ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google’s AI Overviews now answer “who’s the best ___ near me” with one or two names instead of a page of links. BrightLocal’s 2026 consumer survey found AI usage for researching local businesses jumped from 6% to 45% in a single year.
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