Plumbers in Adelaide: AI search visibility ranking (2026)
How AI search engines rank plumbers 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. Plumbing companies serving Adelaide households and businesses with emergency plumbing, blocked drains, hot water, gas fitting, leak repairs, and 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
Precise Plumbing leads the Adelaide plumbers category with a composite score of 8.8 and a visibility rate of 12.5%, against a category average of just 0.6%. That gap is substantial: every other tracked brand sits at 0.0% visibility. However, Precise Plumbing's current 12.5% visibility is already half what it recorded in the prior period (25.0%), and its citation rate remains at 0.0%, meaning the AI names it but does not link or source it.
A clear divergence exists between being named and being cited. Service Today and Metropolitan Plumbing each hold a 12.5% citation rate despite recording 0.0% visibility, giving both a composite score of 3.8. This pattern means AI Mode references them as sources or evidence without surfacing them as recommended answers. Precise Plumbing is the inverse: named prominently, cited nowhere. No brand in the top 10 achieves meaningful scores on both metrics simultaneously.
Google AI Mode is the top engine for every brand in this dataset, indicating the audit is anchored entirely on that single engine. The top cited sources list is dominated by smaller independent domains such as kenhallplumbers.com.au, adelaideexpertplumbing.com.au, willsplumbingadelaide.com.au, and rightnowplumbingadelaide.com.au, alongside google.com and reddit.com. None of these cited sources correspond to the top-ranked brands, which suggests AI Mode is drawing citation evidence from outside the main brand set.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility fallers
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Precise Plumbing 25% → 12% · rank #2 → #1-12pp
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Service Today 12% → 0% · rank #1 → #2-12pp
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Metropolitan Plumbing 12% → 0% · rank #3 → #3-12pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
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| 1 |
preciseplumbing.com.au
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Precise Plumbing holds the only non-zero visibility score (12.5%) in the category but carries a 0.0% citation rate, meaning it is named without being sourced. |
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| 2 |
servicetoday.com.au
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
Service Today has dropped from rank 1 to rank 2, lost 25 percentage points of citation rate, and now records 0.0% visibility despite retaining a 12.5% citation rate. |
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| 3 |
metropolitanplumbing.com.au
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
Metropolitan Plumbing holds a 12.5% citation rate with 0.0% visibility, matching Service Today's composite score of 3.8 and showing no change in rank from the prior period. |
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| 4 |
jimsplumbing.net.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 5 |
plumbdog.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Plumbdog records a composite score of 0.0 with no visibility or citation activity, indistinguishable from six other brands ranked immediately below it. |
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| 6 |
mremergency.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
fixedtoday.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
relianceplumbing.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
oncallplumbing.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
osheaplumbing.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
samedaytrades.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
gpsplumbing.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
localplumbinggroup.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
fastplumbing.net.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
yourlocalplumbing.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
mottplumbing.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
hiltonplumbing.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
plumbingbros.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
apexplumbingservices.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
reactiveplumbingandelectrical.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 plumbers 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 plumbers in adelaide AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility in the Adelaide plumbers category?
Precise Plumbing leads with a visibility rate of 12.5% and a composite score of 8.8, well above the category average of 0.6%. Every other tracked brand records 0.0% visibility.
Which brands are cited most by Google AI Mode for Adelaide plumbers?
Service Today and Metropolitan Plumbing each hold a 12.5% citation rate, the highest in the category. Precise Plumbing, despite leading on visibility, has a 0.0% citation rate.
What sources does Google AI Mode anchor on when responding to Adelaide plumber queries?
The top cited sources include google.com, reddit.com, and several small independent sites such as kenhallplumbers.com.au, adelaideexpertplumbing.com.au, and willsplumbingadelaide.com.au. None of these match the top-ranked brands in the audit.
Is AI visibility in this category growing or declining?
All three brands with historical data recorded visibility declines: Precise Plumbing fell from 25.0% to 12.5%, while Service Today and Metropolitan Plumbing both dropped from 12.5% to 0.0% visibility.
Can a brand have citation presence without visibility in this category?
Yes. Service Today and Metropolitan Plumbing both show 12.5% citation rates with 0.0% visibility, indicating Google AI Mode references them as sources without surfacing them as named recommendations.
How concentrated is AI visibility across the 20 brands tracked in Adelaide plumbers?
Visibility is highly concentrated: only one brand (Precise Plumbing) registers any visibility at all, and even that single brand has halved from its prior recorded level of 25.0%.