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Consumers are asking AI to book plumbers, schedule dentists, and hire contractors. If AI can not work with your business, it sends the customer to one it can. See where you stand.

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Before GradeForAI
Speaking
Book me an emergency plumber near downtown for tomorrow morning
I found a few plumbing websites, but I can't determine their services, pricing, or availability.
Unable to complete booking
Forget it. I'll just call someone myself.
Plumber in Dallas, TX 38Detected
Dentist in Houston, TX 44Functional
HVAC in Phoenix, AZ 42Functional
Law Firm in Chicago, IL 43Functional
Roofing in Atlanta, GA 35Detected
Auto Repair in Denver, CO 37Detected
Med Spa in San Diego, CA 48Functional
Cleaning in Austin, TX 33Detected
Electrician in Seattle, WA 31Detected
Pest Control in Miami, FL 39Detected
Dental in Fort Worth, TX 45Functional
Landscaping in Charlotte, NC 28Detected
CPA in Los Angeles, CA 41Functional
HVAC in San Antonio, TX 36Detected
Chiropractor in Philadelphia, PA 46Functional
Dog Groomer in Columbus, OH 22Incompatible
Plumber in Dallas, TX 38Detected
Dentist in Houston, TX 44Functional
HVAC in Phoenix, AZ 42Functional
Law Firm in Chicago, IL 43Functional
Roofing in Atlanta, GA 35Detected
Auto Repair in Denver, CO 37Detected
Med Spa in San Diego, CA 48Functional
Cleaning in Austin, TX 33Detected
Electrician in Seattle, WA 31Detected
Pest Control in Miami, FL 39Detected
Dental in Fort Worth, TX 45Functional
Landscaping in Charlotte, NC 28Detected
CPA in Los Angeles, CA 41Functional
HVAC in San Antonio, TX 36Detected
Chiropractor in Philadelphia, PA 46Functional
Dog Groomer in Columbus, OH 22Incompatible
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Industry leaders are sounding the alarm

The biggest names in tech agree: AI agents will reshape how consumers find, evaluate, and buy from local businesses. Most businesses are not ready.

"AI agents are the new computer. Every company needs an AI agent strategy."

Jensen Huang
Jensen Huang
CEO, NVIDIA · Speaking at GTC 2026 on the AI agent economy
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"AI agents will run through every small and medium business in the country."

Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban
Entrepreneur · Speaking on TBPN about AI agents in small business
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We scored hundreds of thousands of businesses to measure how ready they actually are. Learn more about our data.

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What happens when a customer
asks AI to book you

AI agents try to take action on behalf of consumers. Without AI agent preference, they hit a wall. With it, they book you instantly.

Before GradeForAI
Speaking
Book me an emergency plumber near downtown for tomorrow morning
I found a few plumbing websites, but I can't determine their services, pricing, or availability. None of these businesses have machine-readable booking or contact data.
Unable to complete booking
Forget it. I'll just call someone myself.
After GradeForAI
Speaking
Book me an emergency plumber near downtown for tomorrow morning
I found Reliable Plumbing Co. They offer 24/7 emergency service, are licensed and insured, and have an opening at 9 AM tomorrow.
ServiceEmergency Plumbing
TimeTomorrow, 9:00 AM
Rating4.9 stars (312 reviews)
Estimate$150 service call
Appointment confirmed

Which side are you on? Find out in 60 seconds.

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The AI Agent Preference Score

One number, 0 to 100, measuring whether an AI agent will choose your business over a competitor. Built from four dimensions that together answer the only question that matters: will AI send the customer to you, or to someone else?

Agent Accessibility

Can AI agents reach and read your site? Covers navigation, bot access, form accessibility, and the structural signals agents rely on to parse what you offer.

Transaction Completeness

Can an agent actually finish the job? We trace the full path from discover to evaluate to contact to book to pay, and flag every stage that is missing or broken.

Data Reliability

Will the data an agent extracts lead to a successful outcome? We cross-check your NAP, hours, and identity against Google Places and every public source we have indexed.

Competitive Position

How do you rank against every competitor in your city and vertical? Powered by 500,000 scored businesses and historical trend data no one else has.

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28/100
Example Business example-business.com AI Agent Preference Score
Agent Detected
Agent Accessibility
48
Transaction Completeness
20
Data Reliability
24
Competitive Position
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Your free scan shows the AI Agent Preference Score plus 3 dimensions instantly. Competitive Position unlocks in the full report.

SEO gets you found. AEO gets you mentioned. GradeForAI gets you booked.

AI agents do not just answer questions anymore. They pick a provider and transact. The business with the highest AI Agent Preference Score gets the customer. Everyone else gets skipped. Search ranks pages. Answer engines cite sources. AI agents choose vendors and act.

We scored 500,000 businesses. The average service business scores 33 out of 100. Online stores average 72. Your competitors in your city and metro area are in our database. The businesses that close this gap first take the customers.

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Most businesses can't be booked by AI

We scored 500,000 service businesses. The results were not pretty.

89%

of service businesses score below Agent Ready. AI agents struggle to complete transactions with them, so when a customer asks AI to take action, these businesses get skipped.

29%

are Agent Incompatible. No structured data, no accessible transaction paths, no meaningful agent support. Functionally invisible to AI agents.

33/100

is the average AI Agent Preference Score across every service business in our database. The bar is low. Leapfrogging competitors takes less work than most owners think.

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We check whether AI can reach your site, finish a transaction on it, trust your data, and how you rank against every competitor in your city and metro area.

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See exactly what to fix

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  • Everything in the free scan, plus:
  • All 4 dimensions scored and explained, including booking platform detection, transaction path mapping, and entity coherence against Google Places
  • Plain-English recommendations with difficulty ratings
  • See which local competitors are outranking you with AI agents
  • Industry benchmarks from 500,000 scored businesses
  • Prioritized action plan matched to fixed-scope implementation packages

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  • Schema.org, booking, and payment optimization
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What business owners ask us

Your AI Agent Preference Score measures how well AI agents can operate on your website, on a scale of 0 to 100. We evaluate four dimensions: Agent Accessibility (whether agents can navigate your site), Transaction Completeness (whether they can complete the core transaction), Data Reliability (whether your operational data is trustworthy and machine-readable), and Competitive Position (how you compare against competitors in your market). SEO got you ranked on Google. GradeForAI gets your business booked, quoted, and paid by AI agents.

We have scored 500,000 businesses across 395+ cities and 183+ industries. When you scan, we compare your score against every business in your same industry within your city and your greater metro area. You see exactly where you rank, who is ahead of you, and what they are doing that you are not. A minimum of 15 similar businesses in your area is required for competitive rankings to appear.

Right now, people are telling AI to "book me a plumber" or "schedule a dentist near me." Online stores already work with AI by default. Service businesses have not caught up. If AI cannot book, quote, or pay your business, it sends the customer to a competitor it can work with. This is happening today, not next year.

The free scan gives you your headline AI Agent Preference Score, capability band, and the four dimension numbers. The full report unlocks detailed per-dimension findings across all four dimensions, shows you exactly what AI agents can and cannot do with your business, compares you head-to-head against up to three competitors, benchmarks you against your industry, and gives you a prioritized implementation roadmap.

No. AEO is about getting mentioned when someone asks AI a question. That is content optimization. AI Agent Preference measures whether AI agents will choose to transact with you over competitors. Can the agent book an appointment? Process a payment? Request a quote? Recommend you with confidence? AEO gets you mentioned. GradeForAI gets you booked, quoted, and paid.

Yes. Our team implements the fixes your report identifies. Booking integrations, schema.org markup, entity coherence across directories, and structured pricing are all handled by our implementation arm. Many businesses see meaningful score improvement within two to four weeks of engagement. Email hello@gradeforai.com to get started.

The full report includes a step-by-step roadmap you can follow yourself or hand to your web developer. The report tells you exactly what to do and in what order.

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Hundreds of thousands of businesses scored. Where do you rank?

Most businesses are not agent ready

89% of service businesses are not ready for AI agents. See where you stand in 60 seconds.