COMMERCIAL PAINTING · 50 METROS
Who are the best commercial painting contractors? What ChatGPT and Gemini name in 50 US cities
No single list is right for every city. On we asked ChatGPT and Gemini for the best commercial painting contractors in each of the 50 largest US metros. ChatGPT named 7.0 companies per answer and Gemini 4.4, and they agreed on 14% of the names. Below is who each assistant named first in every city, with a link to both full lists where we built a city page.
Looking for the best commercial painting contractors? These are the assistants’ answers, not our ranking. Sourci has not vetted these companies; check licence, insurance and references before you hire.
AT A GLANCE
How ChatGPT and Gemini answered for commercial painting
| Measure | Commercial painting, 50 metros | All three trades |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT: companies named per answer | 7.0 | 6.8 |
| ChatGPT: own website cited | 316 of 348 (91%) | 911 of 1,021 (89%) |
| Gemini: companies named per answer | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| Gemini: own website cited | 100 of 219 (46%) | 327 of 637 (51%) |
| Contractors named, each counted once per city | 498 | 1,459 |
| Named by both assistants | 69 | 198 |
| Agreement (named by both, as a share of all named) | 14% | 14% |
| Cities with no company on both lists | 10 of 50 | 33 of 150 |
| Cities where both put the same company first | 8 of 50 | 24 of 150 |
Counted from the study’s 50 answers per assistant for this trade (150 for all three), with names matched by the rule written on every city page. Being on one assistant’s list says little about the other’s.
WHAT THEY READ
Which sources did ChatGPT cite most for commercial painting?
Across the study’s 50 commercial painting answers, ChatGPT cited these sources most: CertaPro location pages (26 answers), Thumbtack (18), Very Good Painters (17), DownToBid (16), BBB (15). ChatGPT cited the company’s own website for 316 of 348 (91%) of the names it gave, and Gemini for 100 of 219 (46%). A specific service page on the company’s own site was the evidence both assistants used most.
CITY BY CITY
Who ChatGPT and Gemini named first for commercial painting, city by city
One answer per assistant per city, collected . Linked cities have a page with both full shortlists, ranks and whether each company’s own site was cited (11 of 50). “Named by both” counts the companies on both lists.
| City | ChatGPT’s first pick | Gemini’s first pick | Named by both | Same first pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial painting in Atlanta, GA | Socium Coatings | A & D Painting, Inc. | 0 | No |
| Austin, TX | Slater Painting Company | Cherry Coatings | 2 | No |
| Baltimore, MD | Dulaney Painting, LLC | Dulaney Painting, LLC | 2 | Yes |
| Birmingham, AL | Paradiso Painting Company | Vulcan Painters, Inc. | 2 | No |
| Boston, MA | Select Paint & Finishes | Kaloutas | 2 | No |
| Charlotte, NC | Mecklenburg Paint Company | Mecklenburg Paint Company (Meck Paint) | 1 | Yes |
| Chicago, IL | Ascher Brothers Co., Inc. | Hester Painting & Decorating | 2 | No |
| Commercial painting in Cincinnati, OH | Rizzo Brothers Painting Contractors, Inc. | Rizzo Brothers Inc. | 1 | Yes |
| Cleveland, OH | Dependable Painting Co. | Color Renovation, LLC | 0 | No |
| Commercial painting in Columbus, OH | Modern Painting & Coatings | Martin Painting & Coating Co. | 3 | No |
| Commercial painting in Dallas, TX | Cherry Coatings | Dan Keenan Paint Company | 0 | No |
| Commercial painting in Denver, CO | Preferred Painting, Inc. | Tri-Plex Painting | 0 | No |
| Detroit, MI | Northstar Painting | TD Painting & Wall Covering | 2 | No |
| Fresno, CA | Wm. B. Saleh Co. | Valley Pro Painting | 1 | No |
| Grand Rapids, MI | H&H Painting Co. | Hillis Brothers Painting | 1 | No |
| Hartford, CT | CT Commercial Painters | Kaloutas | 1 | No |
| Commercial painting in Houston, TX | Bundren Painting | Cherry Coatings | 2 | No |
| Indianapolis, IN | ShepCo Commercial Finishes | Cherry Coatings | 1 | No |
| Commercial painting in Jacksonville, FL | Performance Painting Contractors, Inc. | Florida Paint Co. | 3 | No |
| Commercial painting in Kansas City, MO | Major Painting | Dayco Painting | 1 | No |
| Las Vegas, NV | Sanders & Wohrman Corporation – Nevada Division | Straight Edge Painting | 3 | No |
| Commercial painting in Los Angeles, CA | Harris & Ruth Painting Contracting | Moorhouse Coating | 0 | No |
| Louisville, KY | Whitehouse Residential & Commercial Painting | Whitehouse Residential & Commercial Painting | 1 | Yes |
| Memphis, TN | Atlas Coatings Inc | Riggins Painting | 2 | No |
| Commercial painting in Miami, FL | Lugo Painting & Restoration | Brite Painting & Waterproofing | 0 | No |
| Milwaukee, WI | Blair Commercial Painting LLC | Blair Commercial Painting, LLC | 1 | Yes |
| Minneapolis, MN | Swanson & Youngdale | Brush Masters | 0 | No |
| Nashville, TN | American Coatings | CIP (Commercial Industrial Painting) | 3 | No |
| New York, NY | Concord Painting, Inc. | Concord Painting | 2 | Yes |
| Oklahoma City, OK | Martin Brothers Painting | Cherry Coatings | 2 | No |
| Orlando, FL | The Plummer Painting Company | Cherry Coatings (Orlando Office) | 0 | No |
| Philadelphia, PA | CertaPro Commercial Painters of Philadelphia, PA | UMAR Painting Co. | 1 | No |
| Phoenix, AZ | Ghaster Painting & Coatings | Ghaster Painting & Coatings | 2 | Yes |
| Pittsburgh, PA | Lisanti Painting | Higgins Painting | 2 | No |
| Portland, OR | Siegner and Company | Weinmann Painting, Inc. | 2 | No |
| Providence, RI | Joseph Tavone Incorporated | ELCO Painting | 1 | No |
| Raleigh, NC | A&K Painting Company | Five Star Painting of Raleigh and Wake Forest | 0 | No |
| Richmond, VA | W.W. Nash & Sons, Inc. | Highfill Painting LLC | 3 | No |
| Riverside, CA | Triumph Painting | Tom's Inside Out Painting | 0 | No |
| Sacramento, CA | Aspire Painting | TSV Painting Inc. | 1 | No |
| Salt Lake City, UT | Fisher Painting Inc. | Cherry Coatings | 2 | No |
| San Antonio, TX | J.E. Travis Painting | Five Star Painting of San Antonio | 1 | No |
| San Diego, CA | San Diego Paint Pros | Canin Coatings | 2 | No |
| San Francisco, CA | McCarthy Painting | CertaPro Painters of San Francisco | 1 | No |
| San Jose, CA | Commercial Painting Inc. | The Painting Pros, Inc. | 1 | No |
| Commercial painting in Seattle, WA | PaintSmith | Sound Painting Solutions, LLC | 3 | No |
| St. Louis, MO | SmithPro Commercial Painting | SmithPro Commercial Painting | 2 | Yes |
| Tampa, FL | Reynolds Painting Group FL | Service Painting Corporation | 2 | No |
| Virginia Beach, VA | Hughes Painting | CertaPro Painters of Virginia Beach | 1 | No |
| Washington, DC | Precision Wall Tech | CertaPro Painters of Washington D.C. | 1 | No |
FOR CONTRACTORS
Not on the list? What decides who gets named
The assistants named the companies they found clear evidence for: a page for the exact service on the company’s own site, and complete profiles on the sources above. The steps are in our guide on getting recommended by ChatGPT and Google AI, and the free AI recommendation check runs the questions for your own city.
FREE CHECK
Are you one of the commercial painting contractors on your city’s list?
We ask ChatGPT, Google AI and Perplexity the buyer questions from our 24-question method for your trade and city and send you who gets named, whether you are one of them, and the first gaps worth fixing. Free.
Result: A Dallas commercial painter grew revenue 234% and website visitors 657% in six months of SEO and AI-search work with Sourci. The owner asked us to keep the company name private. Read the Dallas case study
BEFORE YOU HIRE
How to choose among the commercial painting contractors the assistants name
- Ask which licence or registration the company holds for this work, and confirm it with the state or city. Licensing rules differ by city and by job size.
- Ask for a certificate of insurance that names your property, and confirm it with the insurer.
- Ask for two or three references from similar commercial jobs and call them.
- Ask for the coating products and the number of coats in writing, and how the crew will work around tenants in an occupied building.
- Get the scope, products, schedule and warranty in writing, and compare at least two proposals on the same scope.
METHOD AND LIMITS
How these lists were collected
- One answer per assistant per city, collected : ChatGPT with web search on and a US location, and Google Gemini with Google Search grounding and a US location, collected through cloro, a third-party AI answer collection service.
- The question: “Who are the best commercial painting contractors in [city], [state]? Give me a shortlist.”
- Answers change from day to day; either list can be different tomorrow.
- A listing here is not an endorsement by Sourci, and the order is the assistant’s, not ours.
- Full method in the 50-metro study; all rows in the study data (CSV).
FREE CHECK
Which contractors get recommended
in your city?
When a customer asks ChatGPT or Google AI who to hire, it names a few contractors. Tell us your trade and city. We send you which contractors get named, and whether you are one of them.
What you get
- We ask ChatGPT, Google AI and Perplexity the buyer questions from our 24-question method, set to your trade and city.
- We record which companies each assistant recommends or cites, and whether yours appears.
- We reply with what we found and the first gaps worth fixing.
How the free check works, with a sample result
Result: A Dallas commercial painter grew revenue 234% and website visitors 657% in six months of SEO and AI-search work with Sourci. The owner asked us to keep the company name private. Read the Dallas case study