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Car insurance board · September 2026

Illinois

United States
Searches tracked
19
AI Overview rate
89.5%
Sources per answer
7.1
Locator United States

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

Allstate leads the organic results in Illinois. Progressive is cited most in AI answers. They are different brands, which is true in most geographies we measure. An AI Overview appeared on 89.5% of the 19 searches tracked here, citing an average of 7.1 sources.

Discipline 01 · Best insurance SEO Allstate Organic visibility 100 / 100
Discipline 02 · Best insurance GEO Progressive Cited in 19.6% of carrier citations
Discipline 03 · Best local SEO Lincoln Auto Insurance 27.8% of map slots across 1 metro

Organic visibility

Indexed to the Illinois leader
Organic visibility by carrier in Illinois, auto insurance, September 2026
#CarrierVisibility index
01 Allstate 100
02 Progressive 55.7
03 GEICO 40.6
04 AAA 21.8
05 The General 18.7
06 Liberty Mutual 16.6
07 State Farm 11.5
08 Mercury Insurance 10.9
09 Farmers 7.3
10 Direct Auto 6.5

AI citation share

Share of carrier citations
Share of AI Overview citations by carrier in Illinois, auto insurance, September 2026
#CarrierShare of carrier citations
01 Progressive 19.6%
02 Allstate 17.4%
03 GEICO 15.2%
04 Liberty Mutual 10.9%
05 Nationwide 8.7%
06 State Farm 6.5%
07 Lemonade 4.3%
08 Mercury Insurance 4.3%
09 AAA 2.2%
10 Amica 2.2%

Who Google cites

All sources, not only carriers
Types of source cited in AI Overviews in Illinois, auto insurance, September 2026
#Source typeShare of citations
01 carrier 38%
02 aggregator 28.1%
03 publisher 17.4%
04 forum 5.8%
05 unknown 5.8%
06 agency 1.7%
07 search 1.7%
08 law firm 0.8%
09 regulator 0.8%

Named in the answer

Mentions, not citations
Carriers named in AI Overview text in Illinois, auto insurance, September 2026
#CarrierShare of mentions
01 Progressive 21.3%
02 GEICO 19.1%
03 Allstate 14.9%
04 Nationwide 10.6%
05 USAA 8.5%
06 Travelers 6.4%
07 Amica 4.3%
08 Lemonade 4.3%
09 AAA 2.1%
10 COUNTRY Financial 2.1%

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 Illinois, September 2026
Search intentReturned an AI Overview
comparison 100%
cost 100%
informational 100%
quote 100%
head 50%
near me 50%
Illinois · Auto · 19 captures · Jul 2026

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Local pack by metro

1 metro measured in Illinois
Local pack leader in each Illinois metro, September 2026
#MetroLeading business Share of slotsBusinessesRating
01 Chicago Lincoln Auto Insurance 27.8% 9 4.5

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

Every source the AI cites

40 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 Illinois, insurers are 38% of cited sources and comparison sites are 28.1%.

Every domain cited in AI answers for Illinois, September 2026
#SourceType Share of citations
01 NerdWallet
nerdwallet.com
Comparison sites
8.3%
02 Progressive
progressive.com
Insurers
7.4%
03 Allstate
allstate.com
Insurers
6.6%
04 Insurify
insurify.com
Comparison sites
6.6%
05 GEICO
geico.com
Insurers
5.8%
06 US News
usnews.com
Publishers
5%
07 Liberty Mutual
libertymutual.com
Insurers
4.1%
08 YouTube
youtube.com
Forums
4.1%
09 LendingTree
lendingtree.com
Comparison sites
3.3%
10 Nationwide
nationwide.com
Insurers
3.3%
11 The Zebra
thezebra.com
Comparison sites
3.3%
12 CNBC
cnbc.com
Publishers
2.5%
13 Compare.com
compare.com
Comparison sites
2.5%
14 Experian
experian.com
Publishers
2.5%
15 State Farm
statefarm.com
Insurers
2.5%
16 Consumer Reports
consumerreports.org
Publishers
1.7%
17 Forbes Advisor
forbes.com
Publishers
1.7%
18 Google
google.com
Search
1.7%
19 Lemonade
lemonade.com
Insurers
1.7%
20 Mercury Insurance
mercuryinsurance.com
Insurers
1.7%
21 parkerandparkerattorneys.com
parkerandparkerattorneys.com
unknown
1.7%
22 Quora
quora.com
Forums
1.7%
23 SoFi
sofi.com
Publishers
1.7%
24 AAA
acg.aaa.com
Insurers
0.8%
25 Amica
amica.com
Insurers
0.8%
26 Baldwin Risk Partners
baldwin.com
Agencies
0.8%
27 capitalone.com
capitalone.com
unknown
0.8%
28 converter.brightcoding.dev
converter.brightcoding.dev
unknown
0.8%
29 Farmers
farmers.com
Insurers
0.8%
30 Fortune
fortune.com
Publishers
0.8%
31 Gallon Law
gallonlaw.com
Law firms
0.8%
32 Illinois DOI
idoi.illinois.gov
Regulators
0.8%
33 ilsos.gov
ilsos.gov
unknown
0.8%
34 Insurance.com
insurance.com
Comparison sites
0.8%
35 Jerry
jerry.ai
Comparison sites
0.8%
36 Leavitt Group
leavitt.com
Agencies
0.8%
37 lmbf.ca
lmbf.ca
unknown
0.8%
38 malmanlaw.com
malmanlaw.com
unknown
0.8%
39 MarketWatch
marketwatch.com
Publishers
0.8%
40 Policygenius
policygenius.com
Comparison sites
0.8%

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

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What is on this page position-weighted organic visibility indexed to the Illinois 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 September 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.