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Cities checked so far/Hvac contractors in Los Angeles, California

Who ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity name when someone asks for a hvac contractor in Los Angeles.

We typed 5 questions into 4 AI assistants between September 25, 2026 and October 1, 2026 and wrote down every business they named. 10 of the 146 Los Angeles hvac contractors we looked for were named at least once. The other 136 were not.

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Who gets named

79 businesses named across 20 answers, including the ones not on our list of 146. Each bar shows how many of those 20 answers named the business.

  1. 1Brody Pennellbrodypennell.com16 of 20
  2. 2LC Heating & Airconsumeraffairs.com9 of 20
  3. 3Service Geniusservicegenius.com7 of 20
  4. 4Manny's Heating & Air Conditioningnamed by Claude3 of 20
  5. 5Santa Monicanamed by ChatGPT and Gemini3 of 20
  6. 6LA Heating & Air Conditioninglaheatingairconditioning.com3 of 20
  7. 7Mike Diamond Plumbing & HVACmikediamondservices.com3 of 20
  8. 8Southwest Heating & Air Conditioningnamed by Claude and Perplexity3 of 20
  9. 9Lions Heating & Air Conditioninglionshvac.com3 of 20
  10. 10Pure AIRnamed by ChatGPT3 of 20
Show the 15 others
  1. 11Lee's HVACnamed by Claude2 of 20
  2. 12JW Heating and Airconsumeraffairs.com2 of 20
  3. 13Mike's Airmikediamondservices.com2 of 20
  4. 14Monkey Wrenchmonkeywrenchplumbers.com2 of 20
  5. 15AC Dave Heating & Airnamed by ChatGPT and Gemini2 of 20
  6. 16American Air Conditioning & Heatingnamed by Gemini2 of 20
  7. 17AIR ONE HEATING & COOLING INCnamed by ChatGPT2 of 20
  8. 18NexGen Heatingnamed by Gemini2 of 20
  9. 19LA Heating and Airnamed by ChatGPT2 of 20
  10. 20Air & Plumbingnamed by Gemini2 of 20
  11. 21TECH Clean Californianamed by Gemini2 of 20
  12. 22Southern California Edisonnamed by Gemini2 of 20
  13. 23Brody Heating & Air Conditioningnamed by ChatGPT1 of 20
  14. 24Good starting options in LAnamed by ChatGPT1 of 20
  15. 25Inspect the Air Filternamed by Gemini1 of 20

136of the 146 hvac contractors we looked for came up in none of the answers.

Where they looked

The sites they cite.

The assistants cited 68 different sites. These came up most, with how many of the 20 answers each one appeared in.

  • Angi10 of 20
  • Thumbtack6 of 20
  • Yelp6 of 20
  • BBB4 of 20
  • Three Best Rated3 of 20
  • Houzz2 of 20
  • HomeAdvisor1 of 20
  • Yellow Pages1 of 20

Question by question

The first three names each assistant gave.

“best HVAC company in Los Angeles, CA”

ChatGPT

  1. 1Brody Pennell Heating & Air Conditioning
  2. 2JW Plumbing, Heating & Air
  3. 3Pure AIR LA HVAC contractor

Claude

  1. 1LC Heating & Air
  2. 2Lee's HVAC
  3. 3Lions Heating & Air Conditioning

Gemini

  1. 1Brody Pennell Heating & Air Conditioning
  2. 2Santa Monica
  3. 3JW Heating and Air

Perplexity

  1. 1Brody Pennell Heating & Air Conditioning
  2. 2Southwest Heating & Air Conditioning
  3. 3Precise Air Systems Inc

“best company for furnace replacement in Los Angeles”

ChatGPT

  1. 1Good starting options in LA
  2. 2D Air Conditioning & Heating Inc
  3. 3Accredited with an A+ rating

Claude

  1. 1Zach Taylor Heating and Air
  2. 2Integrity Comfort Systems
  3. 3Emins Air Conditioning and Heating

Gemini

  1. 1Brody Pennell Heating & Air Conditioning
  2. 2LC Heating & Air
  3. 3Service Genius Air Conditioning & Heating

Perplexity

  1. 1Service Genius Air Conditioning & Heating
  2. 2Mike Diamond Plumbing & HVAC
  3. 3LC Heating & Air

“emergency AC repair in Los Angeles, CA”

ChatGPT

  1. 1Los Angeles emergency
  2. 2LC Heating & Air

Claude

  1. 1Brody Pennell Heating & Air Conditioning
  2. 2Affordable Air and Heat
  3. 3Monkey Wrench Plumbing, Heating, Air & Electric

Gemini

  1. 1Inspect the Air Filter
  2. 2Brody Pennell Heating & Air Conditioning
  3. 3Affordable Heating and Air

Perplexity

  1. 1LC Heating & Air
  2. 2Brody Pennell
  3. 3Pyramid Heating and Cooling

“top rated AC repair company in Los Angeles”

ChatGPT

  1. 1AC Dave Heating & Air
  2. 2Santa Monica
  3. 3Culver City

Claude

  1. 1Brody Pennell
  2. 2Manny's Heating & Air Conditioning
  3. 3Southwest Heating & Air Conditioning

Gemini

  1. 1Brody Pennell Heating & Air Conditioning
  2. 2Carrier Factory Authorized Dealer with NATE-certified technicians
  3. 3LC Heating & Air

Perplexity

  1. 1Brody Pennell Heating & Air Conditioning
  2. 2Air Quality Pros USA
  3. 3LC Heating & Air

“who is the best heating and air company in Los Angeles, CA?”

ChatGPT

  1. 1Brody Heating & Air Conditioning
  2. 2Around The Clock HVAC
  3. 3Air Max HVAC, Inc

Claude

  1. 1LC Heating & Air
  2. 2Manny's Heating & Air Conditioning
  3. 3Mike's Air

Gemini

  1. 1Brody Pennell Heating & Air Conditioning
  2. 2JW Heating and Air
  3. 3LC Heating & Air

Perplexity

  1. 1Brody Pennell Heating & Air Conditioning
  2. 2LA Heating & Air Conditioning
  3. 3JMS Air Conditioning and Heating

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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