Namebeam
The dated record of who AI names
September 1 to 27, 2026: 27 run days in 22 local US markets, plus 2 US nationwide panels for 24 markets in total. Every answer dated. About 84% of named businesses appear in only one winner set, and about two-thirds of Google-cited businesses (84 of 130 in the 24 report markets) never appear in Perplexity's top-10 in the same market.
About 3 in 4 businesses Google cites in a market do not appear in Perplexity's top-10 there (99 of 130 across our 24 September 2026 market reports; Google-cited businesses on each report page checked by name, case-insensitive, against that report's Perplexity most-named list of up to 10; record window 2026-09-01 to 2026-09-30; counted 2026-10-08). Denver: 5 to 6 of 6 Google-cited roofers absent, and Denver Google data covers Sept 19 to 28 only. In this record, the businesses Google cites and the businesses Perplexity names are mostly different, so a Google ranking does not tell you whether an AI engine names the business.
local markets asked about roofers, HVAC techs or lawyers where Claude named no business on any answer day (Sept 1 to 28). The engines don't agree with each other, or with Google. Somebody has to show the client the receipts. That's you, with this pack.
In our September 1 to 27, 2026 record, 30 of 1,135 business and engine pairs were named on every day that engine answered. 339 of 1,135 were named on between 2 and 8 of every 10 answered days. For those businesses, a single monthly check can come back either way. Corrected 2026-10-06: non-business phrases removed from the count. See the stability data
Thirteen samples built from our dated record (September 1 to 27, 2026). Each shows which businesses each AI engine named for that niche and city, on how many days out of how many answered, and which websites the answers drew on. Your prospect's sheet is built the same way.
Related: which websites AI engines read and AI visibility claims checked against their sources. The record continues daily: every daily question, with raw files.
You send your 10 prospect businesses (name + city is enough) to [email protected]. We run each one through the full 5-engine AI visibility check, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, plus Google, with dated transcripts. One intake email, all 10 at once, or in batches, your choice.
First audit delivered within 3 business days of your intake email. Each following audit within 2 business days of the previous one. Full 10-audit pack completed within 15 business days. If we ever miss a date, you hear it from us before the date, with the new one.
White-label audit page (shareable link) with your logo, your colors, your CTA, plus a PDF for your own email, the raw JSON of the check results, and a dated receipt line on every audit. When a prospect asks “says who?”, the answer is a dated run, not a claim.
Deliver the audits to your prospects and clients under your brand, at your prices, you keep 100%. No revenue share, no royalties, no seat fees. Credits are yours for 12 months and non-transferable to another agency. Found a factual error? We re-run it free within 2 business days. Full refund before the first audit ships; pro-rata on unused credits within 30 days. Not included: ongoing monitoring, prospect list building, outreach. You bring the prospects; we run the audits.
Every number on this page traces to the September 2026 corpus: September 1 to 27, 2026: 27 run days in 22 local US markets, plus 2 US nationwide panels for 24 markets in total, four AI assistants plus Google SERP, every answer dated. Methodology is public at markets.namebeam.ai/two-phone-books/. Recomputed on 2026-10-12: Perplexity's side counted from the saved answer text, Google's side from the published most-cited tables. 228 of 272 named businesses in the 22 local markets (83.8%) appear in only one of the two top-10 lists; 44 appear in both. Check it yourself at the Invisible 100.
Corrected 2026-10-06: counts recomputed with non-business phrases removed. The first version of this page showed 3,053 namings, 90.6% and 73%.