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South Carolina · auto August 2026 edition Captured Jul 14–16 Next refresh Aug 1 19 searches
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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 No local pack

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 33.3
06 The General 26.5
07 Mercury Insurance 15.7
08 State Farm 8.4
09 Nationwide 7.9
10 Farmers 7.2

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 regulator 4%
06 agency 2%
07 unknown 2%
08 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 Nationwide 2%
09 Liberty Mutual 2%
10 Amica 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
comparison 100%
cost 100%
informational 100%
quote 66.7%
head 0%
near me 0%
South Carolina · Auto · 19 captures · Jul 2026

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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. Same 19 searches for all four, captured July 2026.

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.