SEO agencies in Chicago that AI assistants recommend

Name: AI assistant recommendations: SEO agencies in Chicago, November 2026
Creator: AIGROW
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Straight North is named most, in 92% of 36 answers.

The ranking

AI Recommendation Rate

1Straight North92%
95%: 78 to 97%
ChatGPT
100%
Claude
75%
Gemini
100%
Questions
4 of 4
Avg. position
1.9
Named in answers to
- What is the best SEO agency in Chicago?, from ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
- I run a small business in Chicago and want to rank higher on Google. Which SEO agency would you recommend?, from ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
- Which SEO agency in Chicago would you recommend for showing up on Google Maps?, from ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
- Which SEO agency in Chicago is affordable for a small business?, from ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
Is this your business?
2Digital Third Coast53%
95%: 37 to 68%
ChatGPT
92%
Claude
0%
Gemini
67%
Questions
4 of 4
Avg. position
2.4
Named in answers to
- What is the best SEO agency in Chicago?, from ChatGPT and Gemini
- I run a small business in Chicago and want to rank higher on Google. Which SEO agency would you recommend?, from ChatGPT and Gemini
- Which SEO agency in Chicago would you recommend for showing up on Google Maps?, from ChatGPT and Gemini
- Which SEO agency in Chicago is affordable for a small business?, from ChatGPT
Is this your business?
3Comrade Digital Marketing Agency36%
95%: 23 to 52%
ChatGPT
92%
Claude
17%
Gemini
0%
Questions
4 of 4
Avg. position
2.1
Named in answers to
- What is the best SEO agency in Chicago?, from ChatGPT
- I run a small business in Chicago and want to rank higher on Google. Which SEO agency would you recommend?, from ChatGPT and Claude
- Which SEO agency in Chicago would you recommend for showing up on Google Maps?, from ChatGPT
- Which SEO agency in Chicago is affordable for a small business?, from ChatGPT and Claude
Is this your business?
4Victorious33%
95%: 20 to 50%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
100%
Gemini
0%
Questions
4 of 4
Avg. position
1
Named in answers to
- What is the best SEO agency in Chicago?, from Claude
- I run a small business in Chicago and want to rank higher on Google. Which SEO agency would you recommend?, from Claude
- Which SEO agency in Chicago would you recommend for showing up on Google Maps?, from Claude
- Which SEO agency in Chicago is affordable for a small business?, from Claude
Also written Victorious SEO
Is this your business?
5Thrive Internet Marketing Agency33%
95%: 20 to 50%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
100%
Gemini
0%
Questions
4 of 4
Avg. position
3.1
Named in answers to
- What is the best SEO agency in Chicago?, from Claude
- I run a small business in Chicago and want to rank higher on Google. Which SEO agency would you recommend?, from Claude
- Which SEO agency in Chicago would you recommend for showing up on Google Maps?, from Claude
- Which SEO agency in Chicago is affordable for a small business?, from Claude
Is this your business?
6WebFX19%
95%: 10 to 35%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
58%
Gemini
0%
Questions
3 of 4
Avg. position
4.7
Named in answers to
- I run a small business in Chicago and want to rank higher on Google. Which SEO agency would you recommend?, from Claude
- Which SEO agency in Chicago would you recommend for showing up on Google Maps?, from Claude
- Which SEO agency in Chicago is affordable for a small business?, from Claude
Also written Web FX
Is this your business?
7SEO Chicago14%
95%: 6 to 29%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
17%
Gemini
25%
Questions
2 of 4
Avg. position
2.8
Named in answers to
- I run a small business in Chicago and want to rank higher on Google. Which SEO agency would you recommend?, from Claude
- Which SEO agency in Chicago is affordable for a small business?, from Claude and Gemini
Is this your business?
8SocialSEO14%
95%: 6 to 29%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
42%
Gemini
0%
Questions
3 of 4
Avg. position
3
Named in answers to
- What is the best SEO agency in Chicago?, from Claude
- Which SEO agency in Chicago would you recommend for showing up on Google Maps?, from Claude
- Which SEO agency in Chicago is affordable for a small business?, from Claude
Is this your business?
9Coalition Technologies11%
95%: 4 to 25%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
0%
Gemini
33%
Questions
4 of 4
Avg. position
2.3
Named in answers to
- What is the best SEO agency in Chicago?, from Gemini
- I run a small business in Chicago and want to rank higher on Google. Which SEO agency would you recommend?, from Gemini
- Which SEO agency in Chicago would you recommend for showing up on Google Maps?, from Gemini
- Which SEO agency in Chicago is affordable for a small business?, from Gemini
Is this your business?
10Metric Theory11%
95%: 4 to 25%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
0%
Gemini
33%
Questions
2 of 4
Avg. position
2.5
Named in answers to
- What is the best SEO agency in Chicago?, from Gemini
- Which SEO agency in Chicago would you recommend for showing up on Google Maps?, from Gemini
Is this your business?
11Metric Marketing11%
95%: 4 to 25%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
0%
Gemini
33%
Questions
3 of 4
Avg. position
2.8
Named in answers to
- I run a small business in Chicago and want to rank higher on Google. Which SEO agency would you recommend?, from Gemini
- Which SEO agency in Chicago would you recommend for showing up on Google Maps?, from Gemini
- Which SEO agency in Chicago is affordable for a small business?, from Gemini
Is this your business?
12SEO Design Chicago11%
95%: 4 to 25%
ChatGPT
33%
Claude
0%
Gemini
0%
Questions
2 of 4
Avg. position
3.5
Named in answers to
- What is the best SEO agency in Chicago?, from ChatGPT
- Which SEO agency in Chicago is affordable for a small business?, from ChatGPT
Is this your business?
13SEO Brand11%
95%: 4 to 25%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
33%
Gemini
0%
Questions
2 of 4
Avg. position
3.8
Named in answers to
- What is the best SEO agency in Chicago?, from Claude
- I run a small business in Chicago and want to rank higher on Google. Which SEO agency would you recommend?, from Claude
Is this your business?
14SearchLab Digital8%
95%: 3 to 22%
ChatGPT
25%
Claude
0%
Gemini
0%
Questions
2 of 4
Avg. position
2.7
Named in answers to
- I run a small business in Chicago and want to rank higher on Google. Which SEO agency would you recommend?, from ChatGPT
- Which SEO agency in Chicago would you recommend for showing up on Google Maps?, from ChatGPT
Is this your business?
15Lform Design8%
95%: 3 to 22%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
25%
Gemini
0%
Questions
2 of 4
Avg. position
4.7
Named in answers to
- What is the best SEO agency in Chicago?, from Claude
- I run a small business in Chicago and want to rank higher on Google. Which SEO agency would you recommend?, from Claude
Is this your business?
16Go Fish Digital6%
95%: 2 to 18%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
17%
Gemini
0%
Questions
1 of 4
Avg. position
4
Named in answers to
- What is the best SEO agency in Chicago?, from Claude
Is this your business?
17SEO Image6%
95%: 2 to 18%
ChatGPT
0%
Claude
17%
Gemini
0%
Questions
1 of 4
Avg. position
4.5
Named in answers to
- Which SEO agency in Chicago would you recommend for showing up on Google Maps?, from Claude
Is this your business?

Open a row to see each assistant's share of its 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. 8 more names came up in a single answer and are counted above but not listed.

SEO agencies in Chicago: is this your field?

25different names in 36 answers, 8 of them only once. The assistants change their minds from one answer to the next.

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AI Visibility Index · November 2026

Asked about SEO agencies in Chicago, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini named Straight North most often, in 92% of answers (its AI Recommendation Rate), then Digital Third Coast (53%). Across 36 answers they named 25 different businesses, 8 of them only once. Each of four buyer questions was asked three times, in English, in November 2026.

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.

Names are printed as the assistants wrote them. We have not checked that any of them is good, open, or real.

92% of answers named Straight North

Answers: 36
Businesses named: 25
Named only once: 8
Named by 2+ assistants: 4 of 17
Named again on a rerun: 69%

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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	Straight North100%	Victorious100%	Straight North100%
2	Digital Third Coast92%	Thrive Internet Marketing Agency100%	Digital Third Coast67%
3	Comrade Digital Marketing Agency92%	Straight North75%	Coalition Technologies33%
4	SEO Design Chicago33%	WebFX58%	Metric Theory33%
5	SearchLab Digital25%	SocialSEO42%	Metric Marketing33%

Questions about SEO agencies in Chicago

How AI assistants recommend SEO agencies

ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini named Straight North most often, in 92% of 36 answers, then Digital Third Coast (53%) and Comrade Digital Marketing Agency (36%). The names come from what the assistants answered to four buyer questions in November 2026; we have not checked that any of them is good, open or real.

Not always. ChatGPT named Straight North most often (100% of its answers), Claude Victorious (100%) and Gemini Straight North (100%). 4 of the 17 listed businesses were named by two or more of them.

Each question was asked three times. Of the names an assistant gave for a question, 69% came back in two or more of those runs; the rest came up once. The 95% range beside each rate in the ranking shows how far it could move by chance.

Run the free checker: it asks ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok two of the Index questions for SEO agencies, with the category and the place already filled in, and shows every answer word for word. About 30 seconds, no sign-up. The page on how AI assistants recommend SEO agencies shows what an owner can work on. Nothing can guarantee that an assistant names you.

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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.

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The questions

Asked word for word, three times each, to every assistant. 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.

1What is the best SEO agency in Chicago?
2I run a small business in Chicago and want to rank higher on Google. Which SEO agency would you recommend?
3Which SEO agency in Chicago would you recommend for showing up on Google Maps?
4Which SEO agency in Chicago is affordable for a small business?

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The full method

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.