Moving companies in Cologne that AI assistants recommend
We asked ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini the four questions a buyer asks when looking for moving companies in Cologne, three times each, in German, and counted who they named. These are the businesses named in two or more of the 36 answers.
Names are printed as the assistants wrote them. We have not checked that any of them is good, open, or real.
- Answers
- 36
- Businesses named
- 45
- Named only once
- 28
- Named by 2+ assistants
- 3 of 17
- Named again on a rerun
- 37%
Edition September 2026. Download the data
Asked for moving companies in Cologne, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini most often named zapf umzüge (47% of answers), Friedrich Friedrich (22%) and HMP Umzüge (19%). Across 36 answers they named 45 different businesses, 28 of them only once. Each of four buyer questions was asked three times, in German, in September 2026.
The ranking
The AI Recommendation Rate is the fraction of the 36 answers that named a business. The range under it is a 95% confidence interval: where two ranges overlap, the gap between those businesses could be chance.
| # | Business | AI Recommendation Rate | ChatGPT | Claude | Gemini | Questions | Avg. position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | zapf umzügeAlso written Zapf Umzüge, Zapf Umzüge AG, Zapf Umzüge Köln, ZAPF UmzügeIs this your business? | 95%: 32 to 63% | 83% | 33% | 25% | 4 of 4 | 1.9 |
| 2 | Friedrich FriedrichAlso written Friedrich Friedrich GmbH, Friedrich Friedrich Umzugsspedition, Friedrich Friedrich UmzugsunternehmenIs this your business? | 95%: 12 to 38% | 0% | 0% | 67% | 3 of 4 | 2.9 |
| 3 | HMP UmzügeAlso written HMP Umzüge GmbH, HMP Umzüge KölnIs this your business? | 95%: 10 to 35% | 0% | 0% | 58% | 3 of 4 | 1 |
| 4 | Schwalb Umzüge GmbHAlso written Schwalb UmzügeIs this your business? | 95%: 10 to 35% | 0% | 0% | 58% | 3 of 4 | 2.7 |
| 5 | hasenkampAlso written hasenkamp Relocation ServicesIs this your business? | 95%: 6 to 29% | 42% | 0% | 0% | 2 of 4 | 1.2 |
| 6 | Umzüge MansholtIs this your business? | 95%: 6 to 29% | 0% | 0% | 42% | 3 of 4 | 3 |
| 7 | Umzugsservice KölnAlso written Köln Umzüge, Umzüge KölnIs this your business? | 95%: 4 to 25% | 0% | 0% | 33% | 3 of 4 | 3 |
| 8 | Studenten-Umzugshilfe KölnIs this your business? | 95%: 3 to 22% | 0% | 0% | 25% | 1 of 4 | 1.3 |
| 9 | HertlingAlso written Hertling Umzüge, Hertling GmbH & Co. KGIs this your business? | 95%: 3 to 22% | 17% | 0% | 8% | 3 of 4 | 3.3 |
| 10 | MovingaIs this your business? | 95%: 2 to 18% | 17% | 0% | 0% | 2 of 4 | 1.5 |
| 11 | Henk InternationalIs this your business? | 95%: 2 to 18% | 17% | 0% | 0% | 2 of 4 | 2.5 |
| 12 | NiesenAlso written Niesen Möbelspedition, Niesen UmzügeIs this your business? | 95%: 2 to 18% | 17% | 0% | 0% | 1 of 4 | 2.5 |
| 13 | Schäfer UmzügeAlso written Schäfer Umzüge GmbH, Schäfer Umzüge KölnIs this your business? | 95%: 2 to 18% | 0% | 0% | 17% | 1 of 4 | 3 |
| 14 | Die MöbelpackerAlso written Die Möbelpacker Köln, DMS Die MöbelpackerIs this your business? | 95%: 2 to 18% | 8% | 0% | 8% | 2 of 4 | 3.5 |
| 15 | AVUS UmzügeAlso written AVUS Umzüge KölnIs this your business? | 95%: 2 to 18% | 0% | 17% | 0% | 2 of 4 | 4 |
| 16 | Kölner UmzugsserviceAlso written Köln UmzugsserviceIs this your business? | 95%: 2 to 18% | 0% | 0% | 17% | 2 of 4 | 4 |
| 17 | Möbelspedition KühlAlso written Möbelspedition Kühl & Söhne, Möbelspedition Kühl GmbHIs this your business? | 95%: 2 to 18% | 0% | 0% | 17% | 1 of 4 | 4.5 |
Each assistant column is the share of that assistant's own answers. Questions counts how many of the four produced the name at least once; position is where it came in the answer's list, 1 being first. 28 more names came up in a single answer and are counted above but not listed.
Is this your business?
See what the assistants say about your business today. The free checker asks ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok two of the Index questions for this category, with the category and the place already filled in, and shows every answer word for word. About 30 seconds, no sign-up.
What each assistant said
The same questions, the same number of times, and often different names. Each column is one assistant's top five from the ranking above, with the share of its own answers that named them.
| # | ChatGPT | Claude | Gemini |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | zapf umzüge83% | zapf umzüge33% | Friedrich Friedrich67% |
| 2 | hasenkamp42% | AVUS Umzüge17% | HMP Umzüge58% |
| 3 | Hertling17% | No other name twice | Schwalb Umzüge GmbH58% |
| 4 | Movinga17% | Umzüge Mansholt42% | |
| 5 | Henk International17% | Umzugsservice Köln33% |
Claude named no business in 8 of its 12 answers.
Named here? Put it on your site
Every business in the ranking was named in two or more answers. The badge says that and nothing more: no position, because the ranges above do not support one. It links back to this page, so anyone can check.
<a href="https://aigrow.gg/index/moving-companies/cologne"><img src="https://aigrow.gg/badges/index/2026-09/moving-companies/cologne.svg" width="312" height="100" alt="Named by AI assistants: Moving companies in Cologne, AIGROW AI Visibility Index, September 2026"></a>The questions
Asked word for word, three times each, to every assistant, in German. The English under each is our translation. The prompt is the one the free scan uses. No web search, no location and no chat history, so every answer starts from the same place.
- 1Was ist das beste Umzugsunternehmen in Köln?What is the best moving company in Cologne?
- 2Ich ziehe in Köln in eine neue Wohnung – welches Umzugsunternehmen würdest du empfehlen?I'm moving to a new apartment in Cologne. Which movers would you recommend?
- 3Welche Umzugsfirma in Köln ist zuverlässig und günstig?Which moving company in Cologne is reliable and affordable?
- 4Wir müssen unser Büro in Köln umziehen lassen – welche Umzugsfirma sollten wir anrufen?We need to move our office in Cologne. Which movers should we call?
How to read this page
- What it measures
- Which names these models produce when asked cold, from what they learned in training. It is not a review, a rating or our recommendation, and a business missing here may simply be one the models were never shown.
- Why the ranges matter
- 36 answers is a sample. Asked again next month, most shares will move by a few points; the ranges say how far they could move by chance alone.
- One business, several spellings
- Branches, legal suffixes and spellings of one business are merged, and the other spellings are printed under its name. Names that might be two businesses are kept apart.
- A name is wrong
- If a business here is closed, misnamed or yours and you want it removed, tell us. We correct or remove it when the page is next published.
Where the assistants look
The sites read most often, with web search on, before the assistants answer about this category in Germany. From the AI Source Map: 8 answers.
- werkenntdenbesten.de
- Read in 88% of the answers
- dasoertliche.de
- Read in 88% of the answers
- reddit.com
- Read in 88% of the answers
Elsewhere in the Index
- Also in Cologne
- DentistsLawyersAccountantsPlumbersGymsReal estate agencies
Is your business on this list?
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Edition September 2026 · published by Guglielmo Paesano, founder of AIGROW · data under CC BY 4.0