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AEO by Industry: 55 Answer Engine Optimization, GEO and AI Search Optimization Pages for Specific Industries

Updated September 2026 · Written and maintained by the Progression Agency strategy team

This is the index of Progression Agency’s 55 industry-specific answer engine optimization pages. Each covers one industry: the prompts its customers ask AI assistants, the sources assistants cite for it, what a business in that industry has to publish to be quoted, the facts it must state as text, how AI visibility is measured, what an agency should deliver, and what it costs. The pages carry every name the service goes by, including GEO, AI SEO, AI search optimization, LLM SEO, AI visibility and ChatGPT optimization, and Progression Agency provides the work from New York for businesses across the United States.

On this page · 11 sections
  1. What every AEO industry page covers
  2. Healthcare and wellness
  3. Legal
  4. Finance, insurance and fintech
  5. Home services and trades
  6. Real estate and property
  7. Hospitality, retail and local services
  8. Software, ecommerce, franchises and education
  9. One service, many names
  10. How to use these pages
  11. Related services

The short answerThere are 55 industry pages, grouped below by sector. Each applies one method to one industry’s prompts, sources and facts, and each is measured the same way: a fixed prompt set run monthly, citation share recorded, and inquiries that mention an assistant logged.

Comparisons are based on each project’s official documentation as linked in the text. Progression Agency builds with all of the technologies compared and has no affiliate relationship with any of them.

What every AEO industry page covers

Each page is written for one industry and answers the same questions in that industry’s terms: which prompts customers actually ask assistants, which sources the assistants cite for that trade or profession, what a business has to publish to be quoted, which facts have to be stated as text (licenses, prices, insurance, hours, credentials), how retrievability and corroboration are fixed, how AI visibility is measured monthly, what an agency should deliver, and what it costs. The answer engine optimization agency page explains the method once; the industry pages apply it.

The sections on every industry page and why they exist
SectionWhat it answersWhy an assistant needs it
Prompts by needWhat customers ask ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about this industryThe prompt set is the unit of measurement
Sources assistants citeDirectories, regulators, review sites and publishers for this industryCorroboration is checked against them
What to publishThe pages and facts that get a business quotedAssistants quote specific, extractable pages
Facts as textLicenses, prices, insurance, hours, credentials stated plainlyVerification prompts are answered from stated facts
MeasurementCitation share and assistant-referred inquiries, monthlyProgress is a number, not an impression
CostPublished ranges for audits, retainers and remediationBuyers compare on published ranges

Healthcare and wellness

Finance, insurance and fintech

Home services and trades

Real estate and property

Hospitality, retail and local services

Software, ecommerce, franchises and education

One service, many names

The pages carry every name the service is sold under, because buyers search under all of them: answer engine optimization (AEO), generative engine optimization (GEO), AI SEO, AI search optimization, LLM SEO and LLM optimization, AI visibility, ChatGPT optimization and ChatGPT SEO, AI Overviews optimization, Perplexity optimization and conversational search optimization. Whichever name you searched with, the work is the one described on the industry page.

Names for the same service and where each comes from
NameOriginWhat it emphasizes
AEOSearch industryBeing the answer, not a link
GEOAcademic and agency useGenerative models such as ChatGPT and Gemini
AI SEO / AI search optimizationSEO practitioners and tool vendorsExtending SEO to AI answers and Google AI Mode
LLM SEO / LLMOTechnical practitionersRetrieval and citation by large language models
AI visibilityMeasurement toolsHow often and where assistants name a business
ChatGPT optimizationBusiness ownersThe most used assistant, named directly

How to use these pages

Read the page for your industry, run the ten-prompt test it describes with the free AI visibility checker, check crawler access with the free AI crawler access checker, and compare the published ranges before you ask for a quote. If your industry is not listed, AEO for small business covers the method for any local or regional business, and local AEO covers the local half.

Frequently asked questions

What is this page?
An index of the 55 industry-specific AEO pages on this site, grouped by sector, with a summary of what each page covers and the names the service goes by.
Is AEO for my industry different from AEO in general?
The method is the same; the prompts, the sources assistants cite, the facts that must be stated and the compliance rules differ by industry, which is why each industry has its own page.
What does AEO cost?
An AEO audit runs $1,000–$4,000; adding AEO to an SEO retainer runs roughly $400 of setup; a standalone retainer runs $1,500–$20,000 per month by business size; technical remediation runs $1,500–$6,000 one-off. Ranges are published; quotes follow discovery.
My industry is not listed. What should I read?
The small business page covers the method for any local or regional business, and the closest listed industry shows the pattern; new industry pages are added as demand appears.
Are GEO, AI SEO and LLM SEO the same as AEO?
Yes; they are different names for making a business retrievable, specific and corroborated enough that AI assistants cite it. Each industry page carries all of the names.
How do I check my current AI visibility?
Run ten customer questions in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Mode with identical wording, record who is named, and repeat monthly; the free AI visibility checker runs the first pass.
Do these pages apply outside New York?
Yes; Progression Agency works from New York with businesses across the United States, and every industry page says so.
How long before an assistant names my business?
Retrievability and profile fixes show within weeks; the pages that get quoted take one to three months to appear in answers.
Who owns the content and profiles?
The business does, on every engagement.
What is the first step?
Pick your industry page, send the details it asks for, and you get a written AI visibility review, the prompt set and a quote.

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