Parker & Sons leads Perplexity at 23 days, and converts on Google too.
Named by Perplexity on 23 of 28 days, with parkerandsons.com cited in Google's results on 6 days.
MARKET REPORT · PHOENIX, AZ · SEPTEMBER 2026 · DATED RECORD
Who AI Recommends in Phoenix, AZ
Window, corrected 2026-10-05: this report counts September 1 to 28, 2026 (28 run days). Our Perplexity collection method changed on September 28. The full-month record (30 run days) is the September panel: /panels/phoenix-az.html.
For 28 days we asked five AI engines the same buyer questions a Phoenix, AZ customer would ask, about hvac repair and replacement, and wrote down every business they named. This is the dated record of what they said.
Parker & Sons was named on 23 of 28 days.
Most-named business in Phoenix, AZ, September 2026 · full table below
Key findings
Howard Air splits its vote.
Perplexity named ‘Howard Air’ on 19 days and ‘Howard Air & Plumbing’ on 7 more, one company, two names.
Day & Night does the same.
Perplexity named ‘Day & Night’ on 4 days and ‘Day & Night Air’ on 4 more, the vote splits down the middle.
Goettl is the Google leader, but trails on Perplexity.
goettl.com was cited on 7 Google days, the most of any HVAC domain, but Perplexity named Goettl on only 5 days, against Parker & Sons' 23.
Most named by Perplexity
Businesses Perplexity named most often when asked Phoenix, AZ buyer questions, 2026-09-01 to 2026-09-28.
| Business | Niche | Days named | First to last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parker & Sons | hvac repair and replacement | 23 | 2026-09-01 to 2026-09-26 |
| Howard Air | hvac repair and replacement | 19 | 2026-09-01 to 2026-09-26 |
| A/C & Plumbing Doctors | hvac repair and replacement | 8 | 2026-09-09 to 2026-09-21 |
| American Home Water & Air | hvac repair and replacement | 7 | 2026-09-01 to 2026-09-27 |
| Howard Air & Plumbing | hvac repair and replacement | 7 | 2026-09-09 to 2026-09-26 |
| AZ Perfect Comfort | hvac repair and replacement | 6 | 2026-09-11 to 2026-09-28 |
| Goettl Air Conditioning & Plumbing | hvac repair and replacement | 5 | 2026-09-06 to 2026-09-26 |
| Chas Roberts | hvac repair and replacement | 4 | 2026-09-18 to 2026-09-23 |
| Day & Night | hvac repair and replacement | 4 | 2026-09-13 to 2026-09-19 |
| Day & Night Air | hvac repair and replacement | 4 | 2026-09-17 to 2026-09-27 |
Most cited in Google results
Domains Google's results cited most often on the same questions.
| Business | Domain | Days cited | First to last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goettl | goettl.com | 7 | 2026-09-03 to 2026-09-28 |
| Parker & Sons | parkerandsons.com | 6 | 2026-09-20 to 2026-09-28 |
| Hobaica Services | hobaica.com | 4 | 2026-09-21 to 2026-09-28 |
| AZ Perfect Comfort | azperfectcomfort.com | 2 | 2026-09-23 to 2026-09-28 |
The engines disagree
Same questions, same days, different answers. That disagreement is the point: a check that skips an engine is guessing on your behalf.
| Engine | Days asked | Distinct businesses |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | 28 | 0 |
| Gemini | 28 | 17 |
| Google SERP | 28 | 12 |
| OpenAI | 28 | 14 |
| Perplexity | 28 | 22 |
Days asked counts the days each engine received the questions. Gemini returned no business names after September 26, so its answered days are fewer than its days asked.
Anthropic answered all 28 days and named zero businesses; it returned buying criteria and directories instead of names. Perplexity named 22 distinct businesses. If your customer asks Perplexity and you're invisible there, the other four engines don't save you.
What this means if you run a Phoenix, AZ business
If you run a Phoenix, AZ business, this page is your competition's report card and yours. The engines were asked the same questions your customers ask, every day for a month, and their answers are dated above. The free 5-engine check runs the same test on your business specifically, all five engines, one dated transcript, no card.
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Method
Same buyer questions asked to each engine once a day, every answer stored with
its date and file hash. Counts computed from the record; nothing estimated.
Dated record 2026-09-01 to 2026-09-28,
28 run days, generated 2026-09-29 03:15:44 UTC from
Namebeam_E1_Dataset_LATEST.csv. 62 distinct businesses
tracked across 1 niches.
Full machine-generated panel: https://markets.namebeam.ai/panels/phoenix-az.html. NameBeam's own public record: proof.namebeam.ai. NameBeam is an educational/marketing service; AI answers change over time and no rankings, traffic, or revenue are promised.