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Car insurance board · August 2026

California

United States
Searches tracked
19
AI Overview rate
78.9%
Sources per answer
7.5
Locator United States

Car insurance in California: who ranks, and who gets cited

Allstate leads the organic results in California. Progressive is cited most in AI answers. They are different brands, which is true in most geographies we measure. An AI Overview appeared on 78.9% of the 19 searches tracked here, citing an average of 7.5 sources.

Discipline 01 · Best insurance SEO Allstate Organic visibility 100 / 100
Discipline 02 · Best insurance GEO Progressive Cited in 25.6% of carrier citations
Discipline 03 · Best local SEO Fiesta Auto Insurance & Tax Service 10.1% of map slots across 11 metros

Organic visibility

Indexed to the California leader
Organic visibility by carrier in California, auto insurance, August 2026
#CarrierVisibility index
01 Allstate 100
02 Progressive 77.8
03 GEICO 56.4
04 AAA 40.3
05 Liberty Mutual 24.5
06 The General 20.1
07 Mercury Insurance 18.9
08 State Farm 13.9
09 SafeAuto 9.3
10 Travelers 5.2

AI citation share

Share of carrier citations
Share of AI Overview citations by carrier in California, auto insurance, August 2026
#CarrierShare of carrier citations
01 Progressive 25.6%
02 Allstate 15.4%
03 Liberty Mutual 15.4%
04 GEICO 12.8%
05 Mercury Insurance 7.7%
06 State Farm 7.7%
07 AAA 2.6%
08 COUNTRY Financial 2.6%
09 Nationwide 2.6%
10 The General 2.6%

Who Google cites

All sources, not only carriers
Types of source cited in AI Overviews in California, auto insurance, August 2026
#Source typeShare of citations
01 carrier 34.5%
02 publisher 22.1%
03 aggregator 17.7%
04 forum 16.8%
05 agency 2.7%
06 regulator 2.7%
07 law firm 1.8%
08 social 0.9%
09 unknown 0.9%

Named in the answer

Mentions, not citations
Carriers named in AI Overview text in California, auto insurance, August 2026
#CarrierShare of mentions
01 GEICO 22%
02 Progressive 22%
03 Allstate 10%
04 USAA 10%
05 Nationwide 8%
06 State Farm 8%
07 Travelers 8%
08 Liberty Mutual 4%
09 AAA 2%
10 Erie Insurance 2%

Being described in the answer and being cited as a source are different things.

What these searches return

By intent, 19 searches
AI Overview presence by search intent in California, August 2026
Search intentReturned an AI Overview
unclassified 78.9%
California · Auto · 19 captures · Jul 2026

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Local pack by metro

11 metros measured in California
Local pack leader in each California metro, August 2026
#MetroLeading business Share of slotsBusinessesRating
01 Riverside Riverside Insurance Agency Inc. 29.7% 10 4.8
02 Anaheim Anaheim Insurance & Vehicle 30.6% 9 4.9
03 Bakersfield InsureOne Insurance 30.6% 10 5
04 Fresno Fiesta Auto Insurance & Tax Service 52.8% 6 4.9
05 Long Beach Only Way Insurance Services 27.8% 8 4.8
06 Los Angeles Cost-U-Less Insurance 22.2% 13 4.8
07 Oakland Near By Insurance Agency 30.6% 9 5
08 Sacramento Cost-U-Less Insurance 19.4% 11 4.6
09 San Diego Let's Insure 33.3% 7 5
10 San Francisco Donald Browne Insurance Services, formerly, John A Morton Insurance Agency 25% 10 4.8
11 San Jose Acceptance Insurance 27.8% 8 4.9

Near-me searches are measured per metro, not per state. Each metro has its own board.

Every source the AI cites

38 domains · not only insurers

The citation table above lists insurers only. This one lists everything the answer actually pointed at, which is a different picture: in California, insurers are 34.5% of cited sources and comparison sites are 17.7%.

Every domain cited in AI answers for California, August 2026
#SourceType Share of citations
01 YouTube
youtube.com
Forums
15%
02 Progressive
progressive.com
Insurers
8.8%
03 NerdWallet
nerdwallet.com
Comparison sites
7.1%
04 US News
usnews.com
Publishers
7.1%
05 Allstate
allstate.com
Insurers
5.3%
06 Liberty Mutual
libertymutual.com
Insurers
5.3%
07 GEICO
geico.com
Insurers
4.4%
08 Compare.com
compare.com
Comparison sites
3.5%
09 Experian
experian.com
Publishers
3.5%
10 Forbes Advisor
forbes.com
Publishers
3.5%
11 MarketWatch
marketwatch.com
Publishers
3.5%
12 Mercury Insurance
mercuryinsurance.com
Insurers
2.7%
13 State Farm
statefarm.com
Insurers
2.7%
14 The Zebra
thezebra.com
Comparison sites
2.7%
15 CNBC
cnbc.com
Publishers
1.8%
16 Insurify
insurify.com
Comparison sites
1.8%
17 Money
money.com
Publishers
1.8%
18 Reddit
reddit.com
Forums
1.8%
19 A-MAX Auto Insurance
amaxinsurance.com
Agencies
0.9%
20 Baldwin Risk Partners
baldwin.com
Agencies
0.9%
21 Consumer Reports
consumerreports.org
Publishers
0.9%
22 COUNTRY Financial
countryfinancial.com
Insurers
0.9%
23 California DMV
dmv.ca.gov
Regulators
0.9%
24 EverQuote
everquote.com
Comparison sites
0.9%
25 Facebook
facebook.com
Social
0.9%
26 howmuch.net
howmuch.net
unknown
0.9%
27 Kistler Law Firm
kistlerlawfirm.com
Law firms
0.9%
28 LendingTree
lendingtree.com
Comparison sites
0.9%
29 AAA
mwg.aaa.com
Insurers
0.9%
30 Nationwide
nationwide.com
Insurers
0.9%
31 Georgia OCI
oci.georgia.gov
Regulators
0.9%
32 Shamieh Law
shamiehlaw.com
Law firms
0.9%
33 Texas Dept. of Insurance
tdi.texas.gov
Regulators
0.9%
34 The General
thegeneral.com
Insurers
0.9%
35 Travelers
travelers.com
Insurers
0.9%
36 Vargas Insurance
vargasinsurance.com
Agencies
0.9%
37 WalletHub
wallethub.com
Comparison sites
0.9%
38 Wawanesa
wawanesa.com
Insurers
0.9%

Types are assigned from a published list. A source we cannot classify with confidence is left unclassified rather than guessed at.

Where this board sits

Every board is free and public

What is on this page position-weighted organic visibility indexed to the California leader, share of sources cited in AI Overviews, share of answers naming a carrier, and Local Pack presence. The first three use the same 19 searches captured August 2026. Local Pack comes from a separate set of near-me searches measured per metro, joined here.

Never combined the disciplines are reported separately and are not summed. A blended score would hide the only finding that matters, which is where they disagree.

Coverage Google AI Overviews only. ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude are separate surfaces and are not measured.