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Original data · measured 2 October 2026 · re-measured monthly

Which engineering and planning consultancies in Guildford do AI assistants actually recommend?

We put the 10 questions a person in Guildford asks before choosing engineering and planning consultancie — cost, specialism, who to use, how to check them — to Claude, 5 times each, 50 answers in all, and recorded every firm the answers named. 29 firms in Guildford were checked against those answers. 10 of them were named at least once. The rest were not recommended in a single answer.

The league table

#FirmNamed inOn questionsYour firm?
1TrustATrader10 of 50 answers3 of 10Your firm? Get its report
2Structural Designs Limited6 of 50 answers2 of 10Your firm? Get its report
3Guildford Structural Engineers & Consultants6 of 50 answers2 of 10Your firm? Get its report
4Garrick Consulting Engineers5 of 50 answers1 of 10Your firm? Get its report
5Melliss LLP5 of 50 answers1 of 10Your firm? Get its report
6Plande3 of 50 answers1 of 10Your firm? Get its report
7Motion2 of 50 answers1 of 10Your firm? Get its report
8GHD2 of 50 answers1 of 10Your firm? Get its report
9Hewson Consulting1 of 50 answers1 of 10Your firm? Get its report
10WSP1 of 50 answers1 of 10Your firm? Get its report
11Planit Consulting0 of 50 answers0 of 10Your firm? Get its report
12Phestos0 of 50 answers0 of 10Your firm? Get its report
13Perega0 of 50 answers0 of 10Your firm? Get its report
14CP Structural Engineering0 of 50 answers0 of 10Your firm? Get its report
15Ayesa Engineering0 of 50 answers0 of 10Your firm? Get its report
16JP Eng0 of 50 answers0 of 10Your firm? Get its report
17Ayesa0 of 50 answers0 of 10Your firm? Get its report
18Structures Consultants0 of 50 answers0 of 10Your firm? Get its report
19Shft0 of 50 answers0 of 10Your firm? Get its report
20Approved Business0 of 50 answers0 of 10Your firm? Get its report
21EES Electrical Engineer Services0 of 50 answers0 of 10Your firm? Get its report
22NEAT0 of 50 answers0 of 10Your firm? Get its report
23Haven Banks0 of 50 answers0 of 10Your firm? Get its report
24Kiely Planning0 of 50 answers0 of 10Your firm? Get its report
25Arcadis0 of 50 answers0 of 10Your firm? Get its report
26Urban Consulting Engineers0 of 50 answers0 of 10Your firm? Get its report
27DC White Engineering Consultants0 of 50 answers0 of 10Your firm? Get its report
28Vail Williams0 of 50 answers0 of 10Your firm? Get its report
29Expert Town Planning Solutions0 of 50 answers0 of 10Your firm? Get its report

Firms are ranked by the number of answers that named them, then by how many different questions. The assistants do not give identical answers twice, so a difference of one or two mentions is noise; being named on questions a rival is absent from is not.

The questions we asked

  1. who can do structural design for a new build in Guildford
  2. best structural design engineers near Guildford with good reviews
  3. do I need a structural engineer to remove a load-bearing wall
  4. do I need structural design help for a loft conversion in Woking
  5. who designs home extensions and loft conversions near me
  6. best rated extension and loft conversion specialists near Guildford
  7. are there trustworthy firms for home modifications and extensions in Surrey
  8. what firm handles infrastructure and transport planning for a commercial development near Guildford
  9. who can handle my planning permission application in Guildford
  10. how much does structural design for buildings cost

How this was measured

  • Date: 2 October 2026. This is one day, not a trend; the index is re-measured monthly.
  • Sample: 10 questions × 1 assistant × 5 runs = 50 answers. 29 firms checked.
  • Assistants used: Claude (Anthropic’s Sonnet model, through its API, with web search). Answers from these programming interfaces can differ from what the consumer apps show.
  • Counting: a firm is counted when its name appears in an answer. Names are picked out of the answer text automatically, then matched to the firm list.
  • Limits: the assistants vary between runs, so small gaps are noise. Firms that were not named may still be recommended by an assistant or a question we did not ask. National chains are left off the list.

Is your firm on this list?

Every firm above has a private report: which answers named it, which rivals were named instead, whether its website can be read by the assistants, and the three things that would change the result. We work with one engineering and planning consultancie in Guildford, and this index is re-measured every month, so the change is visible here.

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Engineering and planning consultancies in Guildford: AI Visibility Index — 2 October 2026 — Aether