGPT0%
Claude0%
Perplexity100%
Gemini0%
Perplexity drives 100% of this firm's AI visibility in this city — 9 total mentions across 4 platforms.
1134Consistent Performer
Ranks #11 locally and #3 nationally — consistent visibility across markets.
National rank
#3
National score
86.1/100
Avg. position here
9.2
Good — often in the top 10 when mentioned
AI platform breakdown · this metro
ChatGPT11%
Claude11%
Perplexity33%
Gemini44%
Mixed visibility across platforms — 9 total mentions across 4 platforms.
0341Local Focus
Ranks #12 in this city with no national ranking — AI visibility concentrated in local markets.
National rank
Not in top 300
National score
—
Avg. position here
6.0
Good — often in the top 10 when mentioned
AI platform breakdown · this metro
ChatGPT0%
Claude38%
Perplexity50%
Gemini13%
Split between Perplexity (50%) and Claude (38%) — 8 total mentions across 4 platforms.
1133Local Specialist
Ranks #13 here but #157 nationally — a genuinely local presence.
National rank
#157
National score
51.2/100
Avg. position here
6.4
Good — often in the top 10 when mentioned
AI platform breakdown · this metro
ChatGPT13%
Claude13%
Perplexity38%
Gemini38%
Mixed visibility across platforms — 8 total mentions across 4 platforms.
2221Consistent Performer
Ranks #14 locally and #1 nationally — consistent visibility across markets.
National rank
#1
National score
89.7/100
Avg. position here
6.0
Good — often in the top 10 when mentioned
AI platform breakdown · this metro
ChatGPT29%
Claude29%
Perplexity29%
Gemini14%
Balanced visibility across 3 AI platforms — 7 total mentions across 4 platforms.
0070Consistent Performer
Ranks #15 locally and #13 nationally — consistent visibility across markets.
National rank
#13
National score
71.0/100
Avg. position here
7.0
Good — often in the top 10 when mentioned
AI platform breakdown · this metro
ChatGPT0%
Claude0%
Perplexity100%
Gemini0%
Perplexity drives 100% of this firm's AI visibility in this city — 7 total mentions across 4 platforms.
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This is independent research, not investment advice or an endorsement. Scores measure how often and how prominently AI assistants surface a firm as of September 15, 2026 — not its competence, credentials, performance, or fit for any client. Rankings reflect clean, non-personalized queries and may differ from what any individual user sees. AdvisorFinder is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or Perplexity; their names and logos identify the tools we test.
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