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Which plumbers does AI name in New York, NY?

Hub Plumbing & Mechanical was the plumber AI named most often in New York, NY: in 9 of 20 answers in October 2026.

Across 20 answers to 10 customer questions, Perplexity and Gemini (model knowledge) named 32 different plumbers. The 6 named most often held 50% of all mentions.

Perplexity named Roto-Rooter most often (8 of 10 answers) and Gemini named Hub Plumbing & Mechanical most often (9 of 10 answers).

Answers collected October 15, 2026. AI answers change from day to day.

The plumbers AI named most

BusinessAnswers naming it
Hub Plumbing & MechanicalNamed by Gemini9 of 20
Roto-RooterNamed by Perplexity8 of 20
Maxwell Plumb MechanicalNamed by Perplexity and Gemini5 of 20
Petri Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Drain CleaningNamed by Gemini5 of 20
ECO ServiceNamed by Perplexity4 of 20
Balkan Sewer & Water Main ServiceNamed by Gemini3 of 20
NYC Plumbing EmergencyNamed by Perplexity3 of 20
Aladdin Plumbing Corp.Named by Perplexity2 of 20
B&R Plumbing and HeatingNamed by Gemini2 of 20
Blue Apple PlumbingNamed by Gemini2 of 20

Who each AI tool named

Perplexity

10 of its 10 answers named at least one business.

  1. Roto-Rooter (8)
  2. ECO Service (4)
  3. Maxwell Plumb Mechanical (3)
  4. NYC Plumbing Emergency (3)
  5. Aladdin Plumbing Corp. (2)
  6. Einstein's Plumbing & Heating (2)
  7. Mr. Rooter (2)
  8. HBNY Plumbing & Heating (1)
  9. Karl's Plumbing (1)
  10. Luani Plumbing (1)

Gemini (model knowledge)

10 of its 10 answers named at least one business.

  1. Hub Plumbing & Mechanical (9)
  2. Petri Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Drain Cleaning (5)
  3. Balkan Sewer & Water Main Service (3)
  4. B&R Plumbing and Heating (2)
  5. Blue Apple Plumbing (2)
  6. Maxwell Plumb Mechanical (2)
  7. All-City Plumbing (1)
  8. Big Apple Plumbing & Heating (1)
  9. Bluewater Plumbing (1)
  10. Excellent Plumbing & Heating (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 New York, NY right now. Who should I call?

    Perplexity

    1. Roto-Rooter
    2. Einstein's Plumbing & Heating
    3. Karl's Plumbing
    4. Maxwell Plumb Mechanical

    Gemini

    1. Hub Plumbing & Mechanical
    2. Fred Smith Plumbing & Heating Co.
    3. H&A Plumbing

  2. How much does drain cleaning cost in New York, NY, and which plumbers charge fair prices?

    Perplexity

    1. ECO Service
    2. NYC Plumbing Emergency
    3. Roto-Rooter

    Gemini

    1. B&R Plumbing and Heating
    2. Petri Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Drain Cleaning
    3. Precise Plumbing & Heating
    4. Hub Plumbing & Mechanical

  3. Who is the most trusted plumber in New York, NY?

    Perplexity

    1. Roto-Rooter
    2. Aladdin Plumbing Corp.

    Gemini

    1. Hub Plumbing & Mechanical
    2. B&R Plumbing and Heating
    3. JP Plumbing & Heating
    4. Standard Plumbing & Heating

  4. Which plumbing company in New York, NY is best for water heater repair?

    Perplexity

    1. Roto-Rooter
    2. Maxwell Plumb Mechanical

    Gemini

    1. Hub Plumbing & Mechanical
    2. Balkan Sewer & Water Main Service
    3. Excellent Plumbing & Heating
    4. Maxwell Plumb Mechanical

  5. My basement is flooding in New York, NY. Which plumber can come today?

    Perplexity

    1. Roto-Rooter
    2. ECO Service
    3. Servpro of Central Manhattan
    4. Mr. Rooter

    Gemini

    1. Petri Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Drain Cleaning
    2. Hub Plumbing & Mechanical
    3. Stan's Heating, Cooling & Plumbing
    4. Green Planet Plumbing
    5. Servpro of Central Manhattan
    6. ServiceMaster

  6. Who is the most affordable plumber near New York, NY?

    Perplexity

    1. Luani Plumbing
    2. Roto-Rooter

    Gemini

    1. Hub Plumbing & Mechanical
    2. Petri Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Drain Cleaning
    3. Blue Apple Plumbing

  7. Which plumbers in New York, NY have the best reviews?

    Perplexity

    1. Aladdin Plumbing Corp.
    2. Roto-Rooter
    3. HBNY Plumbing & Heating
    4. NYC Plumbing Emergency

    Gemini

    1. Hub Plumbing & Mechanical
    2. Balkan Sewer & Water Main Service
    3. Piece of Cake Plumbing
    4. Green Apple Plumbing & Mechanical
    5. Big Apple Plumbing & Heating

  8. I need water heater installation in New York, NY. Which local plumber do you recommend?

    Perplexity

    1. Einstein's Plumbing & Heating
    2. Maxwell Plumb Mechanical

    Gemini

    1. Petri Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Drain Cleaning
    2. Blue Apple Plumbing
    3. Hub Plumbing & Mechanical
    4. Maxwell Plumb Mechanical

  9. Is there a 24 hour plumber in New York, NY that answers the phone at night?

    Perplexity

    1. Roto-Rooter
    2. Mr. Rooter
    3. ECO Service

    Gemini

    1. Hub Plumbing & Mechanical
    2. Petri Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Drain Cleaning
    3. Balkan Sewer & Water Main Service
    4. All-City Plumbing

  10. What is a reasonable price for sewer line repair in New York, NY, and who should I get quotes from?

    Perplexity

    1. Sewer & Water Pros
    2. NYC Plumbing Emergency
    3. ECO Service

    Gemini

    1. Harris Water Main and Sewer
    2. Bluewater Plumbing

Sources AI cited

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

  1. consumeraffairs.com (9)
  2. rotorooter.com (8)
  3. eco-service.com (5)
  4. thumbtack.com (5)
  5. bbb.org (4)
  6. bestinhood.com (4)
  7. maxwellplumb.com (3)
  8. yellowpages.com (3)
  9. einsteinsplumbing.com (2)
  10. homeadvisor.com (2)

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

1 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 5 of them.

By the kind of question: 6 of them came up for urgent requests, 4 for questions about price, 3 for questions about trust and reviews, and 5 for questions about a specific service.

How we measured this

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

  • I need an emergency plumber in New York, NY right now. Who should I call?
  • Who is the most trusted plumber in New York, NY?
  • Which plumbing company in New York, NY 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 15, 2026.

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Questions about this page

Which plumbers does AI name most in New York, NY?

Hub Plumbing & Mechanical was the plumber AI named most often in New York, NY: in 9 of 20 answers in October 2026.

Which AI tools were asked, and when?

Perplexity and Gemini, 10 customer questions each, answered between October 15, 2026 and October 15, 2026. Gemini (model knowledge) answers from what the model learned in training, without a web search.

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