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2026 data ranking

5 local-service categories with the biggest AI search opportunity

A low leader share means AI assistants spread their recommendations across many businesses instead of repeatedly naming one favorite. We ranked the five most open categories in MentionedOn’s live corpus of 42,100 recorded answers across 840 city-and-category leaderboards.

01

Salons & Barbershops

20% leader share

Across 40 cities, the most-mentioned business captured only about 20% of category mentions on average. The remaining mentions were split among competitors, which makes this one of the least concentrated categories in the dataset.

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02

Landscapers

21% leader share

Across 40 cities, the most-mentioned business captured only about 21% of category mentions on average. The remaining mentions were split among competitors, which makes this one of the least concentrated categories in the dataset.

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03

Gyms & Fitness Studios

21% leader share

Across 40 cities, the most-mentioned business captured only about 21% of category mentions on average. The remaining mentions were split among competitors, which makes this one of the least concentrated categories in the dataset.

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04

Lawyers

22% leader share

Across 40 cities, the most-mentioned business captured only about 22% of category mentions on average. The remaining mentions were split among competitors, which makes this one of the least concentrated categories in the dataset.

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05

Auto Repair Shops

22% leader share

Across 40 cities, the most-mentioned business captured only about 22% of category mentions on average. The remaining mentions were split among competitors, which makes this one of the least concentrated categories in the dataset.

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How to read the ranking

Opportunity is fragmentation, not a guarantee

Leader share measures how much of each market’s observed AI mentions went to its top business. Lower concentration suggests more room to enter the answer set, but it does not guarantee placement. Results vary by city, model, prompt, and refresh date. Business names are normalized from model output, not matched to an audited business registry.

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