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AI Rankings · Smash and collision repair chains · Australia

Best smash and collision repair chains 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 smash and collision repair chains. The engines named 35 companies in Australia. Capital SMART is named most often, in 56% of answers, followed by AMA Group (55%) and Sheen Group (21%). 15 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 35 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.

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1Capital SMARTcapitalsmart.com.au56%65%Most recommended47%Most recommended55%Most recommendedSee full report
2AMA Groupamagroupltd.com55%60%Most recommended43%Most recommended62%Most recommendedSee full report
3Sheen Groupsheengroup.com.au21%27%Most recommended27%Most recommended8%See full report
4Car Craft Groupcarcraftgroup.com.au5%5%2%8%Most recommendedSee full report
5MotorOne Groupmotoroneautobody.com5%12%2%2%See full report
6AMA Prestigeamaprestige.com.au4%3%5%5%See full report
7Jim's Scratch & Dentjimsscratchanddent.com.au5%5%2%7%See full report
8Gemini ARCgeminiarc.com.au4%5%5%2%See full report
9Nova Smash Repairsnovasr.com.au3%5%3%2%See full report
10Royansroyans.com.au3%3%5%2%See full report

25 more companies below

11Bears Auto Groupbearsgroup.com.au2%7%See full report
12Bowra Smash Repair Centrebowrapanel.com.au2%2%3%2%See full report
13Collision Care Groupcollisioncare.com.au2%2%3%2%See full report
14Scientific Motor Body Works- Rose Baysmbw.com.au2%5%2%See full report
15Strategic Collision Repair Group (SCRG)scrg-aus.com.au2%5%2%See full report
16The Bump Shopthebumpshop.com.au2%2%3%2%See full report
17Western General Bodyworkswgbw.com.au2%3%2%2%See full report
18What Scratch?whatscratch.com.au2%2%2%3%See full report
19Bell Automotive Groupbellautomotivegroup.com.au1%2%2%See full report
20JV Crash Automotive Groupno website found1%2%2%See full report
21Repairhubrepair-hub.com.au1%2%2%See full report
22Alto Group Body Shopsalto.com.au1%2%See full report
23Auto Mastersautomasters.com.au1%2%See full report
24Autobahnautobahn.net.au1%2%See full report
25Autosports Group Panel Shopsautosportsgroup.com.au1%2%See full report
26CARe Automotive Groupno website found1%2%See full report
27ChipsAwayno website found1%2%See full report
28Dilena Crashno website found1%2%See full report
29EverydayCar Repair Networkeverydaycarrepair.com.au1%2%See full report
30Fix Networkfixnetwork.com1%2%See full report
31Lube Mobilelubemobile.com.au1%2%See full report
32Re-Carno website found1%2%See full report
33Recar Australiano website found1%2%See full report
34SmashCareno website found1%2%See full report
35Superfinish Expresssuperfinishaustralia.com.au1%2%See full report

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

4 most recommended. 31 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

189 domains · 695 links overall

SourceShareLinks
amagroupltd.com30%
capitalsmart.com.au28%
sheengroup.com.au22%
amacollision.com.au10%
fixauto.com10%
autogeneral.com.au7%
marketindex.com.au7%
motoroneautobody.com5%
car-craft.com.au5%
pc.gov.au5%
Gemini

92 domains · 433 links overall

SourceShareLinks
amacollision.com.au20%
fixauto.com18%
sheengroup.com.au17%
capitalsmart.com.au13%
amagroupltd.com8%
touchupguys.com.au5%
bearsgroup.com.au5%
stowsmashrepairs.com.au5%
prestigeautomotiverepair.com.au3%
racv.com.au3%
Google AI Mode

109 domains · 566 links overall

SourceShareLinks
amagroupltd.com33%
capitalsmart.com.au30%
amacollision.com.au25%
facebook.com8%
fixauto.com7%
jimsscratchanddent.com.au7%
touchupguys.com.au5%
dinggo.com.au5%
sheengroup.com.au5%
hail.net.au3%

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

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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 Capital SMART, AMA Group and Sheen Group on ChatGPT. Capital SMART, AMA Group and Sheen Group on Gemini. Capital SMART, AMA Group and Car Craft Group on Google AI Mode. 9 badges, 4 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)

10 questions
  • Looking for smash repair chains in Queensland that sort out scuffed bumpers and scratches without a big bill.
  • Which crash repair chains in South Australia have a lifetime warranty that passes to the next owner when you sell?
  • Name the smash repair chains in the Australian Capital Territory that do paintless dent repair for hail damage.

+ 7 more questions in this group.

Alternatives (excluding the well-known)

the question asks for options outside the market leaders2 questions
  • Who are the smash repair chains in Australia that are independently owned rather than run by an insurer?
  • Besides the big national networks, which smaller family-owned smash repair groups are there in Australia?

Criterion (price, reviews, support, integration)

a plain category question with one qualifier3 questions
  • My daughter just got her P-plates and scraped her first car, so which crash repair chains in New South Wales are fair on price?
  • What smash repair chains in Adelaide get the best reviews from customers?
  • Looking for panel beater franchises in Australia that give a fixed price up front, with no surprises once the work starts.

Other phrasing

45 questions
  • Which smash repair chains in New South Wales can fix a whole car after a hailstorm, panels and all?
  • Any panel beater chains in New South Wales with mobile vans that come to your home or work and do small jobs on the spot?
  • What collision repair chains in Victoria are approved by the car makers to repair newer cars to factory standard?

+ 42 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 smash and collision repair chains. 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 smash and collision repair chains, 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.

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