The Most Recommended Plumbers in New York — Measured on Leading AI Assistants
AI is becoming the first stop for New York homeowners choosing a plumber. To find out who it actually sends people to, we ran 4 checks in July 2026 — 4 question styles, a cohort of 54 area companies.
The answers concentrated on a handful of names: 14 in total, and Roto-Rooter was the only one named in 3 of 4 checks. That leaves 40 New York-area companies AI never mentioned at all.
The next group is Ariel Services, Inc., Franco Belli Plumbing & Heating & Sons and Hub Plumbing and Mechanical and 1 more — named in 2 of 4 checks.
There is no number one here on purpose. Ask AI the same question twice and the answer can change, so we publish how many of the 4 checks named each company instead of a place that would move if we asked again. Companies named in only one check aren't listed.
For scale: of the 26 metros in this edition, New York's cohort of 54 plumbers was the 23rd largest.
Only 14 of 54
New York plumbers ever appear in the answers, a 26% rate. The companies below are the ones AI names:
Rankings are measured and cannot be purchased — sponsored blocks are labeled advertising and sit outside the ranked list.
Ask AI the same question twice and the answer can change. So we do not crown a number one. We publish how many of the 4 checks named each company. Companies named in more checks are the ones AI keeps coming back to. Companies named in only one check are not listed: a single mention does not repeat reliably.
Named in 3 of 4 checks
One company, listed below.
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Roto-Rooter
Recommended in 3 of 4 AI checks
Roto-Rooter was recommended in 3 of the 4 checks.
Named in 2 of 4 checks
4 companies, listed alphabetically — they scored the same, so nothing here puts one above another.
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Ariel Services, Inc.
New York, NY · Recommended in 2 of 4 AI checks · 4.3★ (17 Google reviews)
Ariel Services, Inc. was recommended in 2 of the 4 checks. Its Google profile shows 4.3 stars from 17 reviews.
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Franco Belli Plumbing & Heating & Sons
Brooklyn, NY · Recommended in 2 of 4 AI checks · 4.3★ (78 Google reviews)
Franco Belli Plumbing & Heating & Sons earned its place by showing up in 2 of the 4 checks, serving the metro from Brooklyn. Google reviewers back it up: 4.3 stars over 78 reviews.
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Hub Plumbing and Mechanical
Recommended in 2 of 4 AI checks
Hub Plumbing and Mechanical was recommended in 2 of the 4 checks.
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Lopez Plumbing & Heating Mechanical LLC
New York, NY · Recommended in 2 of 4 AI checks · 4.6★ (133 Google reviews)
Named in 2 of the 4 checks: Lopez Plumbing & Heating Mechanical LLC. Its Google profile shows 4.6 stars from 133 reviews.
5 more companies were named in exactly one of the 4 checks. A single mention comes back less than half the time when we ask again, so they are measured but not published.
4 checks, run July 2026. This board is measured, never sold; no company can pay to be listed. Grouping follows how often AI named each one, and names inside a group are alphabetical.
Every question we put to AI
We asked these word-for-word, then recorded which companies came back in the answers:
- “Who is the best plumber in New York, New York?”
- “I have a plumbing emergency in New York, New York. Which plumber should I call?”
- “What is the most recommended plumbing company in New York, New York?”
- “Who should I hire to replace a water heater in New York, New York?”
The New York measurement at a glance
- The listed companies average 4.4 stars on Google, with 228 reviews between them.
- The board reaches past New York proper — listed companies also operate out of Brooklyn.
- Compared with the edition-wide average (36%), New York's 26% sits below the line.
- Roto-Rooter was named in 3 of 4 checks — the closest thing New York has to a consensus answer.
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The New York board, explained
How short is the New York list, really?
The July 2026 answer is 14. We verified 54 companies around New York and ran 4 checks; 26% of the cohort ever got a mention.
Who does AI name most often in New York?
In the July 2026 measurement, Roto-Rooter — it came up in 3 of the 4 checks, more often than any other company we tracked here.
How is the order on this page decided?
Because a number one wouldn't hold. Ask AI the same question again and the top name often changes, while the number of checks that named a company stays about the same. So we publish the count: companies named in the same number of the 4 checks are grouped together and listed alphabetically, because nothing in the measurement separates them.
What questions were behind the New York checks?
Real homeowner phrasings, asked verbatim — one example: "I have a plumbing emergency in New York, New York. Which plumber should I call?". Each answer's named companies were tallied, and that tally is the whole list.
Do companies pay you to be listed here?
They can't. Measured, never sold is the standing rule: being named by AI in our checks is the only path onto the board. Sponsored blocks are marked as advertising and never enter the measured list.
Why isn't my company on the New York list?
Either AI never named it in our July 2026 checks, or it came up in only one of them — and one mention isn't steady enough to publish. Neither says anything about the quality of the work, only that homeowners who ask AI are being sent elsewhere.
New to New York? These plumbers are just getting started.
Everything above this line was measured. The list on this page comes from asking AI assistants real questions and counting who they named — no one can buy their way onto it.
This section is different, and we want to be plain about it. The businesses below are brand new. They have not been measured, they have no rank and no score, and they are not part of the list above. They are here because they asked to be, we checked that they are real, and a business that opened last month has no way to show up in a ranking built on history. Nobody paid for a spot here — it is free, and it is not an endorsement.
Just opened a company in New York? You can be the first one here.
Tell us who you are and we'll add you to this section — free. It is not a ranking and it will never say you are ranked, because you are not: you are new. When we re-run the benchmark, a real spot on the list above is something you earn, not something we hand out.
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