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Which plumbers does AI name in Houston, TX?

Nick's Plumbing & Air Conditioning was the plumber AI named most often in Houston, TX: in 13 of 20 answers in October 2026.

Across 20 answers to 10 customer questions, Perplexity and Gemini (model knowledge) named 29 different plumbers. The 6 named most often held 62% of all mentions.

Perplexity named Roto-Rooter Houston most often (5 of 10 answers) and Gemini named Nick's Plumbing & Air Conditioning most often (10 of 10 answers).

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

The plumbers AI named most

BusinessAnswers naming it
Nick's Plumbing & Air ConditioningNamed by Perplexity and Gemini13 of 20
John Moore ServicesNamed by Perplexity and Gemini10 of 20
Rooter-Man Plumbers of HoustonNamed by Gemini10 of 20
Abacus Plumbing, Air Conditioning & ElectricalNamed by Perplexity and Gemini8 of 20
Roto-Rooter HoustonNamed by Perplexity5 of 20
Village Plumbing, Air & ElectricNamed by Perplexity and Gemini3 of 20
Wedgeworth PlumbingNamed by Perplexity3 of 20
ClearWater PlumbersNamed by Gemini2 of 20
Heaton PlumbingNamed by Gemini2 of 20
Repipe Solutions Inc.Named by Perplexity2 of 20

Who each AI tool named

Perplexity

10 of its 10 answers named at least one business.

  1. Roto-Rooter Houston (5)
  2. Nick's Plumbing & Air Conditioning (3)
  3. Wedgeworth Plumbing (3)
  4. Abacus Plumbing, Air Conditioning & Electrical (2)
  5. John Moore Services (2)
  6. Repipe Solutions Inc. (2)
  7. Spencer's Plumbing Services (2)
  8. Texas Quality Plumbing (2)
  9. Village Plumbing, Air & Electric (2)
  10. Affordable Plumbing Services (1)

Gemini (model knowledge)

10 of its 10 answers named at least one business.

  1. Nick's Plumbing & Air Conditioning (10)
  2. Rooter-Man Plumbers of Houston (10)
  3. John Moore Services (8)
  4. Abacus Plumbing, Air Conditioning & Electrical (6)
  5. ClearWater Plumbers (2)
  6. Heaton Plumbing (2)
  7. Benjamin Franklin Plumbing of Houston (1)
  8. Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Houston (1)
  9. Paul Davis Restoration (1)
  10. ServiceMaster (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 Houston, TX right now. Who should I call?

    Perplexity

    1. Roto-Rooter Houston

    Gemini

    1. Rooter-Man Plumbers of Houston
    2. Nick's Plumbing & Air Conditioning
    3. John Moore Services
    4. Benjamin Franklin Plumbing of Houston

  2. How much does drain cleaning cost in Houston, TX, and which plumbers charge fair prices?

    Perplexity

    1. Santhoff Plumbing
    2. Cooper Plumbing
    3. H-Town Plumbers
    4. Village Plumbing, Air & Electric
    5. Texas Quality Plumbing
    6. GEI Plumbing Services
    7. Affordable Plumbing Services
    8. Nick's Plumbing & Air Conditioning

    Gemini

    1. Nick's Plumbing & Air Conditioning
    2. John Moore Services
    3. Rooter-Man Plumbers of Houston
    4. Village Plumbing, Air & Electric

  3. Who is the most trusted plumber in Houston, TX?

    Perplexity

    1. bluefrog Plumbing + Drain of West Houston
    2. Wedgeworth Plumbing

    Gemini

    1. John Moore Services
    2. Nick's Plumbing & Air Conditioning
    3. Rooter-Man Plumbers of Houston
    4. Abacus Plumbing, Air Conditioning & Electrical
    5. ClearWater Plumbers

  4. Which plumbing company in Houston, TX is best for water heater repair?

    Perplexity

    1. Wedgeworth Plumbing
    2. Repipe Solutions Inc.

    Gemini

    1. John Moore Services
    2. Rooter-Man Plumbers of Houston
    3. Nick's Plumbing & Air Conditioning
    4. Abacus Plumbing, Air Conditioning & Electrical

  5. My basement is flooding in Houston, TX. Which plumber can come today?

    Perplexity

    1. Roto-Rooter Houston
    2. Spencer's Plumbing Services

    Gemini

    1. Rooter-Man Plumbers of Houston
    2. Nick's Plumbing & Air Conditioning
    3. Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Houston
    4. John Moore Services
    5. ServiceMaster
    6. SERVPRO
    7. Paul Davis Restoration

  6. Who is the most affordable plumber near Houston, TX?

    Perplexity

    1. Roto-Rooter Houston
    2. Nick's Plumbing & Air Conditioning
    3. Abacus Plumbing, Air Conditioning & Electrical
    4. Big State Plumbing

    Gemini

    1. Nick's Plumbing & Air Conditioning
    2. Abacus Plumbing, Air Conditioning & Electrical
    3. Rooter-Man Plumbers of Houston
    4. Heaton Plumbing

  7. Which plumbers in Houston, TX have the best reviews?

    Perplexity

    1. Village Plumbing, Air & Electric
    2. Wedgeworth Plumbing
    3. Texas Quality Plumbing
    4. John Moore Services
    5. Abacus Plumbing, Air Conditioning & Electrical

    Gemini

    1. John Moore Services
    2. Nick's Plumbing & Air Conditioning
    3. Abacus Plumbing, Air Conditioning & Electrical
    4. Rooter-Man Plumbers of Houston
    5. ClearWater Plumbers

  8. I need water heater installation in Houston, TX. Which local plumber do you recommend?

    Perplexity

    1. Blackmon Plumbing
    2. Shaw Plumbing Co. Llc
    3. BestProsInTown
    4. United Plumbing
    5. Roto-Rooter Houston

    Gemini

    1. Nick's Plumbing & Air Conditioning
    2. John Moore Services
    3. Abacus Plumbing, Air Conditioning & Electrical
    4. Rooter-Man Plumbers of Houston
    5. Heaton Plumbing

  9. Is there a 24 hour plumber in Houston, TX that answers the phone at night?

    Perplexity

    1. Spencer's Plumbing Services
    2. Roto-Rooter Houston
    3. John Moore Services

    Gemini

    1. John Moore Services
    2. Rooter-Man Plumbers of Houston
    3. Nick's Plumbing & Air Conditioning

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

    Perplexity

    1. Nick's Plumbing & Air Conditioning
    2. Repipe Solutions Inc.
    3. VCS Houston

    Gemini

    1. Nick's Plumbing & Air Conditioning
    2. Abacus Plumbing, Air Conditioning & Electrical
    3. Rooter-Man Plumbers of Houston

Sources AI cited

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

  1. rotorooter.com (5)
  2. thumbtack.com (5)
  3. bestprosintown.com (3)
  4. chron.com (3)
  5. homeadvisor.com (3)
  6. local.yahoo.com (3)
  7. repipesolutionsinc.com (3)
  8. serviceagent.ai (3)
  9. 1tomplumber.com (2)
  10. bbb.org (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

4 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 4 of them.

By the kind of question: 4 of them came up for urgent requests, 6 for questions about price, 5 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 Houston, TX, once on each AI tool, through each tool's official API. For example:

  • I need an emergency plumber in Houston, TX right now. Who should I call?
  • Who is the most trusted plumber in Houston, TX?
  • Which plumbing company in Houston, TX 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.

Corrections

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Questions about this page

Which plumbers does AI name most in Houston, TX?

Nick's Plumbing & Air Conditioning was the plumber AI named most often in Houston, TX: in 13 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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