Solar installers in Brisbane: AI search visibility ranking (2026)
How AI search engines rank solar installers in brisbane 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. Solar installation companies serving Brisbane households and businesses with rooftop solar, batteries, energy monitoring, system upgrades, and residential or commercial energy projects 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
AGL leads the Brisbane solar installer category with a visibility score of 37.5%, nearly 12 percentage points above its closest competitor, Arise Solar at 25.0%. Both sit far above the 20-brand category average of just 3.1%, which signals that AI visibility in this space is extremely concentrated at the top. The remaining 18 brands, including established names like Origin Energy, Solahart, and Solargain, all register 0.0% visibility, making the gap between the top two and the rest practically absolute.
A striking divergence runs through this entire dataset: every brand, including the two visible ones, records a citation rate of 0.0%. AGL and Arise Solar are named by Google AI Mode but not cited as sources. This means AI is surfacing these brands as recommendations or mentions within generated answers, while the actual links and references flow elsewhere. Named presence and trusted-source status are entirely disconnected in this category, which limits how much direct referral traffic brand visibility can deliver.
The top cited sources in this category are third-party and platform domains: solarquotes.com.au, solarchoice.net.au, choice.com.au, and energy.gov.au alongside google.com, reddit.com, facebook.com, and youtube.com. Google AI Mode is clearly anchoring its sourcing on independent review and government sites rather than installer brand domains. This pattern explains the 0.0% citation rate across all 20 brands: the AI trusts aggregator and authority content for evidence, while drawing brand names from a separate layer of its training or retrieval.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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Arise Solar 0% → 25% · rank #11 → #2+25pp
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AGL 25% → 38% · rank #1 → #1+12pp
Biggest visibility fallers
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Halcol Energy 12% → 0% · rank #2 → #4-12pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
agl.com.au
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38% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
AGL holds a 37.5% visibility score, more than 12 times the 3.1% category average, and grew from 25.0% last period, but still records zero citations. |
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| 2 |
arisesolar.com.au
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25% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Arise Solar jumped from rank 11 to rank 2 with a visibility delta of 25.0 percentage points, the largest single-period gain among all 20 tracked brands. |
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| 3 |
originenergy.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Origin Energy sits at rank 3 by composite score but records 0.0% visibility and 0.0% citations, indicating positional rank here reflects prior data rather than current AI presence. |
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| 4 |
halcolenergy.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Halcol Energy is the category's biggest faller, dropping from rank 2 to rank 4 after losing all 12.5 percentage points of its previous visibility in a single period. |
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| 5 |
solahart.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Solahart holds rank 5 with a composite score and visibility both at 0.0%, placing it indistinguishable from the 15 other brands sharing the same zero-visibility floor. |
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| 6 |
sunboost.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
solaray.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
solargain.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
shinehub.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
nectr.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
infiniteenergy.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
smartenergyanswers.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
captaingreensolar.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
openelectrical.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
1komma5.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
solarsecure.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
energymatters.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
emeraldsolar.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
greensolartechnologies.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
obrienelectrical.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 solar installers in brisbane, 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 solar installers in brisbane AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility among Brisbane solar installers?
AGL leads with 37.5% visibility in Google AI Mode, followed by Arise Solar at 25.0%. All remaining 18 tracked brands currently sit at 0.0% visibility.
What is the average AI visibility for brands in the Brisbane solar installer category?
The category average is just 3.1% across 20 brands, reflecting extreme concentration where two brands hold all measurable visibility.
Which brand made the biggest visibility gain in the latest period?
Arise Solar gained 25.0 percentage points, rising from 0.0% to 25.0% visibility and jumping from rank 11 to rank 2 in a single period.
What sources does Google AI Mode cite most for Brisbane solar installer queries?
The top cited sources are solarquotes.com.au, solarchoice.net.au, choice.com.au, and energy.gov.au, alongside platforms such as reddit.com and youtube.com. No installer brand domain is cited.
Do any Brisbane solar installer brands receive citation credit from Google AI Mode?
No. Every brand in the dataset, including the two with significant visibility scores, records a citation rate of 0.0%, meaning AI names brands but sources content from third-party sites.
Which brand experienced the largest AI visibility decline in this category?
Halcol Energy fell from 12.5% to 0.0% visibility, dropping two rank positions from rank 2 to rank 4, making it the only recorded faller in the current dataset.