AI names one business in a hundred. Check yours.
Customers have started asking an assistant
- 2026
- 45%
- 2025
- 6%
In its Local Consumer Review Survey 2026, published 11.02.2026, BrightLocal reported that 45% of consumers asked an AI assistant for a local business recommendation this year, against 6% the year before.
Share of locations an answer actually names
- Google Maps three-pack
- 35.9%
- Gemini
- 11%
- ChatGPT
- 1.2%
In its Local Visibility Index 2026, reported by Search Engine Land on 28.01.2026, SOCi found that ChatGPT names 1.2% of locations and Gemini 11%, against 35.9% of locations that appear in the Google Maps three-pack.
What does the team actually do in a month?
It publishes to your profile, then writes down what it did. There is no console to log into and nothing to check daily. The whole month arrives as one page: every item the plan sells, counted, next to the work that produced it.
Team report · AI Team
First month
Shipped this month
- 4
- Posts with original images, published on schedule
- 1
- Research of your business before the first post
- 100
- Keywords
- 4
- New products in your Google Products section
- 4
- Q&A posts
- 4
- Q&A services
Plus 5 items the plan does not measure in units, among them the business description, the rank report and the images that go out with the content.
- Day 02
The Researcher
Your site read end to end, your services and service area confirmed, and the claims we could not verify dropped.
- Day 04
The Keyword Analyst
100 keywords for the month across base, voice and geo, each one tied to a service you offer.
- Day 09
The Writers
Everything that went out this month, item by item, with the date it was published.
- Day 09
The AI Editor
What was checked, and what was sent back for a claim we could not stand behind.
- Day 16
The Designer
The images made this month, next to the content they went out with.
- Day 28
The Analyst
Where you rank across the grid around your business, who is above you, and what moved.
Sample report on public data. No client is shown. The counts on the left are the published AI Team composition, the lines on the right are what each role writes into a report, and the days are the order a first month runs in. A real client’s report replaces this the day one owner gives permission to publish theirs.
What happens after paymentWho runs your profile?
Six AI specialists, each with one job and one line in your report. You hire the team, not a tool you have to operate.
The researchers
People study the ranking systems and the AI answer surfaces, run the data reports, and improve the methods the team works by. They work on the agents, not on you, and they will never call you.
The Researcher
Studies your business before anything is written: your site, your services, the area you actually serve. Facts are traced back to real pages of your site, and claims that cannot be traced are screened out rather than invented.
In your report
Your site read end to end, your services and service area confirmed, and the claims we could not verify droppedThe Keyword Analyst
Builds the list of searches that actually bring you customers, including the questions people now ask AI assistants out loud. Every keyword is tied to a service you really offer.
In your report
100 keywords for the month across base, voice and geo, each one tied to a service you offerThe Writers
Load your services and products with the keywords that rank, and write the posts, the profile description and the Q&A. Written for how Google and AI engines read a local business, not for a word count.
In your report
Everything that went out this month, item by item, with the date it was publishedThe AI Editor
Checks what the writers produce against the facts of your real business, and against two dozen categories of risky claims. It is an AI role, not a person reading over your shoulder.
In your report
What was checked, and what was sent back for a claim we could not stand behindThe Designer
Creates the images that go out with your content, matched to your trade and your city, based on who actually lives and buys there. Not stock photos of somebody else's business.
In your report
The images made this month, next to the content they went out withThe Analyst
Tracks where you actually rank across the map grid around your business, and who is above you. The movement and the competitors land in your report.
In your report
Where you rank across the grid around your business, who is above you, and what moved
How does Maps Agent work?
Three steps, and the first one is free. Everything asked of you happens once, after payment.
- 01
Run the free Visibility Score
Type your business name. Maps Agent reads your Google Business Profile across 28 checks, scores it, and compares you with up to ten local businesses you compete with. No card and no signup.
- 02
Choose a plan at a published price
All three prices are on the page before you speak to anyone: $39, $99 and $149 a month. What happens next is not the same on each plan, so each one says it in its own words below.
- 03
The team works, you read the report
After payment you fill one short form and invite Maps Agent to your profile as a manager. From there the work runs monthly and lands on a report page you open from a link. Nothing to learn, nothing to check daily.
1. Run the free Visibility Score
Type your business name. Maps Agent reads your Google Business Profile across 28 checks, scores it, and compares you with up to ten local businesses you compete with. No card and no signup.
2. Choose a plan at a published price
All three prices are on the page before you speak to anyone: $39, $99 and $149 a month. What happens next is not the same on each plan, so each one says it in its own words below.
3. The team works, you read the report
After payment you fill one short form and invite Maps Agent to your profile as a manager. From there the work runs monthly and lands on a report page you open from a link. Nothing to learn, nothing to check daily.
After you choose: three plans, three different next steps
- Autopost$39/mo
- We take it on straight away, with no queue.
- AI Team$99/mo
- We open a limited number of profiles at a time. Send the form and we come back with your first month.
- Partner$149/mo
- A video call with the people who would run your account. No phone number asked.
Pricing
What does Maps Agent cost?
Every price is published here, before you talk to anyone. One price per plan, billed by the month, with nothing metered and nothing added at checkout.
Autopost
$39/mo
Your profile keeps publishing, and the posting work is ours.
Hire the team4 items, listed one by one
AI Team
Most complete$99/mo
The whole body of work on your profile, with no calls and no account manager.
Hire the team11 items, listed one by one
Partner
$149/mo
The same work, with people directing and verifying it.
Meet the team15 items, listed one by one
Billed month to month, with no contract, no notice period and no setup fee. There is no checkout on this site yet: you send a request, we come back with your first month and an invoice, and we say so here rather than showing you a payment button that does not exist.
See every item in each planWhat does Maps Agent refuse to do?
Four refusals, each standing next to the mechanism that makes it true today rather than next to a promise that it will be.
- 01
No salespeople, and nothing to call you on
There is no field for a phone number anywhere on this site. Not on the audit, not on the request form, not at payment. Every price is published before you talk to anyone.
- 02
No contract and no notice period
Every plan bills by the month, with no minimum term to serve. Cancelling is one button in your account, or an email; billing stops that moment, never a call.
- 03
No dashboard to learn
Your report is a page you open from a link. No password, no console, nothing to check daily. What is asked of you happens once: one short form and a manager invitation to your profile.
- 04
Nothing ships unminded
The Researcher traces facts back to real pages of your site and drops the ones it cannot trace. The AI Editor checks the writers against the facts of your business. People sit above both of them.
What does Maps Agent publish?
Research notes
0 published
The researchers publish what they can measure: how local businesses are ranked, and how the AI assistants answer when somebody asks for one. Every note will carry the same three things: the date it was measured, the corpus it was measured on, and the interval around the number. What will never be published is the optimization method itself.
None of that is out yet, and this line will say zero until it is. The two studies quoted at the top of this page are independent work by BrightLocal and by SOCi, cited with their dates. They are not ours, and we will not present them as though they were.
Questions people ask before they run the audit
What does Maps Agent do once I pay?
Do I have to give Maps Agent access to my Google account?
How do I cancel?
Who are the researchers?
Will anyone call me?
What happens if my rating is low?
Find out whether an assistant names your business
The Visibility Score takes about a minute and asks for the name of your business. No card, no signup, and no phone number.
Sources
Primary documents behind the claims on this page. Each was opened and quoted verbatim on 2026-08-26.
- Guidelines for representing your business on Google (Google Business Profile Help)
- AI features and your website (Google Search Central)
Last updated September 5, 2026. This page is maintained by the Maps Agent research team.