Industry Benchmarks

Benchmarks show average and best AEO readiness scores across business sectors. We track Healthcare & Patient Advocacy, Customer Support & BPO, Music & Vinyl Retail, SaaS & Productivity, and AI & Marketing Technology. Each sector breaks down into categories. They help you understand where you stand relative to industry peers - not just in absolute terms.

It varies. In Customer Support & BPO, scores range from 33 (HelpCrunch) to 63 (Tidio), with the median around 45. Healthcare tends higher due to content-rich sites. Scoring above the industry median means you're ahead of most competitors. Top quartile means you've got a real competitive advantage in AI visibility.

Benchmarks come from real AEO audits of domains in each sector. We audit multiple companies per category using the same 22-criteria methodology across 4 dimensions and aggregate results. Each domain shows per-engine scores (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini), best score, and overall visibility indicators. Benchmarks update as new audits are published.

Yes. Browse benchmarks by sector and category, then click any domain to view its full Domain Intelligence Dashboard - detailed scorecard, findings, recommendations. See exactly where competitors are strong and where they have gaps you can exploit.

Automatically, whenever new audits are published. Each audit includes a timestamp so you know how current the data is. Industries with more audited domains have more reliable benchmarks. We're continuously expanding coverage across sectors.

Low benchmarks usually mean most businesses in that sector haven't prioritized AEO yet. That's an opportunity, not a problem. Implementing AEO while competitors are still unaware gives you an early-mover advantage. Industries with low benchmarks see the fastest improvement from basic AEO work.

Yes. If your industry isn't represented, contact us. We need 4-5 domains per sector to establish meaningful benchmarks. We prioritize industries with strong demand for AI visibility.

It's a central page for any audited domain that pulls together everything: per-engine score gauges, multi-engine comparison, visibility analysis, score trends across versions, top opportunities, and key metrics. One URL you can share with stakeholders to show the complete AEO profile.

Compare your per-criterion scores against the sector average. If your Schema.org score is 3/10 but the sector average is 6/10, that criterion is a priority. Focus on closing the biggest gaps first - those represent the areas where competitors are already ahead and where improvement yields the most relative gain.