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Cities checked so far/Veterinarians in Chicago, Illinois

Who ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity name when someone asks for a veterinarian in Chicago.

We typed 5 questions into 4 AI assistants between September 25, 2026 and October 1, 2026 and wrote down every business they named. 27 of the 82 Chicago veterinarians we looked for were named at least once. The other 55 were not.

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Who gets named

56 businesses named across 20 answers, including the ones not on our list of 82. Each bar shows how many of those 20 answers named the business.

  1. 1MedVet Chicagomedvet.com16 of 20
  2. 2Pets Firstpetsfirstchicago.com12 of 20
  3. 3Animal Medical Center of Chicagoanimalmedicalcenterofchicago.com10 of 20
  4. 4Medical District Veterinary Clinic at Illinoisnamed by Claude and Gemini5 of 20
  5. 5Premier Veterinary Group Chicagopremiervets.net5 of 20
  6. 6Cat Friendly optionschicagocatclinic.com5 of 20
  7. 7Wicker Park Veterinary Clinicnamed by Gemini4 of 20
  8. 8South Loop Animal Hospitalnamed by Claude and Perplexity4 of 20
  9. 9VCA Chicago North Animal Hospitalvcahospitals.com3 of 20
  10. 10West Loop Veterinary Carewestloopvet.com3 of 20
Show the 15 others
  1. 11Partners Animal Hospital South Loopnamed by ChatGPT and Claude2 of 20
  2. 12Mid North Animal Hospitalmidnorthah.com2 of 20
  3. 13Oz Animal Hospitalozanimalhospital.com2 of 20
  4. 14Dr. Jennifer Remnesnamed by Perplexity2 of 20
  5. 15Fear Free Certified Practicenamed by ChatGPT2 of 20
  6. 16BLVD Catnamed by Gemini2 of 20
  7. 17Medical District Veterinary Clinicmedicaldistrictvet.com2 of 20
  8. 18Family Pet Animal Hospitalmissionpethealth.com2 of 20
  9. 19University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicinenamed by ChatGPT and Gemini2 of 20
  10. 20VEG ER for Petsnamed by Claude2 of 20
  11. 21Animal House of Chicagonamed by Gemini2 of 20
  12. 22Healing Tailsnamed by Gemini2 of 20
  13. 23Midwest Bird & Exotic Animal Hospitalmidwestexotichospital.com2 of 20
  14. 24VCA Cat Hospital of Chicagovcahospitals.com2 of 20
  15. 25Fear Free handlingnamed by ChatGPT1 of 20

55of the 82 veterinarians we looked for came up in none of the answers.

Where they looked

The sites they cite.

The assistants cited 66 different sites. These came up most, with how many of the 20 answers each one appeared in.

  • Yelp9 of 20
  • Reddit2 of 20
  • Yellow Pages2 of 20
  • Facebook1 of 20
  • YouTube1 of 20

Question by question

The first three names each assistant gave.

“best animal hospital in Chicago”

ChatGPT

  1. 1Animal Medical Center of Chicago
  2. 2MedVet Chicago
  3. 3Partners Animal Hospital South Loop

Claude

  1. 1Plant-A Insights "America's Best Animal Hospitals"
  2. 2Animal Medical Center of Chicago
  3. 3Medical District Veterinary Clinic at Illinois

Gemini

  1. 1MedVet Chicago
  2. 2Metropolitan Veterinary Center
  3. 3Animal Medical Center of Chicago

Perplexity

  1. 1Animal Medical Center of Chicago
  2. 2VCA Chicago North Animal Hospital
  3. 3MedVet Chicago

“best veterinarian in Chicago, IL”

ChatGPT

  1. 1Cat Friendly options
  2. 2Hanover Veterinary Hospital
  3. 3Fear Free Certified Practice

Claude

  1. 1Highly-Rated Clinics
  2. 2Pets First Veterinary Clinic
  3. 3MedVet Chicago

Gemini

  1. 1Animal Medical Center of Chicago
  2. 2BLVD Vet
  3. 3BLVD Cat

Perplexity

  1. 1Oz Animal Hospital
  2. 2VCA Animal Care Center of Chicago
  3. 3West Loop Veterinary Care

“emergency vet in Chicago, IL”

ChatGPT

  1. 1MedVet Chicago
  2. 2Premier Veterinary Group Chicago

Claude

  1. 1MedVet Chicago
  2. 2Premier Veterinary Group – Chicago
  3. 3Midwest Bird & Exotic Animal Hospital

Gemini

  1. 1MedVet Chicago
  2. 2Veterinary Emergency Group – Lincoln Park
  3. 3Veterinary Emergency Group – South Loop

Perplexity

  1. 1MedVet Chicago
  2. 2Premier Veterinary Group Chicago

“top rated vet in Chicago”

ChatGPT

  1. 1West Loop Veterinary Care
  2. 2Mid North Animal Hospital
  3. 3Animal Medical Center of Chicago

Claude

  1. 1TLC First Animal Hospital
  2. 2BLVD Veterinary
  3. 3Pets First Veterinary Clinic

Gemini

  1. 1Animal Medical Center of Chicago
  2. 2BLVD Vet
  3. 3Medical District Veterinary Clinic at Illinois

Perplexity

  1. 1Dr. Jennifer Remnes
  2. 2VEG Emergency Vet Chicago South Loop
  3. 3Oz Animal Hospital

“who is the best vet for dogs and cats in Chicago, IL?”

ChatGPT

  1. 1Fear Free handling
  2. 2Cat Friendly certification
  3. 3Mid North Animal Hospital

Claude

  1. 1Partners Animal Hospital South Loop
  2. 2MedVet Chicago in Avondale
  3. 3VEG ER for Pets

Gemini

  1. 1Animal Medical Center of Chicago
  2. 2Wicker Park Veterinary Clinic
  3. 3Medical District Veterinary Clinic

Perplexity

  1. 1Animal Medical Center of Chicago
  2. 2VCA Animal Care Center of Chicago
  3. 3South Loop Animal Hospital

Recorded between September 25, 2026 and October 1, 2026. Answers change from one day to the next and from one phrasing to the next, which is why we date every scan and ask the same 5 questions again. Nothing on this page is edited: it is the scan log. How the scan works.

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