A franchise AI visibility run: real buyer questions, asked per market, through live AI engines. One Cited report per market, a competitor map per market, one executive roll-up. Sold as a 10–20 market pilot.
The three-layer problem
Franchise visibility isn't one question — it's three, and generic agencies only ever see the first.
National brand
When buyers ask category questions — "best {your category}" — does AI name the brand at all?
Every agency sees thisFranchise development
When prospects ask "best franchises to buy in {category}," is your development story in the answer?
Most agencies miss thisLocation visibility
When a buyer in Phoenix asks "best {category} near me" — does the answer name your Phoenix location and cite its page?
Invisible to generic toolsHow a multi-market run works
phoenix, az named 2/6 · domain cited 1/6 · location page cited 0/6 weak · top rival: Local Competitor in 5/6
miami, fl named 4/6 · domain cited 2/6 · location page cited 0/6 no local citation
What every market report measures
Does AI mention the brand at all when buyers in this market ask?
Is the brand's website a source the answer actually links?
The franchise-only metric. Is this market's location page the cited source — or is the local franchisee riding on nothing?
Every rival AI names instead of you, per market. The local fight looks different in every city.
The pilot
10–20 markets. Baseline everything. You leave with a per-market visibility report, a per-market competitor map, and one roll-up your leadership will actually read — which markets are covered, which are exposed, and the location-page fixes ranked by impact. Monthly re-runs then track movement as fixes ship: "AI stopped recommending your Phoenix location" is a sentence you hear from us, not from a franchisee.
Why us
Both founders spent 15+ years inside franchise — selling to and sitting next to the marketing VPs and CIOs this report is written for. And the model has no conflict of interest: we don't run your paid media. We can — but we use the data to guide you. The audit isn't a pitch for a retainer; it's the product.
Frequently asked questions
What is franchise AEO?
Franchise AEO (answer engine optimization) is measuring and improving whether AI assistants like ChatGPT and Perplexity recommend a multi-location brand market by market — not just nationally. A brand can dominate AI answers in Austin and be invisible in Phoenix; single-location tools never see the difference.
What does a multi-location AI visibility run measure?
For every market, three things: whether AI names the brand at all, whether the brand's domain is cited as a source, and whether the specific location page is the cited source — the franchise-only metric. Plus the competitors AI names instead, per market, rolled up into one executive report.
Why can't a single-location AEO tool do this?
Franchise visibility is a three-layer problem — national brand, franchise development, and location-level visibility — and most general-purpose dashboards don't organize measurement around those layers. A franchise run is one brand against N markets, each with its own question set, competitors, and location page — reported the way franchise leadership actually needs it.
What is the franchise pilot?
A 10–20 market engagement: a Cited AI visibility report per market, a competitor map per market, and one roll-up written for the C-suite. It establishes the baseline; monthly re-runs then track movement as fixes ship.