For independent CPAs & accounting firms · 4 AI engines

When someone in Denver asks AI for an accountant, does it name you?

Every day, AI hands small-business owners a shortlist of three to five accounting firms. If your firm is not on it, a prospect may never see you.

✓ No signup✓ Results in about a minute✓ Tracks local and niche searches
Monitors
ChatGPT · Gemini · Claude · Perplexity
Measures
Quality-filtered related buyer paths
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Your visibility snapshot
"best accountant near me"Denver, CO
ChatGPT
OpenAI
Named
Gemini
Google
Not named
Claude
Anthropic
Not named
Perplexity
AI search
Named
Visibility Score2 / 4

Illustrative read for a sample firm. Your live check uses your real firm, city, and the prompts your clients type.

The report you get

Not a score. The evidence behind it.

Owners hire the firm they can trust. Every scan produces a report that shows exactly where you stand and what to fix.

Sample visibility report
Birch & Lowe CPAs · Austin, TX
Visibility Score2 / 4
ChatGPTNamed · 1st
GeminiNot named
ClaudeNot named
PerplexityNamed · 2nd
Named in 5 observed buyer paths
Top competitor: Sutton Tax Group (appeared in 5 observed buyer paths)
Priority actions
  1. 1.Complete the firm profile (services + industries served)
  2. 2.Add LocalBusiness + AccountingService structured data
  3. 3.Earn citations in the directories AI cites (QuickBooks ProAdvisor, state CPA society)

Illustrative. Your report uses your real firm, city, and prompts.

Every report includes

  • Your Visibility Score across all four engines
  • Per-engine named / not-named, with ranking
  • Which firm is taking your slot
  • A prompt-by-prompt breakdown of grounded related buyer paths
  • The exact words each engine used, verbatim
  • A prioritized, plain-English Actions
  • Niche coverage: "CPA for real estate", "accountant for SaaS"
  • Week-over-week tracking as you close the gaps

It is a live dashboard, not a one-off PDF, re-run it any time and watch the score move.

How clients pick accountants now

The referral still lands. Then they check online.

59%
of Google searches now end without a single click
SparkToro / Datos, 2024
48%
of tracked queries show an AI Overview, up from about 30% a year earlier
BrightEdge, 2026

Niche is the new locality: owners increasingly ask for "a CPA for real estate" or "an accountant for SaaS", not the national tax-prep chains.

Methodology

How the scan works

A measurement process, run the same way every time, so the result is repeatable.

01

Generate prompts

We build the location- and niche-specific questions your clients actually type, like "best CPA for a small business near me."

02

Run all four engines

Each prompt runs across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude, the way a real client would ask.

03

Capture the responses

We record exactly what each engine answered, word for word, with the sources it cited.

04

Identify cited firms

We extract every accounting firm named in each answer, including yours and the firm across town.

05

Measure frequency & rank

We score how often you are named, where you place, and which competitors are taking your slot.

06

Actions you can act on

We produce prioritized, plain-English Actions, each with a test you run to confirm it worked.

On compliance

Findabl publishes nothing on your behalf. The scan measures where AI engines name your firm and surfaces plain-English Actions for your review. The core advertising standard for CPAs is straightforward: nothing false, misleading, or deceptive (AICPA Code, ET 1.400.090, and your state board rules). Findabl is a visibility measurement tool, not accounting, tax, or legal advice. Confirm anything you publish against your state board rules and your own review before it goes live.

The intelligence layer

Sophia reads your scan and tells you what to fix first.

Most tools hand an accounting firm a dashboard and leave. Sophia turns it into a plan. She reads where ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Claude name your firm, your GEO Score, and which firms get cited instead, then says it in plain English: why the firm across town or the niche specialist is cited despite a thinner website, why AI does not name you unaided even when your reputation is strong, and the one move that changes it this week.

01

Measure

See where the four engines cite you, unaided. Your real GEO Score, not a modeled guess.

02

Understand

Sophia explains why, grounded in your actual scan.

03

Create

She names the pages and answers to publish that earn citations.

04

Earn

And which accounting directories, trade publications, and podcasts build the third-party authority AI trusts.

05

Measure again

Re-scan and watch your citation share move.

Sophia diagnoses and writes the plan. You run the plays. Auto-publishing is on the roadmap.

Questions accountants ask

How is AI citation different from SEO for an accounting firm?

SEO gets your firm ranked on Google. AI citation gets your firm named when someone asks ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, or Claude for an accountant. Different engines, different signals, and most small firms are not set up for the new one yet.

Is optimizing for AI search allowed under the AICPA rules?

Yes. The main rule is simple: nothing false, misleading, or deceptive. Findabl measures where AI engines name your firm and gives plain-English Actions to get cited honestly. It is not accounting, tax, or legal advice.

Do I need a marketing team or a developer to use Findabl?

No. You run a free scan with your firm website, see where you stand across the four AI engines, and get plain-English Actions. Each step says what to do and how to confirm it worked.

What does a Findabl scan give an accounting firm?

A baseline of where ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Claude name your firm versus the firm across town and the niche specialist (think "CPA for real estate" or "accountant for SaaS"), plus prioritized Actions to close the gaps. No long-term contract.

How much does Findabl cost for a small accounting firm?

Start free, no signup, results in about a minute. Paid plans start at $49 a month if you want ongoing tracking. There is no agency retainer.

See how your firm shows up in AI search.

Free, no signup, results in about a minute. Plain-English Actions across all four AI engines.