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Which plumbers does AI name in Kansas City, MO?

Anthony Plumbing, Heating & Cooling was the plumber AI named most often in Kansas City, MO: in 10 of 20 answers in October 2026.

Across 20 answers to 10 customer questions, Perplexity and Gemini (model knowledge) named 30 different plumbers. The 6 named most often held 53% of all mentions.

Perplexity named Inception Plumbing most often (5 of 10 answers) and Gemini named Anthony Plumbing, Heating & Cooling most often (10 of 10 answers).

Answers collected October 21, 2026. AI answers change from day to day.

The plumbers AI named most

BusinessAnswers naming it
Anthony Plumbing, Heating & CoolingNamed by Gemini10 of 20
Stine-Nichols PlumbingNamed by Gemini9 of 20
A-1 Sewer & Septic ServiceNamed by Gemini8 of 20
Inception PlumbingNamed by Perplexity5 of 20
Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Kansas CityNamed by Perplexity and Gemini5 of 20
Benjamin Franklin Plumbing of Kansas CityNamed by Perplexity and Gemini4 of 20
A.B. MayNamed by Perplexity and Gemini3 of 20
John the PlumberNamed by Perplexity3 of 20
Plumbline PlumbingNamed by Gemini3 of 20
Quality PlumbingNamed by Perplexity3 of 20

Who each AI tool named

Perplexity

10 of its 10 answers named at least one business.

  1. Inception Plumbing (5)
  2. John the Plumber (3)
  3. Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Kansas City (3)
  4. Quality Plumbing (3)
  5. Roto-Rooter (3)
  6. Benjamin Franklin Plumbing of Kansas City (2)
  7. Smedley Plumbing (2)
  8. A.B. May (1)
  9. Affordable Plumbing & Sewer LLC (1)
  10. Alert Plumber (1)

Gemini (model knowledge)

10 of its 10 answers named at least one business.

  1. Anthony Plumbing, Heating & Cooling (10)
  2. Stine-Nichols Plumbing (9)
  3. A-1 Sewer & Septic Service (8)
  4. Plumbline Plumbing (3)
  5. Roger the Plumber (3)
  6. A.B. May (2)
  7. Benjamin Franklin Plumbing of Kansas City (2)
  8. Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Kansas City (2)
  9. Advantage Septic & Sewer (1)
  10. Midwestern Plumbing Service (1)

What AI named for each question

The businesses each AI tool named in its answer to each question, in the order the answer named them.

  1. I need an emergency plumber in Kansas City, MO right now. Who should I call?

    Perplexity

    1. Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Kansas City
    2. Roto-Rooter

    Gemini

    1. A-1 Sewer & Septic Service
    2. Stine-Nichols Plumbing
    3. Benjamin Franklin Plumbing of Kansas City
    4. Anthony Plumbing, Heating & Cooling

  2. How much does drain cleaning cost in Kansas City, MO, and which plumbers charge fair prices?

    Perplexity

    1. John the Plumber
    2. Inception Plumbing
    3. Quality Plumbing
    4. True Blue Plumbing

    Gemini

    1. Anthony Plumbing, Heating & Cooling
    2. Stine-Nichols Plumbing
    3. Roger the Plumber
    4. A-1 Sewer & Septic Service

  3. Who is the most trusted plumber in Kansas City, MO?

    Perplexity

    1. Inception Plumbing
    2. Quality Plumbing

    Gemini

    1. Anthony Plumbing, Heating & Cooling
    2. A.B. May
    3. Stine-Nichols Plumbing
    4. Roger the Plumber

  4. Which plumbing company in Kansas City, MO is best for water heater repair?

    Perplexity

    1. Inception Plumbing
    2. Roto-Rooter

    Gemini

    1. A-1 Sewer & Septic Service
    2. Anthony Plumbing, Heating & Cooling
    3. Stinehart Plumbing
    4. Plumbline Plumbing

  5. My basement is flooding in Kansas City, MO. Which plumber can come today?

    Perplexity

    1. Roto-Rooter
    2. Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Kansas City
    3. Benjamin Franklin Plumbing of Kansas City
    4. Cowboy Certified Plumbing & Water Cleanup

    Gemini

    1. A-1 Sewer & Septic Service
    2. Stine-Nichols Plumbing
    3. Benjamin Franklin Plumbing of Kansas City
    4. Anthony Plumbing, Heating & Cooling
    5. Servpro
    6. Rainbow International

  6. Who is the most affordable plumber near Kansas City, MO?

    Perplexity

    1. Affordable Plumbing & Sewer LLC
    2. Inception Plumbing

    Gemini

    1. A-1 Sewer & Septic Service
    2. Stine-Nichols Plumbing
    3. Anthony Plumbing, Heating & Cooling
    4. Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Kansas City
    5. Miller Plumbing

  7. Which plumbers in Kansas City, MO have the best reviews?

    Perplexity

    1. Inception Plumbing
    2. Quality Plumbing
    3. Rod-O-Matic Plumbing
    4. A.B. May
    5. Andy’s Pipe Dream Plumbing
    6. Newcomer Plumbing of Kansas City

    Gemini

    1. A-1 Sewer & Septic Service
    2. Anthony Plumbing, Heating & Cooling
    3. Stine-Nichols Plumbing
    4. Plumbline Plumbing
    5. Midwestern Plumbing Service

  8. I need water heater installation in Kansas City, MO. Which local plumber do you recommend?

    Perplexity

    1. John the Plumber
    2. C.M. Mose & Son

    Gemini

    1. Stine-Nichols Plumbing
    2. Anthony Plumbing, Heating & Cooling
    3. Roger the Plumber
    4. A.B. May

  9. Is there a 24 hour plumber in Kansas City, MO that answers the phone at night?

    Perplexity

    1. Smedley Plumbing
    2. Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Kansas City
    3. Benjamin Franklin Plumbing of Kansas City

    Gemini

    1. A-1 Sewer & Septic Service
    2. Stine-Nichols Plumbing
    3. Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Kansas City
    4. Anthony Plumbing, Heating & Cooling

  10. What is a reasonable price for sewer line repair in Kansas City, MO, and who should I get quotes from?

    Perplexity

    1. Poor John's Plumbing
    2. John the Plumber
    3. Mission Plumbing, Heating & Cooling
    4. Sewer Repair KC
    5. Alert Plumber
    6. Smedley Plumbing

    Gemini

    1. Plumbline Plumbing
    2. Anthony Plumbing, Heating & Cooling
    3. A-1 Sewer & Septic Service
    4. Stine-Nichols Plumbing
    5. Advantage Septic & Sewer

Sources AI cited

10 of the 20 answers cited sources. The sites cited most, by the number of answers citing them:

  1. rotorooter.com (8)
  2. consumeraffairs.com (5)
  3. mrrooter.com (5)
  4. serviceagent.ai (5)
  5. homeadvisor.com (4)
  6. homeguide.com (4)
  7. thumbtack.com (4)
  8. benjaminfranklinplumbing.com (3)
  9. callsmedley.com (3)
  10. forbes.com (3)

Gemini (model knowledge) answers from what it learned in training, without a web search, so it cites no sources.

What the most-named plumbers have in common

2 of the 6 were named by both Perplexity and Gemini. The rest were named by one tool only, which is common: the tools search and remember differently.

3 of the 6 had their own website among the sources the answers cited, and AI gave a website for 3 of them.

By the kind of question: 5 of them came up for urgent requests, 5 for questions about price, 4 for questions about trust and reviews, and 4 for questions about a specific service.

How we measured this

We asked 10 questions a customer might ask about plumbers in Kansas City, MO, once on each AI tool, through each tool's official API. For example:

  • I need an emergency plumber in Kansas City, MO right now. Who should I call?
  • Who is the most trusted plumber in Kansas City, MO?
  • Which plumbing company in Kansas City, MO is best for water heater repair?

Perplexity searches the web and shows its sources. Gemini (model knowledge) answers without a web search, from what the model learned in training, so its picks can be out of date. A language model read each answer and listed the businesses it named, and a business counts once per answer. These results describe what AI said on these dates. They are not a rating of any business's work.

Data as of October 21, 2026.

Corrections

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Questions about this page

Which plumbers does AI name most in Kansas City, MO?

Anthony Plumbing, Heating & Cooling was the plumber AI named most often in Kansas City, MO: in 10 of 20 answers in October 2026.

Which AI tools were asked, and when?

Perplexity and Gemini, 10 customer questions each, answered between October 21, 2026 and October 21, 2026. Gemini (model knowledge) answers from what the model learned in training, without a web search.

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