The Most Recommended Plumbers in Tampa — Measured on Leading AI Assistants
Homeowners in Tampa don't just search anymore — they ask leading AI assistants who to call. In July 2026 we put the answer on record: 4 separate checks, phrased 4 different ways, run against 62 Tampa-area plumbers.
The result is a short list. Just 25 companies — 40% of the cohort — were ever named, and only Roto-Rooter Plumbing of Tampa was named in 3 of 4 checks.
A Daniel Griffin Plumbing, All Hours Plumber and Benjamin Franklin Plumbing and 2 more came next, 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, Tampa's cohort of 62 plumbers was the 12th largest.
Only 25 of 62
Tampa-area plumbers we benchmarked ever get recommended by AI — that's just 40%. These are the companies it 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 Plumbing of Tampa
Tampa, FL · Recommended in 3 of 4 AI checks · 4.8★ (3,616 Google reviews)
Roto-Rooter Plumbing of Tampa earned its place by showing up in 3 of the 4 checks. Its Google profile shows 4.8 stars from 3,616 reviews.
Named in 2 of 4 checks
5 companies, listed alphabetically — they scored the same, so nothing here puts one above another.
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A Daniel Griffin Plumbing
Tampa, FL · Recommended in 2 of 4 AI checks · 3.0★ (1 Google reviews)
A Daniel Griffin Plumbing earned its place by showing up in 2 of the 4 checks. It carries a 3.0-star rating across 1 Google reviews.
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All Hours Plumber
Tampa, FL · Recommended in 2 of 4 AI checks · 4.9★ (467 Google reviews)
Named in 2 of the 4 checks, All Hours Plumber is one of the Tampa companies AI keeps coming back to. Its Google profile shows 4.9 stars from 467 reviews.
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Benjamin Franklin Plumbing
Tampa, FL · Recommended in 2 of 4 AI checks · 4.7★ (2,701 Google reviews)
Benjamin Franklin Plumbing earned its place by showing up in 2 of the 4 checks. Google reviewers back it up: 4.7 stars over 2,701 reviews.
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Experts Plumbing Services
Recommended in 2 of 4 AI checks
Experts Plumbing Services was recommended in 2 of the 4 checks.
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Llona Plumbing
Tampa, FL · Recommended in 2 of 4 AI checks · 4.8★ (422 Google reviews)
Llona Plumbing earned its place by showing up in 2 of the 4 checks. It carries a 4.8-star rating across 422 Google reviews.
4 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.
Measured July 2026 · 4 homeowner-style questions · This list is measured, never sold — no company can pay onto it. Groups are set by how many checks named each company; inside a group the order is alphabetical, because the measurement doesn't separate them.
The exact questions we asked
Every check used one of these real homeowner questions, and every company AI named in response was recorded:
- “Who is the best plumber in Tampa, Florida?”
- “I have a plumbing emergency in Tampa, Florida. Which plumber should I call?”
- “What is the most recommended plumbing company in Tampa, Florida?”
- “Who should I hire to replace a water heater in Tampa, Florida?”
What the Tampa numbers say
- 6 of the 25 companies AI named came up in more than one check. The other 4 surfaced once and aren't listed — a single mention doesn't hold up on a re-ask.
- The listed companies average 4.4 stars on Google, with 7,207 reviews between them.
- Tampa's 40% named rate runs above this edition's overall average of 36%.
- Roto-Rooter Plumbing of Tampa was named in 3 of 4 checks — the closest thing Tampa has to a consensus answer.
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Tampa questions, answered
How many Tampa plumbers does AI actually recommend?
Very few. Of the 62 Tampa-area companies we benchmarked in July 2026, only 25 were ever named across 4 checks — 40%. The rest never came up.
Which plumber does AI recommend most in Tampa?
Roto-Rooter Plumbing of Tampa. It was named in 3 of the 4 checks in July 2026 — more consistently than any other company in the metro.
Why isn't there a number one on this list?
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 exactly did you ask leading AI assistants about Tampa plumbers?
The same questions real homeowners type — including "Who is the best plumber in Tampa, Florida?" and "I have a plumbing emergency in Tampa, Florida. Which plumber should I call?" — and we recorded every company named in the answers. The full set of phrasings is listed on this page.
Can a company pay to be on the Tampa list?
No. This list is measured, never sold — a company appears only if AI actually recommended it, in more than one check, when we asked. Money cannot buy a place on this list. Paid messages on this page are labeled "Sponsored" and sit outside the measured list.
Why isn't my company on the Tampa 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 Tampa? 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.
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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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