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Car insurance board · August 2026

South Carolina

United States
Searches tracked
19
AI Overview rate
73.7%
Sources per answer
7.1
Locator United States

Car insurance in South Carolina: who ranks, and who gets cited

Allstate leads the organic results in South Carolina. Progressive is cited most in AI answers. They are different brands, which is true in most geographies we measure. An AI Overview appeared on 73.7% 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 24.1% of carrier citations
Discipline 03 · Best local SEO Insurance Company Advisors Group of Columbia 27.8% of map slots across 1 metro

Organic visibility

Indexed to the South Carolina leader
Organic visibility by carrier in South Carolina, auto insurance, August 2026
#CarrierVisibility index
01 Allstate 100
02 Progressive 85.1
03 GEICO 65.6
04 Liberty Mutual 46.9
05 AAA 31.3
06 The General 26.5
07 Mercury Insurance 15.7
08 State Farm 8.4
09 Farmers 7.2
10 SafeAuto 5.8

AI citation share

Share of carrier citations
Share of AI Overview citations by carrier in South Carolina, auto insurance, August 2026
#CarrierShare of carrier citations
01 Progressive 24.1%
02 Liberty Mutual 17.2%
03 Allstate 10.3%
04 Farmers 10.3%
05 GEICO 10.3%
06 Mercury Insurance 6.9%
07 State Farm 6.9%
08 AAA 3.4%
09 Lemonade 3.4%
10 The General 3.4%

Who Google cites

All sources, not only carriers
Types of source cited in AI Overviews in South Carolina, auto insurance, August 2026
#Source typeShare of citations
01 carrier 29%
02 aggregator 25%
03 publisher 25%
04 forum 12%
05 agency 4%
06 regulator 4%
07 law firm 1%

Named in the answer

Mentions, not citations
Carriers named in AI Overview text in South Carolina, auto insurance, August 2026
#CarrierShare of mentions
01 GEICO 19.6%
02 Progressive 19.6%
03 USAA 13.7%
04 Travelers 11.8%
05 State Farm 9.8%
06 Farmers 7.8%
07 Allstate 3.9%
08 AAA 2%
09 Amica 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 South Carolina, August 2026
Search intentReturned an AI Overview
unclassified 73.7%
South Carolina · Auto · 19 captures · Jul 2026

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Local pack by metro

1 metro measured in South Carolina
Local pack leader in each South Carolina metro, August 2026
#MetroLeading business Share of slotsBusinessesRating
01 Columbia Insurance Company Advisors Group of Columbia 27.8% 9 5

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

Every source the AI cites

37 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 South Carolina, insurers are 29% of cited sources and comparison sites are 25%.

Every domain cited in AI answers for South Carolina, August 2026
#SourceType Share of citations
01 NerdWallet
nerdwallet.com
Comparison sites
12%
02 YouTube
youtube.com
Forums
8%
03 MarketWatch
marketwatch.com
Publishers
7%
04 Progressive
progressive.com
Insurers
7%
05 US News
usnews.com
Publishers
7%
06 Liberty Mutual
libertymutual.com
Insurers
5%
07 Forbes Advisor
forbes.com
Publishers
4%
08 Reddit
reddit.com
Forums
4%
09 The Zebra
thezebra.com
Comparison sites
4%
10 Allstate
allstate.com
Insurers
3%
11 Farmers
farmers.com
Insurers
3%
12 GEICO
geico.com
Insurers
3%
13 Insurify
insurify.com
Comparison sites
3%
14 CNBC
cnbc.com
Publishers
2%
15 Compare.com
compare.com
Comparison sites
2%
16 Experian
experian.com
Publishers
2%
17 Mercury Insurance
mercuryinsurance.com
Insurers
2%
18 Money
money.com
Publishers
2%
19 State Farm
statefarm.com
Insurers
2%
20 AAA
ace.aaa.com
Insurers
1%
21 Baldwin Risk Partners
baldwin.com
Agencies
1%
22 Cinco Auto Insurance
cincoautoinsurance.com
Agencies
1%
23 Consumer Reports
consumerreports.org
Publishers
1%
24 South Carolina DOI
doi.sc.gov
Regulators
1%
25 Maryland Insurance Administration
insurance.maryland.gov
Regulators
1%
26 Insure On The Spot
insureonthespot.com
Agencies
1%
27 Lemonade
lemonade.com
Insurers
1%
28 LendingTree
lendingtree.com
Comparison sites
1%
29 Georgia OCI
oci.georgia.gov
Regulators
1%
30 Policygenius
policygenius.com
Comparison sites
1%
31 Shamieh Law
shamiehlaw.com
Law firms
1%
32 Texas Dept. of Insurance
tdi.texas.gov
Regulators
1%
33 The General
thegeneral.com
Insurers
1%
34 Davis Insurance
thinkdavisinsurance.com
Agencies
1%
35 Travelers
travelers.com
Insurers
1%
36 WalletHub
wallethub.com
Comparison sites
1%
37 Way.com
way.com
Comparison sites
1%

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 South Carolina 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.