AEO, tuned to how your buyers ask
Every category gets asked different questions, and answer engines trust different sources for each. We tune the system to yours.
Pick the category your buyers are asking AI about
SourceRank AI, a Danish Lead Co company, maps the questions buyers ask in your category, then builds the answers and sources the models trust. Nine starting points below.
B2B SaaS
Be the tool the model recommends when a buyer asks for the best software for a job.
Explore ->Agencies
For marketing, creative, web, PR and growth agencies that win on specialism and reputation.
Explore ->Financial Services
Be the compliant provider AI names when finance buyers ask for a trusted option.
Explore ->Logistics & Supply Chain
Be the provider the model surfaces for complex, high-intent operational questions.
Explore ->Home & Commercial Services
Be the provider AI names when buyers search by location and service need.
Explore ->Manufacturing
Be the supplier AI names when procurement searches by specification, certification, and capacity.
Explore ->We work with any B2B category whose buyers research with AI. If yours is not listed here, the approach is the same, and the first step is a clear read on how answer engines see you today. Get the audit.
Who AI names in each of these categories
Every industry above has a measured ranking behind it: the providers answer engines actually named across 485 answers to 100 buyer questions on five engines, broken out by vertical. The overall leader is not the leader in three of the eight. The method and every count are published alongside each table.
The categories do not behave the same way
Most industry pages assert that a category is different. This one shows it. Every figure below comes from one published measurement run on 17 September 2026: 100 tracked buyer questions, 485 answers, across ChatGPT, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews.
| Category | Questions tracked | Answers read | Most-named provider | Their share of answers | Providers named twice or more | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B2B SaaS | 12 | 59 | Semrush platform | 13.6% | 9 | Ranking |
| Financial services and fintech | 9 | 45 | LoudFace agency | 17.8% | 7 | Ranking |
| Professional services | 10 | 50 | First Page Sage agency | 16.0% | 8 | Ranking |
| Manufacturing | 8 | 40 | First Page Sage agency | 17.5% | 6 | Ranking |
| Logistics and freight | 8 | 40 | First Page Sage agency | 12.5% | 7 | Ranking |
| Healthtech | 9 | 45 | First Page Sage agency | 11.1% | 3 | Ranking |
| Agencies and white label | 7 | 35 | AEO Engine platform | 11.4% | 2 | Ranking |
| Home and commercial services | 8 | 40 | First Page Sage agency | 7.5% | 2 | Ranking |
Snapshot c181e16b, 17 September 2026. A provider counts as named in an answer when its name appears in that answer. Percentages are of answers, not of questions. Rankings are measured, not curated: no provider is placed by the publisher, including SourceRank AI.
What that table is telling you
Concentration varies more than two to one
In manufacturing the most-named provider takes 17.5% of answers. In home and commercial services the leader takes 7.5%. Those two numbers imply completely different plans: a concentrated category is won by out-publishing one incumbent, and a fragmented one is won on coverage, because nobody has established a default yet.
Two categories return software, six return people
Ask as a B2B SaaS company, or as an agency looking for fulfilment, and the top answer is a platform you would run yourself. Ask in the other six and the engines name agencies. That tells you what the model assumes the asker can do in-house, and it is worth knowing which side of that line your category sits on before you buy either one.
Three categories are nearly empty
Healthtech, agency fulfilment, and home and commercial services have only two or three providers named twice or more across thirty-five to forty-five answers each. An empty category is the cheapest one to become the answer in, and it is also the one where the least has been written, which is the reason it is empty.
One category is missing, deliberately
PE and M&A advisory has an industry page and no row in this table, because we do not yet track buyer questions for it on this account. We would rather show the gap than estimate a number into it. That page is written from the category rather than from a measurement.
Common questions
Which industries does SourceRank AI work with?
We run AEO for any B2B category whose buyers research with an AI assistant. Nine categories have their own page: B2B SaaS, professional services, agencies, healthtech, financial services, logistics and supply chain, home and commercial services, manufacturing, and PE and M&A advisory. Eight of those nine also have a measured ranking of who answer engines actually name in them.
Does AEO really differ by industry, or is that just marketing?
It differs measurably. On one run of 100 buyer questions across five engines, the most-named provider took 17.5% of answers in manufacturing and 7.5% in home and commercial services, and two of the eight categories returned software platforms in the top position while the other six returned agencies. Those differences change what the work should be, not just how it is described.
Which category is easiest to get named in?
The ones where almost nobody is named yet. Healthtech, agency fulfilment, and home and commercial services each had only two or three providers named twice or more across roughly forty answers. That is the cheapest position to take, and also the least written-about, which is why it is open.
What if my industry is not listed?
The approach is the same. The first step either way is a measurement of how answer engines describe your category today and who they name instead of you, which is what the audit produces.