AI Recommends a Business Outside the City You Asked About 17.4% of the Time

    17.4% of the local businesses ChatGPT and Gemini recommend for a US city are located in a different city from the one in the question. In Cleveland and Detroit, more than half of AI's local picks are outside the city.

    AI picks located outside the city by city
    Burlington, VT
    60%
    Cleveland, OH
    58.4%
    Detroit, MI
    58.1%
    Lewiston, ME
    55.4%
    Milwaukee, WI
    40.4%
    Salt Lake City, UT
    38.6%
    Boston, MA
    37.2%
    New Orleans, LA
    36.4%
    Flagstaff, AZ
    3.6%
    Bend, OR
    2.7%
    Santa Fe, NM
    1.1%
    Austin, TX
    0.9%
    Tucson, AZ
    0.9%
    San Antonio, TX
    0.8%
    El Paso, TX
    0%

    Source: Suff Digital analysis of 7,921 AI-recommended businesses with confirmed addresses in 79 US cities · ChatGPT and Gemini answers and Google Business Profiles, September 2026

    Source: AI Recommends a Business Outside the City You Asked About 17.4% of the Time - Suff Digital