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Best plumbing franchises in Australia, according to AI (October 2026)

We asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode 60 questions a buyer in Australia types when looking for plumbing franchises. The engines named 24 companies in Australia. Jim's Plumbing is named most often, in 44% of answers, followed by Metropolitan Plumbing (19%) and Plumbing Bros (16%). 11 are named by all three engines.

The full list is below, ranked by how consistently each company is named.

  • 60 buyer questions
  • 180 answers read
  • 3 engines

All 24 companies AI names in Australia

Click a company to open its full report: every answer that names it, where it stands in each one, and the sites behind every rival. Mentioned is the share of answers that name the company: all 180, one engine’s 60 in the engine columns. Green marks that engine’s 3 most recommended. A crossed circle means it never named the company. Click a heading to sort.

Report
1Jim's Plumbingjimsplumbing.com.au44%50%Most recommended35%Most recommended47%Most recommendedSee full report
2Metropolitan Plumbingmetropolitanplumbing.com.au19%30%Most recommended17%Most recommended10%See full report
3Plumbing Brosplumbingbros.com.au16%18%Most recommended13%17%Most recommendedSee full report
4Mr Splash Plumbingmrsplashplumbing.com.au8%17%2%5%See full report
5The Tap Doctortapdoctor.com.au7%7%8%7%See full report
6Ken Hall Plumberskenhallplumbers.com.au7%10%2%8%Most recommendedSee full report
7Level Plumbing Adelaide CBDno website found6%8%7%3%See full report
8PlumbCallplumbcall.com.au6%17%Most recommended2%See full report
9O’Brien Electrical & Plumbingobrienplumbing.com.au6%12%2%3%See full report
10Laser Plumbinglaserplumbing.com.au5%3%3%8%See full report

14 more companies below

11Done Right Plumbingdonerightplumbingmelbourne.com.au3%7%2%See full report
12Nu Flownuflow.net3%3%2%3%See full report
13Service Todayservicetoday.com.au3%8%See full report
14Mr Emergencymremergency.com.au2%5%2%See full report
15Australian Hot Water Eastaustralianhotwater.com.au2%2%2%2%See full report
16Watertight Groupwatertight.com.au2%3%2%See full report
17Nuflow Darwinno website found1%2%2%See full report
18O'Brien Plumbing & Roofingobplumbing.com.au1%2%2%See full report
191300 FINDLEAK1300findleak.com.au1%2%See full report
20Australian Leak Detectionaustralianleakdetection.com.au1%2%See full report
21Grey Armygreyarmy.com.au1%2%See full report
22Service Streamservicestream.com.au1%2%See full report
23Taskforcetaskforce.com.au1%2%See full report
24Upside Down Plumbingupsidedownplumbing.com.au1%2%See full report

Every company AI named in Australia, ranked by how consistently it is named.

5 most recommended. 19 named. The rest not cited.

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Where AI gets its answers

Before an engine names a company, it reads the web. These are the sites each engine cited most in its 60 answers for Australia, by the share of answers citing them.

ChatGPT

153 domains · 613 links overall

SourceShareLinks
jimsplumbing.com.au43%
obrien.com.au25%
metropolitanplumbing.com.au22%
mrsplashplumbing.com.au13%
plumbingbros.com.au13%
obrienplumbingandroofing.com.au8%
kenhallplumbers.com.au7%
rapidplumbinggroup.com.au5%
buildingstandards.tas.gov.au5%
tapdoctor.com.au5%
Gemini

130 domains · 476 links overall

SourceShareLinks
jimsplumbing.com.au20%
plumbcall.com.au12%
tapdoctor.com.au7%
metropolitanplumbing.com.au5%
plumbingplus.com.au5%
mccarthyplumbinggroup.com.au3%
watertight.com.au3%
newlandsandknights.com.au3%
hughespc.com.au3%
levelau.com.au3%
Google AI Mode

121 domains · 663 links overall

SourceShareLinks
jimsplumbing.com.au25%
book.servicetitan.com13%
plumbingbros.com.au12%
obrien.com.au10%
facebook.com7%
mrsplashplumbing.com.au5%
kenhallplumbers.com.au5%
tapdoctor.com.au5%
laserplumbing.com.au5%
jetsetplumbing.com.au3%

One thing stands out. ChatGPT cites company sites directly: jimsplumbing.com.au tops its list, so a company’s own pages decide whether it is named.

What to do with your row

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MentionedNamed, not recommended

Findrix shows you, answer by answer, who took the recommendation instead of you and which sites got them there. Your site becomes a numbered list of edits, and the next scan confirms each one.

Not namedMissing from all 180 answers

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What “Top 3 in AI answers” means

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A company gets the badge when it is in the top 3 on any single engine, by how many of that engine’s answers recommend it, not just name it. The badge names the engine, so a company can hold it on Gemini and not on ChatGPT. In Australia that is Jim's Plumbing, Metropolitan Plumbing and Plumbing Bros on ChatGPT. Jim's Plumbing, Metropolitan Plumbing and PlumbCall on Gemini. Jim's Plumbing, Plumbing Bros and Ken Hall Plumbers on Google AI Mode. 9 badges, 5 companies. A badge holder confirms its website inside the report and puts the badge on its site, and it links back to this page.

The 60 questions we asked

Every company was measured against the same 60 questions, asked the way a buyer types them, with no company name in the question. Grouped by how the question is asked: four kinds.

Use case (the job is named)

2 questions
  • Thinking of buying into a plumbing franchise, which brands in Australia take on newly licensed plumbers?
  • We run a few shops in different cities - which plumbing franchises do multi-site maintenance contracts around Australia?

Alternatives (excluding the well-known)

the question asks for options outside the market leaders1 question
  • I want plumbing chains in Australia that give honest advice instead of pushing a full replacement.

Criterion (price, reviews, support, integration)

a plain category question with one qualifier2 questions
  • Are there plumbing franchises across Australia that run a 24/7 emergency line?
  • Which of Australia's plumbing chains get the best reviews from customers?

Other phrasing

55 questions
  • Which plumbing chains in Sydney use drain cameras to find tree roots in old sewer lines?
  • Our hot water died on a Sunday night in Sydney - which plumbing chains do emergency replacements?
  • Any plumbing companies with several depots around Melbourne that connect dishwashers during a kitchen reno?

+ 52 more questions in this group.

How we measure

Each of the 60 questions was asked once to ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode in October 2026: 180 answers. We read every answer and record which companies it names. A company’s share is the part of answers that name it. Different spellings of one company are merged into one row.

Left out: companies outside Australia, and names that aren’t plumbing franchises. A name AI gave without a website we could find is listed without a profile.

One run per question means a single answer moves a company at the bottom of the table by a point. Treat differences of 1 to 2% as noise and the top 20 as stable.

Full methodology →

Questions about this ranking

Why isn’t my company listed?

Either no engine named it in the 180 answers we read, or it was named and we could not match it to a website. Search the list above. If it was named, its full report is ready and you can add the website from there. If it was never named, Findrix shows what AI says when buyers ask about plumbing franchises, which rivals it names instead, and a ranked list of fixes: the page, the edit, and the next scan ticks it off. It starts with the 7-day trial.

What is in the full report?

Everything we collected about the company: its position on each of ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode, recommended or only mentioned, its average position in the answer and what AI says about it word for word. It opens after a quick login, free, for anyone. The “Top 3 in AI answers” badge goes on the company’s site when any engine puts it in its top 3.

Why would I subscribe if I am already listed?

This page is one snapshot. Findrix is where you control and grow your AI visibility over time: your own question set, 60 to 180 questions by plan, tracked for you and your rivals. On every answer you see recommended, only mentioned, or a rival, and which sites earned that rival the spot. Wrong facts come with the correction email written for you. Your site becomes a numbered plan: which page, what to change, confirmed by the next scan. A PDF report for you and your team. It starts with the 7-day trial.

Can I correct or remove my company’s listing?

Use Request a correction at the bottom of the page: we check the change against the answers and fix the listing. Sign in with an email on the company’s domain to open its full report. For anything else, write to us there too and we will look at it against your website.

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Measured in October 2026: 60 questions x 3 engines x 1 run. Request a correction.