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Leading Specialty Retail Brands in AI Search

The same monthly sample, re-ranked using only AI Mode answers.

August 2026 edition

Across the six months through August 2026, Home Depot leads AI search visibility in Specialty Retail on AI Mode with a Goodie visibility score of 81.9, ahead of Lowe's (79.1) and Covetrus (78.2). The median score across the 10 ranked brands is 75.5. The most-cited source grounding these answers is com.au at 11.5% of all citations, while brand-owned pages account for just 21.2%.

5k prompts · 1.7m AI answers · 7.9m citations · Goodie AI Visibility Index

Industry Benchmarks

August 2026 · Specialty Retail · AI Mode
What good looks like in this category. Read a brand's own score against these before looking at who is winning.
Median visibility score
75.5
Half of the 10 ranked specialty retail brands score below this. The midpoint, not the average, so a few dominant brands do not distort it.
Index-wide median is 71.9
Score to enter the top 10
—
Fewer than ten brands are ranked in this category, so there is no top-ten bar to report yet.
Brands named per answer
8.6
A typical answer names nine brands, so the consideration set is wide and a mention is comparatively easy to earn.
Index-wide average is 8.8
Citation mix
  • UGC 11%
  • Editorial 2%
  • Video 3%
  • Reference 3%
  • Other 81%
Other leads the third-party sources grounding specialty retail answers. Brand-owned citations sit in the next cell and are not counted here.
Brand-owned citation share
21.2%
Owned content is unusually strong here — brand domains are a citation source in their own right, not just the subject of third-party coverage.
Index-wide average is 24.2%
Industry sentiment
83/100
Mean tone of mentions across all ranked brands. Per-brand sentiment sits on each brand profile.
Prompts sampled
5k
Real buyer phrasing, 4 models
AI answers analysed
1.7m
194k in August · ▼ 2.0% vs July
Citations parsed
7.9m
1m in August · ▲ 0.0% vs July
Brands observed
1,338
10 ranked here · 1,328 unranked

Brand Visibility Leaderboard

All models AI Mode ChatGPT Copilot Perplexity
Brand visibility leaderboard for Specialty Retail, ranked by six-month average AI visibility score
#BrandVisibility scoreShare of voiceModelsΔ vs last monthSentimentTop cited source
01Home Depot
81.9
10.8%AI Mode—86linkedin.com
02Lowe's
79.1
10.4%AI Mode—85linkedin.com
03Covetrus
78.2
10.3%AI Mode—84provet.com.au
04Under Armour
77.1
10.1%AI Mode—84linkedin.com
05Puma
76.2
10.0%AI Mode▲ 12.983aerocommerce.com
06Retravision
74.7
9.8%AI Mode—82choice.com.au
07Nike
74.4
9.8%AI Mode—82linkedin.com
08Provet Australia
73.5
9.7%AI Mode—82provet.com.au
09Cenvet
73.4
9.7%AI Mode▼ 2.482provet.com.au
10Adidas
71.8
9.4%AI Mode▼ 1.681linkedin.com
10 ranked · visibility is a six-month averageTop source = most frequent source in answers mentioning the brand · Δ compares Aug with Jul

Most-Cited Domains

The answer supply chain
Most-cited domains in AI answers for Specialty Retail
#DomainCitation shareΔ vs last month
01com.au
11.5%
—
02linkedin.com
5.3%
—
03instagram.com
4.6%
—
04smartcompany.com.au
4.5%
—
05youtube.com
4.5%
▼ 3.6
06vetsupply.com.au
4.1%
—
07reddit.com
4.1%
—
08productreview.com.au
3.9%
—
09avosiavetcare.com
3.6%
—
10sgieurope.com
3.6%
—
Top 10 of 1k domains observedΔ compares Aug with Jul, in percentage points

Prompts, Topics & Movers

What's driving this month's answers

Top prompts

Top prompts sampled for Specialty Retail, with distinct brands named and sources cited
#PromptBrandsSources
01Furniture retailers balancing quality and price2588
02Best veterinary medical supply retailers3880
03Electronics retailers with strong after sales support3253
04Which home improvement stores contractors prefer?2233
05Sporting goods retailers selling authentic brands2226
Top 5 of 5k sampledDistinct brands named & sources cited

Biggest movers

Aug vs Jul
Rising
Pumascore 76.2
▲ 12.9
Falling
Cenvetscore 73.4
▼ 2.4
Adidasscore 71.8
▼ 1.6
3 ranked brands scored in both Jul and AugIndustry avg ±5.7/mo

Global Search Demand

Where this industry's questions originate
3,124,381 searches sampled
Tracked markets for Specialty Retail, by sampled search volume
#CountrySearch volume
01United States2.4M
02United Kingdom165K
03Australia113K
04Germany100K
05Canada92K
06Japan92K
07France81K
08Italy48K
09Egypt44K
10Saudi Arabia17K
11United Arab Emirates12K
12Singapore5K
12 tracked markets
This edition

What Changed This Month

Home Depot leads Specialty Retail this edition with a visibility score of 81.9, ahead of Lowe's at 79.1.

com.au is the most-cited source grounding specialty retail answers, at roughly 11.5% of citations. Brand-owned pages account for 21.2% — the rest of the answer supply chain runs through third-party sources.

The median visibility score across ranked specialty retail brands is 75.5, and a score above 54.3 reaches the industry top ten.

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Our Methodology

Our Approach to Gathering AI Visibility Data

We process millions of real prompts across AI Mode, ChatGPT, Copilot and Perplexity, then track which brands, products, and domains show up in the answers. That's the raw data behind every score in the Index.

Real Intent Capture

This data results from processing millions of real user prompts. We use advanced semantic and agentic processing to categorize them and define intent, filtering out noise to focus on high-value queries.

Global Model Interrogation

We execute these prompts across different models, including GPT, Perplexity, AI Mode, and more, and across different regions. This allows us to map model understand exactly "how they think" in each market.

Attribution Mapping

We analyze the generated answers to capture the "Kingmaker" domains; the specific sources the models cite giving you a causal link between source authority and brand visibility.

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Home Depot currently leads AI search visibility in specialty retail with a Goodie visibility score of 81.9, measured across the tracked AI models.

com.au is the most-cited source in specialty retail AI answers, grounding roughly 11.5% of citations in this industry.

The median score among ranked specialty retail brands is 75.5. A score above 54.3 places a brand in the industry top ten.

Each edition samples the same tracked prompt set across the models Goodie follows, then ranks brands by how often they are named in those answers.

Monthly. Each edition re-samples the tracked prompt set so month-over-month figures are directly comparable.