Who do AI assistants recommend in Washington, DC?

    The top 15 firms AI assistants name for Washington — each a verified registered investment adviser — from 100 location-specific queries across the four major platforms.

    100 city queries1 of 64 covered metrosUpdated September 15, 2026 · Methodology

    Top firms ranked

    15

    #1 firm's city score

    449

    Glassman Wealth Services

    Average city score

    205.1

    City scale — not the 0–100 national score

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    Local Focus

    Ranks #1 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

    ChatGPTChatGPT

    0%

    Mentions0
    ClaudeClaude

    20%

    Mentions6
    PerplexityPerplexity

    47%

    Mentions14
    GeminiGemini

    33%

    Mentions10

    Balanced visibility across 3 AI platforms — 30 total mentions across 4 platforms.

    🏠

    Local Specialist

    Ranks #2 here but #85 nationally — a genuinely local presence.

    National rank

    #85

    National score

    54.8/100

    Avg. position here

    2.9

    Excellent — typically in the top 3 when mentioned

    AI platform breakdown · this metro

    ChatGPTChatGPT

    11%

    Mentions3
    ClaudeClaude

    36%

    Mentions10
    PerplexityPerplexity

    25%

    Mentions7
    GeminiGemini

    29%

    Mentions8

    Balanced visibility across 3 AI platforms — 28 total mentions across 4 platforms.

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    National Leader

    Ranks #3 locally and #1 nationally — consistently high visibility across markets.

    National rank

    #1

    National score

    89.7/100

    Avg. position here

    10.3

    Moderate — typically positions 10–20

    AI platform breakdown · this metro

    ChatGPTChatGPT

    14%

    Mentions3
    ClaudeClaude

    52%

    Mentions11
    PerplexityPerplexity

    14%

    Mentions3
    GeminiGemini

    19%

    Mentions4

    Mixed visibility across platforms — 21 total mentions across 4 platforms.

    🌎

    National Leader

    Ranks #4 locally and #5 nationally — consistently high visibility across markets.

    National rank

    #5

    National score

    80.6/100

    Avg. position here

    6.1

    Good — often in the top 10 when mentioned

    AI platform breakdown · this metro

    ChatGPTChatGPT

    19%

    Mentions3
    ClaudeClaude

    38%

    Mentions6
    PerplexityPerplexity

    25%

    Mentions4
    GeminiGemini

    19%

    Mentions3

    Balanced visibility across 4 AI platforms — 16 total mentions across 4 platforms.

    🌎

    National Leader

    Ranks #5 locally and #32 nationally — consistently high visibility across markets.

    National rank

    #32

    National score

    60.7/100

    Avg. position here

    4.3

    Very good — typically in the top 5 when mentioned

    AI platform breakdown · this metro

    ChatGPTChatGPT

    0%

    Mentions0
    ClaudeClaude

    7%

    Mentions1
    PerplexityPerplexity

    93%

    Mentions13
    GeminiGemini

    0%

    Mentions0

    Perplexity drives 93% of this firm's AI visibility in this city — 14 total mentions across 4 platforms.

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    Local Focus

    Ranks #6 in this city with no national ranking — AI visibility concentrated in local markets.

    National rank

    Not in top 300

    National score

    —

    Avg. position here

    6.4

    Good — often in the top 10 when mentioned

    AI platform breakdown · this metro

    ChatGPTChatGPT

    8%

    Mentions1
    ClaudeClaude

    25%

    Mentions3
    PerplexityPerplexity

    17%

    Mentions2
    GeminiGemini

    50%

    Mentions6

    Balanced visibility across 3 AI platforms — 12 total mentions across 4 platforms.

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    National Leader

    Ranks #7 locally and #13 nationally — consistently high visibility across markets.

    National rank

    #13

    National score

    71.0/100

    Avg. position here

    5.3

    Good — often in the top 10 when mentioned

    AI platform breakdown · this metro

    ChatGPTChatGPT

    0%

    Mentions0
    ClaudeClaude

    0%

    Mentions0
    PerplexityPerplexity

    100%

    Mentions11
    GeminiGemini

    0%

    Mentions0

    Perplexity drives 100% of this firm's AI visibility in this city — 11 total mentions across 4 platforms.

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    Local Focus

    Ranks #8 in this city with no national ranking — AI visibility concentrated in local markets.

    National rank

    Not in top 300

    National score

    —

    Avg. position here

    3.9

    Very good — typically in the top 5 when mentioned

    AI platform breakdown · this metro

    ChatGPTChatGPT

    20%

    Mentions2
    ClaudeClaude

    10%

    Mentions1
    PerplexityPerplexity

    40%

    Mentions4
    GeminiGemini

    30%

    Mentions3

    Balanced visibility across 3 AI platforms — 10 total mentions across 4 platforms.

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    Local Specialist

    Ranks #9 here but #150 nationally — a genuinely local presence.

    National rank

    #150

    National score

    51.6/100

    Avg. position here

    3.9

    Very good — typically in the top 5 when mentioned

    AI platform breakdown · this metro

    ChatGPTChatGPT

    60%

    Mentions6
    ClaudeClaude

    20%

    Mentions2
    PerplexityPerplexity

    10%

    Mentions1
    GeminiGemini

    10%

    Mentions1

    Mixed visibility across platforms — 10 total mentions across 4 platforms.

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    Local Specialist

    Ranks #10 here but #154 nationally — a genuinely local presence.

    National rank

    #154

    National score

    51.4/100

    Avg. position here

    6.4

    Good — often in the top 10 when mentioned

    AI platform breakdown · this metro

    ChatGPTChatGPT

    40%

    Mentions4
    ClaudeClaude

    20%

    Mentions2
    PerplexityPerplexity

    10%

    Mentions1
    GeminiGemini

    30%

    Mentions3

    Balanced visibility across 3 AI platforms — 10 total mentions across 4 platforms.

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    Local Focus

    Ranks #11 in this city with no national ranking — AI visibility concentrated in local markets.

    National rank

    Not in top 300

    National score

    —

    Avg. position here

    6.6

    Good — often in the top 10 when mentioned

    AI platform breakdown · this metro

    ChatGPTChatGPT

    0%

    Mentions0
    ClaudeClaude

    11%

    Mentions1
    PerplexityPerplexity

    0%

    Mentions0
    GeminiGemini

    89%

    Mentions8

    Gemini drives 89% of this firm's AI visibility in this city — 9 total mentions across 4 platforms.

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    Local 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

    8.9

    Good — often in the top 10 when mentioned

    AI platform breakdown · this metro

    ChatGPTChatGPT

    33%

    Mentions3
    ClaudeClaude

    22%

    Mentions2
    PerplexityPerplexity

    22%

    Mentions2
    GeminiGemini

    22%

    Mentions2

    Balanced visibility across 4 AI platforms — 9 total mentions across 4 platforms.

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    Local Focus

    Ranks #13 in this city with no national ranking — AI visibility concentrated in local markets.

    National rank

    Not in top 300

    National score

    —

    Avg. position here

    5.3

    Good — often in the top 10 when mentioned

    AI platform breakdown · this metro

    ChatGPTChatGPT

    25%

    Mentions2
    ClaudeClaude

    13%

    Mentions1
    PerplexityPerplexity

    13%

    Mentions1
    GeminiGemini

    50%

    Mentions4

    Mixed visibility across platforms — 8 total mentions across 4 platforms.

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    Local Focus

    Ranks #14 in this city with no national ranking — AI visibility concentrated in local markets.

    National rank

    Not in top 300

    National score

    —

    Avg. position here

    7.0

    Good — often in the top 10 when mentioned

    AI platform breakdown · this metro

    ChatGPTChatGPT

    0%

    Mentions0
    ClaudeClaude

    63%

    Mentions5
    PerplexityPerplexity

    0%

    Mentions0
    GeminiGemini

    38%

    Mentions3

    Primarily visible on Claude (63%), with secondary presence on other platforms — 8 total mentions across 4 platforms.

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    Local Focus

    Ranks #15 in this city with no national ranking — AI visibility concentrated in local markets.

    National rank

    Not in top 300

    National score

    —

    Avg. position here

    5.3

    Good — often in the top 10 when mentioned

    AI platform breakdown · this metro

    ChatGPTChatGPT

    14%

    Mentions1
    ClaudeClaude

    14%

    Mentions1
    PerplexityPerplexity

    43%

    Mentions3
    GeminiGemini

    29%

    Mentions2

    Mixed visibility across platforms — 7 total mentions across 4 platforms.

    Showing Washington's top 15 — every listed firm is a registered investment adviser, verified against the SEC/state Form ADV registry. Firms below the cutoff are still tracked: search any firm name above.

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    Disclaimer

    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.

    This board ranks independent RIA firms only. National wirehouses, banks, broker-dealers, and asset managers — Morgan Stanley, Merrill, Charles Schwab, Fidelity, Vanguard, and similar — are out of scope by design: they compete in a different category, and their household-brand ubiquity in AI answers would turn an independent-advisor ranking into a big-brand recognition contest. Independent advisor teams affiliated with those institutions are evaluated as their own firms.

    Scores and ranks are recomputed each edition from a fixed query library. Because assistant outputs vary run to run, small movement between editions is expected — rank changes outside the top 25 are shown as approximate. See the full methodology, or request a correction.