LOCAL BENCHMARK · SPARSE

Plumbing in Dayton, OH.

Every business below was observed on Google Maps for "plumber" targeted at Dayton. Review counts, ratings, and ranks are from the IMPIOUS benchmark snapshot (internal benchmark, Apr 2026).

MEDIAN REVIEWS — TOP 3

685

P25 — MIN TO COMPETE

40

AVG RATING — TOP 3

4.84

DENSITY TIER

SPARSE

TOP-3 MEDIAN REFERRING DOMAINS

76

TOP-3 MEDIAN DFS RANK

109

AI MENTIONS — TOP 3 CITED

0 / 3

AI PLATFORMS

none

# BUSINESS REVIEWS RATING REF. DOMAINS AI CITED
1 Atherton Plumbing - Dayton Drain Cleaning 1155 4.8 261
1 Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup 4999 4.7 7939
1 American Drain Dayton 19 5.0 37
1 Frazier's Plumbing and Construction 40 5.0 33
3 Your Neighbors Plumber 54 4.8
3 Drain Tech 215 4.8 76
4 Ed Rike Plumbing Heating & Air 164 4.8
5 Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Dayton 730 4.5
5 Affordable Sewer & Drain Cleaning 30 4.5
5 Butler Heating & Air Conditioning Repair 670 4.6

Market read

Dayton's plumbing market shows minimal AI visibility despite established local authority: ChatGPT names zero of Google's top-3 when asked for best plumbers in the city. The top-3 median review count sits at 685 (internal benchmark, Apr 2026), with an average rating of 4.84 and review velocity of 5 monthly submissions. However, spam rates average 42% across leaders, and GBP completeness averages only 64/100—both suggest optimization gaps. The density tier remains SPARSE, indicating limited competitive saturation. Backlink authority is meaningful: top-3 median referring domains reach 261. For a p25 entrant at 40 reviews, the path forward requires sustained review velocity, spam mitigation, and GBP optimization to close the 645-review gap separating pack from leaders.

See "The Review Gap Is Smaller Than Everyone Thinks" for the cross-city pattern and "What the Top-3 Actually Have on Their Backlink Profile" for the backlink + AI-citation breakdown.