Local Business AI Visibility Checker

Shows local businesses whether they appear when customers ask ChatGPT or Gemini for recommendations

Problem

More consumers now use ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity to find local businesses, but most owners have never checked whether they're recommended. Someone in the community pointed out that asking AI in incognito mode for "the best [service] in my city" often reveals worse results than expected—and this channel jumped from single digits to nearly half of consumers in a year. Owners don't know where to look or how to fix it.

Solution

An AI visibility checker for local businesses: enter the business name and city, and it simulates customer questions across multiple AI assistants, producing a visibility report (whether mentioned, ranking, reasons) and optimization suggestions (complete structured data, add citation sources, etc.).

Users

Local service businesses (restaurants, repair, beauty, law firms, clinics), agencies marketing local businesses, local SEO practitioners

MVP

Support 3–4 major AI assistants (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, etc.); auto-run 5–10 simulated queries after entering business + city; output visibility score and raw answer screenshots; give 3–5 actionable optimization tips; exportable PDF report

Revenue

One-off report $19; monthly monitoring subscription $29/mo; agency bulk packages; affiliate deals with local SEO services

Why now

AI search is rapidly replacing traditional local search while business owners are almost completely unaware, creating a large information gap; the detection logic is simple enough for one person to build a usable version with existing APIs in a few weeks