Electricians in Adelaide: AI search visibility ranking (2026)
How AI search engines rank electricians in adelaide by visibility and citations. 20 brands measured monthly across Google AI Mode: which brands the AI names in answers, which domains it cites as sources, and how the leaders compare. Electrical contractors serving Adelaide homes and businesses with emergency callouts, rewiring, lighting, switchboards, smoke alarms, EV chargers, and ongoing maintenance across the metro area. Composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
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At a glance
What we observed in this categoryauto-generated
Service Today holds a commanding position in this category with a visibility score of 25.0%, against a category average of just 1.2%. That gap is not marginal, it represents a near-total concentration of AI presence in a single brand across 20 tracked competitors. Service Today also entered the rankings this period from zero, making its rise the only notable movement in the data. No other brand in the top 10 records any visibility at all, which means the AI landscape here is effectively a one-brand story for named appearances.
Jim's Electrical presents the clearest case of visibility and citation diverging. It holds zero visibility yet records a 12.5% citation rate, the only brand besides Service Today to register any meaningful AI signal. This means Google AI Mode references Jim's Electrical as a source or supporting detail without surfacing it as a named recommendation in answers. Service Today shows the inverse pattern: 25.0% visibility and 0.0% citation, meaning it is named in AI answers but not used as an underlying source. These two brands illustrate how being named and being trusted are distinct signals.
The cited sources list shows Google AI Mode is anchoring heavily on review and directory platforms rather than brand websites. Google.com, m.yelp.com, productreview.com.au, and wordofmouth.com.au all appear as top cited sources. Two smaller brand domains, southadelaideelectrical.com.au and bmselectrical.com.au, also appear, despite neither brand featuring in the top 10 by rank. This pattern suggests the AI is drawing on third-party review content to construct answers, and that smaller brands with strong review-platform presence can achieve citation without achieving visibility rank.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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Service Today 0% → 25% · rank #0 → #1+25pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
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| 1 |
servicetoday.com.au
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25% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Service Today leads with 25.0% visibility, more than 20 times the 1.2% category average, but records zero citation, indicating AI names it without sourcing from it. |
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| 2 |
jimselectrical.com.au
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
25pp behind the leader on visibility but with a higher citation rate (12% vs 0%) — closer to being the AI's trusted source than its top recommendation. |
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| 3 |
mchelectrical.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
MCH Electrical scores zero on both visibility and citation, placing it among 17 brands that register no measurable AI presence under the current Google AI Mode data. |
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| 4 |
obrienelectrical.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 5 |
metropolitanelectrical.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Metropolitan Electrical Contractors holds rank 5 with a composite score of zero, indistinguishable from the majority of tracked brands in AI visibility or citation terms. |
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| 6 |
mremergency.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
fallons.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
upsidedown.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
kennerelectrics.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
reactiveplumbingandelectrical.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
oncallelectrical.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
localheroes.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
platinumelectricians.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
laserelectrical.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
hiltonelectrical.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
staticelectrics.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
dlhelectrical.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
expertelectrical.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
thelocalelectrician.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
leadingedgeelectrical.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Sources AI engines trust in this category
Across the 8 buyer-intent queries we ran on electricians in adelaide, these are the domains Google AI Mode cited most often. If you're not on this list — or if your competitors are — that's a concrete PR / linkbuilding target.
How to read this ranking
Four things worth knowing before you act on the numbers above. These are the same definitions across every industry page — for category-specific observations, see the What we observed section above (where available) and the per-brand insights inline in the ranking.
Visibility = being named
A brand's visibility % is the share of AI answers that mention it by name in the response prose. This is who AI engines actively recommend to the buyer.
Citation rate = being trusted
Citation rate is the share of AI answers that include the brand's domain as a clickable source link. This is what the AI treats as authoritative evidence — different from being named.
Top engine differs by brand
The "top engine" column shows which AI surface each brand performs best on. Big gaps between a brand's score across engines usually points to specific content or schema gaps.
Rankings move month to month
AI engines re-crawl and re-rank on shorter cycles than classical search. We re-audit every brand on this list at least every 30 days and refresh this page automatically.
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Frequently asked about electricians in adelaide AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility among Adelaide electricians in Google AI Mode?
Service Today leads with 25.0% visibility, the only brand in the top 10 to record any visibility at all against a category average of 1.2%.
Which brand is most cited by Google AI Mode even without appearing in AI answers?
Jim's Electrical holds a 12.5% citation rate with zero visibility, meaning the AI uses it as a reference source but does not surface it as a named recommendation.
What sources does Google AI Mode anchor on when answering queries about Adelaide electricians?
The top cited sources include google.com, m.yelp.com, productreview.com.au, wordofmouth.com.au, and two smaller brand domains, southadelaideelectrical.com.au and bmselectrical.com.au, indicating a heavy reliance on review and directory platforms.
How concentrated is AI visibility across the 20 tracked brands in this category?
Visibility is highly concentrated: Service Today accounts for 25.0% while every other tracked brand sits at zero, giving the category an average visibility of just 1.2%.
Can smaller brands achieve AI citation without ranking in the top brands by visibility?
Yes, southadelaideelectrical.com.au and bmselectrical.com.au both appear in the cited sources list despite neither brand featuring in the top 10 by rank, suggesting review-platform presence drives citation independently of visibility rank.
Is there any brand in this category that performs strongly on both visibility and citation?
No brand achieves high scores on both metrics simultaneously: Service Today leads on visibility at 25.0% with zero citation, while Jim's Electrical leads on citation at 12.5% with zero visibility.