Sample AI snapshot: who the AI engines name when Brisbane asks for an electrician
On 7 November 2026 we asked Perplexity and an OpenAI GPT model with web search the ten questions a Brisbane homeowner types when they need an electrician, from "who is the best electrician in Brisbane" to "24 hour electrician Brisbane power is out in half the house". Across the twenty answers, 29 different electrical and solar businesses were named, and 228 sources were cited from 85 domains. Connex Electrical was named most often, in 7 of twenty answers. 2 of the twenty answers named no business at all; one was the smoke alarm question and one was the switchboard price question, which the engines answered with general guidance. This is what a free snapshot from us looks like, run on a whole trade instead of one business, and every name below comes from the stored answers, which you can download at the bottom.
What the AI engines named
| Question | Perplexity named | GPT (web search) named | Cited domains |
|---|---|---|---|
| who is the best electrician in Brisbane | Wayne Heydon Electrical, Southside Electrical Fitters, Connex Electrical | Connex Electrical, Sparks Power | productreview.com.au, starworks.com.au, wordofmouth.com.au, staticelectrics.com.au, airtasker.com, hipages.com.au, brisbane-australia.com, localsearch.com.au, bark.com, houzz.com, service.com.au, tradieladder.com.au, electricalsafety.qld.gov.au |
| emergency electrician Brisbane northside who should I call | Speedy Electrical, Static Electrics, Connex Electrical | JNA Electrical QLD, Martel Electrical | speedyelectrical.com.au, staticelectrics.com.au, dlgelectrical.com.au, connexelectrical.com.au, yourelectricalexpert.com.au, localsearch.com.au, hipages.com.au, fallonsolutions.com.au, jnaelectrical.com.au, martelelectrical.com.au, energex.com.au |
| electrician near me Brisbane with good reviews | Connex Electrical, Sparks Power, Goodfellows Electrical | Connex Electrical, Sparks Power, Your Electrical Expert | productreview.com.au, starworks.com.au, airtasker.com, localsearch.com.au, wordofmouth.com.au, staticelectrics.com.au, hipages.com.au, houzz.com, talkofthetrade.com.au |
| how much does a switchboard upgrade cost in Brisbane | Connex | none named | leadkit.com.au, fullywired.com.au, jentechelectrical.com.au, connexelectrical.com.au, indigipc.com.au, thequoteyard.com.au, dlgelectrical.com.au, ampluselectricalandair.com.au, sparky.fyi, fallonsolutions.com.au, biddaro.com, dawsonelectric.com.au, linksairelectrical.com.au, energy.nsw.gov.au |
| recommend an electrician in Brisbane southside to install ceiling fans | O’Brien Electrical & Plumbing, Precision Electrical & Air | M-Tech Electrical, Faze Electrical | obrien.com.au, rlcelectrical.com.au, sortedelectrical.com.au, eliteema.com.au, hipages.com.au, precisionelectricalair.com.au, airtasker.com, staticelectrics.com.au, jimselectrical.com.au, fallonsolutions.com.au, mtechelectricalqld.com.au, fazeelectrical.com.au, electricalsafety.qld.gov.au |
| who installs home EV chargers in Brisbane | RACQ Solar, Fully Wired Electricians, O’Brien Electrical & Plumbing | Sunrays Power, Watts Integrated, EWJ Electrical | media.racq.com.au, fullywired.com.au, uvpower.com.au, obrien.com.au, jaricgroup.com.au, saegroup.com.au, dlgelectrical.com.au, jetcharge.com.au, evergreenelectrical.com.au, fallonsolutions.com.au, southernstarsgroup.com.au, gesenergy.com.au, connectenergy.com.au, homeevc.com.au, evse.com.au, ktecsolar.com.au, staticelectrics.com.au, sunrayspower.com.au, wattsintegrated.com.au, ewjelectrical.com.au, armitageelectrical.com.au, electricvehiclecouncil.com.au |
| best solar and battery electrician Brisbane | MC Electrical, Evergreen Electrical, Static Electrics, All Brisbane Electrical | MC Electrical, Springers Solar | evergreenelectrical.com.au, mcelectrical.com.au, stagelectrical.com.au, solarquotes.com.au, racq.com.au, staticelectrics.com.au, solardirectory.com.au, hipages.com.au, fallonsolutions.com.au, trustedtraders.which.co.uk, thecooldown.com, independent.co.uk, openpr.com, news.metal.com, shopping.yahoo.com, justdial.com, springers.com.au, advanceenergy.com.au, qld.gov.au |
| electrician for smoke alarm compliance in a Queensland rental Brisbane | none named | Egan Electrical | obrien.com.au, jentechelectrical.com.au, staticelectrics.com.au, dlgelectrical.com.au, fallonsolutions.com.au, connexelectrical.com.au, qld.gov.au, rta.qld.gov.au, fire.qld.gov.au, qbcc.qld.gov.au, detectorinspector.com.au, yourelectricalexpert.com.au, electricalsafety.qld.gov.au, eeindustries.com.au, abs.net.au, nseair.au |
| 24 hour electrician Brisbane power is out in half the house | Fallon Solutions, O’Brien Electrical and Plumbing, Connex Electrical, Your Electrical Expert | Brisbane Power Electricians | fallonsolutions.com.au, obrien.com.au, evergreenelectrical.com.au, connexelectrical.com.au, staticelectrics.com.au, yourelectricalexpert.com.au, hipages.com.au, localsearch.com.au, energex.com.au, bpelectricians.com.au, electricalsafety.qld.gov.au |
| which Brisbane electricians do same day service | Brisbane Electrical Services, Static Electrics | Electrician Brisbane & Logan, Saga Electrical | fullywired.com.au, staticelectrics.com.au, brisbane-electrician.com.au, connexelectrical.com.au, yourelectricalexpert.com.au, gimpelelectrics.com.au, obrien.com.au, evergreenelectrical.com.au, electricianbne.com.au, sagaelectrical.com.au, fallonsolutions.com.au, mtechelectricalqld.com.au |
Named most often: Connex Electrical (7 of 20), Static Electrics (3 of 20), Sparks Power (3 of 20). Domains cited most: staticelectrics.com.au (in 9 of 20 answers), fallonsolutions.com.au (in 8 of 20 answers), hipages.com.au (in 6 of 20 answers).
Also see: the Brisbane plumber snapshot, same method, run 31 October 2026.
What this means if you're a Brisbane electrician
Three things to take from the table. First, the engines do name specific businesses for these questions, so the answer is not empty; when a homeowner asks an AI who to call, somebody gets recommended. Second, look at the "cited domains" column: that is where the engines are reading from. If most of them are directories, review sites and "best electricians in Brisbane" lists, then being on those pages, with current reviews, matters more than anything on your own site. If an engine quoted an electrician's own page, that page exists because someone wrote a plain answer to the question. Third, answers move. Run the same question next month and some names will change. We cannot make an engine name you, and we do not say we can. What we can do is measure which questions you are absent from, show where the engines are looking, and re-measure after the work.
Method
- Engines: Perplexity Sonar, and OpenAI's
gpt-6-lunamodel with its native web search, both through the OpenRouter API, on 7 November 2026. The GPT model is a proxy for ChatGPT, not ChatGPT itself. A paid snapshot also covers Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, and Gemini, in logged-out sessions. - Questions: the ten listed in the table, written the way a Brisbane homeowner would ask. Asked once each, with no location setting beyond the words in the question.
- Recorded: the first 600 characters of each answer and every URL cited, in order.
- Answers vary by session, location and day. One run is a sample, not a ranking of Brisbane electricians, and this page should not be read as a recommendation of any business.
- Some questions touch on safety and rental rules (smoke alarms, switchboards). This page records what the engines said; it is not advice on those rules.
- No business named on this page was contacted, and none paid to be here. aeoservices.com.au is not affiliated with any business named on this page.
- Raw data: every stored answer and citation (JSON, CC BY 4.0).
Questions
Why electricians?
Because it is a trade everyone needs and a question people genuinely ask an AI in a hurry: half the house losing power at night is exactly when someone types "emergency electrician Brisbane" into the assistant on their phone. It is our second trade after Brisbane plumbers, using the same method. The same method works for any trade or profession.
My business is in the table. Can you remove it, or is this an ad?
It is not an ad and nobody paid to be here. The names are what the engines said on the day, recorded as data. If you are named and would like a note added or the row removed, email us from the address on the contact page and we will do it within two business days.
My business is not in the table. What would a snapshot tell me?
The free snapshot takes the one question your customers would ask and runs it on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, and Gemini. You get back what each said, who it named and which pages it used, in an email within two business days. It is measurement, not a sales call, and it is right whether or not there is anything worth doing afterwards.
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