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South Dakota · commercial August 2026 edition Captured Jul 14–16 Next refresh Aug 1 24 searches
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Business insurance in South Dakota: who ranks, and who gets cited

The Hartford leads the organic results in South Dakota. Progressive is cited most in AI answers. They are different brands, which is true in most geographies we measure. An AI Overview appeared on 87.5% of the 24 searches tracked here, citing an average of 7.7 sources.

Discipline 01 · Best insurance SEO The Hartford Organic visibility 100 / 100
Discipline 02 · Best insurance GEO Progressive Cited in 22.9% of carrier citations
Discipline 03 · Best local SEO No local pack

Organic visibility

Indexed to the South Dakota leader
Organic visibility by carrier in South Dakota, commercial insurance, August 2026
#CarrierVisibility index
01 The Hartford 100
02 Progressive 79.2
03 GEICO 50.2
04 NEXT Insurance 21.4
05 Nationwide 18.5
06 Allstate 17.5
07 Hiscox 14.6
08 Travelers 11.6
09 Thimble 7.5
10 Liberty Mutual 7.3

AI citation share

Share of carrier citations
Share of AI Overview citations by carrier in South Dakota, commercial insurance, August 2026
#CarrierShare of carrier citations
01 Progressive 22.9%
02 The Hartford 20.5%
03 NEXT Insurance 12%
04 GEICO 9.6%
05 Allstate 6%
06 Nationwide 6%
07 Hiscox 4.8%
08 Liberty Mutual 2.4%
09 NJM Insurance 2.4%
10 TechInsurance 2.4%

Who Google cites

All sources, not only carriers
Types of source cited in AI Overviews in South Dakota, commercial insurance, August 2026
#Source typeShare of citations
01 carrier 51.2%
02 forum 15.4%
03 agency 8%
04 publisher 6.2%
05 vendor 6.2%
06 aggregator 5.6%
07 regulator 4.9%
08 unknown 2.5%

Named in the answer

Mentions, not citations
Carriers named in AI Overview text in South Dakota, commercial insurance, August 2026
#CarrierShare of mentions
01 Progressive 13.8%
02 The Hartford 13.8%
03 GEICO 12.1%
04 NEXT Insurance 10.3%
05 Allstate 8.6%
06 Nationwide 8.6%
07 Hiscox 8.6%
08 Travelers 5.2%
09 Chubb 3.4%
10 Thimble 3.4%

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

What these searches return

By intent, 24 searches
AI Overview presence by search intent in South Dakota, August 2026
Search intentReturned an AI Overview
comparison 100%
cost 100%
head 100%
informational 100%
quote 100%
line specific 85.7%
near me 0%
South Dakota · Auto · 24 captures · Jul 2026

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What is on this page position-weighted organic visibility indexed to the South Dakota leader, share of sources cited in AI Overviews, share of answers naming a carrier, and Local Pack presence. Same 24 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.