Visibility index · United States
Musical instrument stores
20 AI answers to 5 prompts name 11 brands. Sweetwater leads with 27.7% of mentions; the top 3 hold 63.1%.
Level 3n = 20 answers5 promptsupdated Oct 25, 2026AI Mode5ChatGPT5AI Overviews5Gemini5
AI answers
20
5 prompts
Last run Oct 25, 2026
Brands seen
11
Top 3 hold 63.1%
n = 20 answers
Concentration
Moderate
HHI 1,716 · leader 27.7%
Leader
Sweetwater
27.7% of mentions
Avg. position #1.5
Top engine
AI Mode
25% of answers
4 engines sampled
Sources cited
51
Top: sweetwater.com 17.7%
n = 20 answers
What AI answers show
Brands and sources in the sampled answers
n = 20 answers5 promptsOct 25, 2026
Brands AI recommends
Share of brand mentions in Musical instrument stores answers
- 1Sweetwateravg. #1.527.7%18
- 2Guitar Centeravg. #2.526.2%17
- 3Chicago Music Exchangeavg. #2.89.2%6
- 4zZoundsavg. #4.56.2%4
- 5Musician's Friendavg. #3.36.2%4
n = 20 answers11 brands seen in total
Market concentrationModerate
FragmentedModerateConcentrated
HHI 1,716Leader 27.7%Top 3 63.1%
Moderately concentrated: the top 3 hold 63.1% of mentions; the leader 27.7%.
Answers behind the ranking
Every engine sampled
- Google AI Mode5
- ChatGPT5
- AI Overviews5
- Gemini5