B
Evidence Grade B
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29%
29% -- share of ai citations to aggregators for commercial mechanical contractors (2026-08)
Across all AI citations in the commercial mechanical contractors category index, 29% pointed to aggregators.
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Value
29%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026-08
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Arcalea
Primary
Tier B
https://arcalea.com/aeo-index/mechanical ↗
Source Article
Commercial Mechanical Contractors AEO Index - August 2026
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Arcalea
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Methodology
AEO Index citation analysis across five AI platforms
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Industrymarketing
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commercial mechanical contractors: 29% share of ai citations to aggregators. Source: Arcalea (2026-08). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-citations-aggregators-2026
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