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Best GEO Agency: Eight Picks And A Quick Start For Hiring One While Your Agent OS Keeps Score
The best GEO agency on my list is Goldie Agency, and since it's my own agency, I'm flagging that bias in the first line.
A GEO agency is a team that works to get your brand used, cited and recommended inside AI-written answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI.
My other seven picks are Exposure Ninja, Foundation, Graphite, Rise at Seven, Nectiv, Minuttia and Avenue Z, all checked on their own sites on 17 October 2026.
This quick start shows you how to hire one in five steps, and how your Agent OS keeps its own dated record so you never take a report on trust.
If you want help from day one, book a free SEO strategy session and get a custom AI visibility plan.
The best GEO agency shortlist
These are the eight GEO agencies I'd shortlist in 2026, and number one is my own.
| Rank | Agency | What its own site says today | First step shown | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goldie Agency (my agency) | It offers a free AI brand visibility session for Google, AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini, built on trusted-source coverage. | A free strategy session | One team for GEO, coverage and links. |
| 2 | Exposure Ninja | It lists an AI Search Strategy and a separate Generative Engine Optimisation service. | A free consultation | A clear GEO plan first. |
| 3 | Foundation | It calls itself an AI visibility agency for B2B tech and SaaS and lists GEO strategy and LLM advertising. | A call with its team | B2B software companies. |
| 4 | Graphite | It describes itself as a research-driven growth agency working on AEO, SEO and performance marketing. | A contact form | Research-led growth teams. |
| 5 | Rise at Seven | It lists AI Visibility and GEO next to digital PR, with offices in Manchester, London and New York. | A contact form | Consumer brands. |
| 6 | Nectiv | It describes itself as an SEO and AEO agency for B2B companies with $20M+ ARR and lists AI citation building. | A free consultation | Larger B2B companies. |
| 7 | Minuttia | It says it helps brands win from Google to ChatGPT and publishes a State of AEO Report. | A portfolio review and a call | Content-led SaaS companies. |
| 8 | Avenue Z | It calls itself an AI optimisation company and lists AEO for PR and AEO for ecommerce. | An AEO readiness quiz | PR-led brands. |
I read every third-party homepage on 17 October 2026, and each one advertises GEO, AEO or AI search work today.
I left out the agencies from my AI SEO optimization agency and best Claude SEO agency guides, so this list adds new names.
I haven't hired the seven third-party agencies, so I'm describing what each says about itself.
I haven't listed prices either, because agencies quote after a call and I won't guess.
What a GEO agency does, in plain English
GEO means generative engine optimisation, which is the job of getting your content used and cited inside AI-written answers.
The term comes from a research paper called GEO: Generative Engine Optimization by Pranjal Aggarwal and colleagues, first posted on arXiv on 16 November 2023.
In its own experiments, the paper reported GEO methods boosting visibility by up to 40% in generative engine responses, with results that varied by domain.
A GEO agency turns that into five ongoing jobs, which are a baseline, brand facts, trusted-source coverage, citation-worthy pages and technical access.
It sits on top of SEO rather than replacing it, because Google's AI features guide says AI Overviews and AI Mode have no additional requirements beyond normal SEO.
If you'd rather hire one expert than a team, my sibling guide on the best AEO consultant covers that route.
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Quick start: hire a GEO agency in five steps
This is the fastest safe route from a cold start to a signed first phase.
- First, write twenty questions a real buyer would ask an AI tool before choosing a business like yours.
- Second, let your Agent OS ask each question in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and Google, and save the answers with dates, brands named and sources cited.
- Third, shortlist three agencies from the table above that match your size and market, and book their free first step.
- Fourth, bring your baseline to every call and ask which third-party sources each agency would target first.
- Fifth, sign a 90-day first phase with deliverables you can inspect, and let your agents re-ask the questions at the end.
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Number one: Goldie Agency
Goldie Agency is the SEO and link building agency I started on my own, and it now has 70+ people in Bangkok.I rank it first because I know exactly how the work is done, and you should weigh that as my bias.
The strategy session page says the agency helps brands get found, cited and recommended by Google and AI.
It says AI platforms don't recommend brands simply because they publish more on their own websites, and that they look for consistent signals across the wider web.
That's why the work is trusted-source coverage, which the page breaks into expert bylines, independent reviews, industry comparisons and research-led coverage.
The agency site also lists link building with manual outreach and no PBNs, a Complete Site Audit and AI Automation.
AI runs around 80% of our internal operations through the same Agent OS I teach on this site.
Paid work is scoped after the session, so I won't quote a price here.
The other seven, in one line each
- Exposure Ninja's site describes its AI Search Strategy as a GEO plan showing where you appear in AI answers today and how to earn more of them.
- Foundation's site says it tracks citation rate, share of model and AI-driven pipeline for B2B tech and SaaS brands.
- Graphite's site says its AI research team identifies the strategies that drive impact, and it names Ethan Smith as CEO.
- Rise at Seven's site describes search-first content for SEO, social, PR, AI and LLM search.
- Nectiv's site lists AI Search for visibility across ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Mode, plus off-site AI citation building.
- Minuttia's site says its AI-first content is always reviewed and approved by humans.
- Avenue Z's site offers an AEO readiness quiz and lists an AI visibility report.
How a GEO agency fits an Agent OS workflow
My Agent OS runs a crew of AI agents under one shared memory, and that makes hiring a GEO agency much safer.
The reason is simple, because you stop relying on the agency's report as your only source of truth.
Your agents keep the receipts, and the agency does the work you can't do alone.
| GEO job | Your Agent OS handles it | The GEO agency handles it | You handle it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | An agent asks your buyer questions in each AI tool every week and saves the answers, brands named and sources cited. | The agency reads the trend and picks the priorities. | You choose the questions your buyers really ask. |
| Brand facts | An agent keeps one fact file of your name, services and proof in shared memory. | The agency fixes the places on the web that disagree with it. | You approve every fact. |
| Trusted-source coverage | An agent logs every byline, review and comparison the agency wins. | The agency earns the coverage. | You give the interviews and the quotes. |
| Citation-worthy pages | An agent drafts pages with a direct answer, statistics and named sources. | The agency edits for quality and angle. | You add the experience only you have. |
| Technical access | An agent checks robots.txt for OAI-SearchBot and PerplexityBot. | The agency fixes what the agent flags. | You sign off changes to the live site. |
The shared memory is what makes this work over months.
Every question, every answer and every new mention lands in one place, so any agent can compare this month with last month.
You can check an agency's claims against your own dated records without arguing about screenshots.
📞 Want this setup pointed at your brand?
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The 90-day first phase, with your agents keeping score
| Weeks | What the agency delivers | What your agents log |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | Agreed buyer questions and a reviewed baseline | The first dated answers and cited sources |
| 3 to 4 | A brand fact audit and a list of target sources | The approved fact file and the source list |
| 5 to 8 | Rewritten key pages with direct answers, statistics and sources | Each page's publish date and the questions it targets |
| 5 to 12 | Coverage such as bylines, reviews and comparisons | Every new mention with its link and date |
| 12 | A review against the baseline | The same questions re-asked and compared |
Google says AI Overviews and AI Mode traffic is counted in the "Web" search type of the Search Console Performance report.
Ask an agent to pull that report every week, because it's free measurement you already own.
The crawler check your agents can run today
OpenAI's crawler page recommends allowing OAI-SearchBot in robots.txt to help your site appear in ChatGPT search results. Perplexity's crawler page recommends allowing PerplexityBot to help your site appear in its search results.Google says you don't need special schema, new machine-readable files or AI text files to appear in AI Overviews or AI Mode.
So the technical check is short, and an agent can run it in seconds before you even speak to an agency.
Nobody can guarantee what a model says
I want to be honest about this before you spend anything.
Nobody can guarantee what a model says, and that includes me and Goldie Agency.
None of the companies behind ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini or Claude publishes a formula for which brands get recommended.
An agency can improve the footprint those models read and the honesty of its reporting.
An agency can't control the answer, the timing or the revenue that follows, so treat any guarantee as a warning sign.
Red flags to walk away from
- Walk away from any agency that guarantees a mention in ChatGPT, Gemini or Google's AI.
- Walk away from anyone who sells special schema or an AI text file as the secret, because Google says neither is needed.
- Walk away from any plan built on thousands of unreviewed AI pages.
- Walk away from any agency that won't show you raw, dated answers.
Where to go next on this site
My King of AEO guide shows the answer-engine loop my agents run every day.
My Claude SEO agency guide shows the public test I use on my own work.
If you'd rather check your own gaps first, my free GEO audit guide from this same batch walks through it.
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FAQ
What is the best GEO agency in 2026?
Julian Goldie ranks his own agency, Goldie Agency, first and discloses that bias. His third-party picks are Exposure Ninja, Foundation, Graphite, Rise at Seven, Nectiv, Minuttia and Avenue Z.
What does GEO stand for?
GEO stands for generative engine optimisation. The term comes from the research paper GEO: Generative Engine Optimization by Pranjal Aggarwal and colleagues, first posted on arXiv on 16 November 2023.
How does an Agent OS help when I hire a GEO agency?
Your agents can ask your buyer questions every week and log dated answers, cited sources and new mentions in shared memory. That gives you an independent record to check the agency's reports against.
Can a GEO agency guarantee that ChatGPT will recommend my brand?
No. Nobody can guarantee what a model says. An agency can improve the footprint a model reads and report the answers honestly, but cannot control the answer, the timing or the revenue.
Do I need special schema or an AI text file for Google AI Overviews?
Google says no. There are no additional requirements and no special schema or AI text files are needed for AI Overviews or AI Mode.
What does the free SEO strategy session cover?
The page describes it as a free AI brand visibility session. It says you leave with a custom visibility plan, an AI visibility roadmap and a competitor gap analysis.
Final word on choosing the best GEO agency
Keep your own baseline, insist on deliverables you can inspect and never pay for a guarantee.
If you'd like my team to look at your brand, book a free SEO strategy session and leave with a plan for traffic, mentions and leads.
That's how you hire the best GEO agency without taking anything on trust.
About Julian
I'm Julian Goldie, an AI entrepreneur, SEO expert and the founder of the AI Profit Boardroom, which has 3,400+ members.
I help business owners scale with AI agents, automation and SEO.
My YouTube channel has 400,000+ subscribers, and I run Goldie Agency, a seven-figure SEO agency.
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