Best GEO Agency: 8 Ranked + How To Hire One (2026)

The best GEO agency on my list is Goldie Agency, and since it's my own agency, I'm flagging that bias in the very first line.

GEO means generative engine optimisation, which is the work of getting your brand used, cited and recommended by AI tools that write their own answers, such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI Overviews.

My seven third-party picks are Exposure Ninja, Foundation, Graphite, Rise at Seven, Nectiv, Minuttia and Avenue Z, and each one advertises GEO, AEO or AI search work on its own site, which I checked on 17 October 2026.

This is the operator version, so after the ranking I'll walk you through exactly how to hire a GEO agency and run the first 90 days.

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Top 3 Picks At A Glance

🥇 Goldie Agency is my pick, it's my own agency, and the first step is a free SEO strategy session.
🥈 Exposure Ninja is my top third-party pick, because its site splits GEO into an AI search strategy and a dedicated GEO service.
🥉 Foundation is my pick for B2B tech and SaaS brands that want GEO, thought leadership and distribution together.

What A GEO Agency Actually Does

A GEO agency is a team that improves how often generative AI tools use your content and name your brand in their 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.

That paper introduced a benchmark called GEO-bench, and in its own experiments it reported visibility gains of up to 40% in generative engine responses, with results varying by domain.

An agency turns that idea into ongoing work across five jobs.

GEO job	What the agency does	What you should see
Baseline	It asks agreed buyer questions in each AI tool and saves the answers	Dated answers with the brands named and the sources cited
Brand facts	It makes your name, services and proof consistent across the web	One fact file that every page and profile matches
Trusted-source coverage	It earns mentions in publications, reviews and comparisons	A list of target sources and the coverage won
Citation-worthy content	It rewrites key pages with direct answers, statistics, quotes and sources	Pages that open with the answer and back it up
Technical access	It checks AI crawlers can read your site	A robots.txt and schema check

GEO Versus SEO In One Table

Question	Classic SEO	GEO
Where you want to appear	The list of Google results	The written answer inside an AI tool
What wins	Relevance, links, speed and click-through	Clear answers, consistent facts and third-party consensus
How you measure	Rankings and clicks	Mentions, citations and the accuracy of what AI says
Do they overlap?	Yes, heavily	Yes, because AI tools often draw on pages that already rank

Google's AI features guide says there are no additional requirements for AI Overviews or AI Mode, so good GEO always sits on top of good SEO.

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How I Ranked These GEO Agencies

I ranked each agency on what its own site says today, because that's what I could check.

I checked that the site advertises GEO, AEO or AI search as a service right now.
I noted which parts of the GEO job the site describes, from strategy to coverage to tracking.
I noted the first step the site offers, such as a free consultation or a quiz.
I noted who the agency says it serves, so you can match it to your size and market.

I deliberately avoided the agencies I've already compared in my AI SEO optimization agency and best Claude SEO agency posts, so this list gives you new options.

I haven't hired the seven third-party agencies, and I haven't listed prices, because agencies quote after a call.

The 8 Best GEO Agencies In 2026

1. Goldie Agency (My Agency)

Goldie Agency is the SEO and link building agency I started on my own, and it now has 70+ people in Bangkok.

The strategy session page says the agency helps brands get found, cited and recommended by Google and AI, across Google, AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini.

It says AI platforms look for consistent signals across the wider web, so the work is trusted-source coverage through 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.

Best for: I'd pick it for brands that want GEO strategy, coverage, content and links from one team.

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2. Exposure Ninja

Exposure Ninja describes AI Search Optimisation as getting your brand cited and recommended by AI tools like ChatGPT, Google's AI Overviews and Perplexity.

Its site lists an AI Search Strategy, which it describes as a GEO plan showing where you appear in AI answers today, and a separate Generative Engine Optimisation service.

It also publishes a 2026 State of AI Search Report and an AI search strategy checklist for marketing leaders.

Best for: I'd pick it for brands that want a clear GEO plan before the execution starts.

First step: Its site offers a free consultation with its specialist team.

3. Foundation

Foundation calls itself an AI visibility agency for B2B tech and SaaS.

Its site says it helps brands get cited across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity and AI Overviews, and it lists GEO strategy, technical SEO, LLM advertising and content distribution.

It also lists thought leadership, executive visibility and digital PR under building authority.

Best for: I'd pick it for B2B software companies that want GEO tied to distribution and thought leadership.

First step: Its site offers a call with its team.

4. Graphite

Graphite describes itself as a research-driven growth agency whose AI research team looks for the strategies that drive impact in AEO, SEO and performance marketing.

Its site publishes research reports, such as a State of ChatGPT Ads report, and names Ethan Smith as its CEO.

Best for: I'd pick it for growth teams that want their GEO decisions backed by the agency's own research.

First step: Its site has a "Talk To Us" contact.

5. Rise at Seven

Rise at Seven describes itself as a search-first content marketing agency for SEO, social, PR, AI and LLM search.

Its site lists AI Visibility and GEO as a service next to digital PR, and it has offices in Manchester, London and New York.

Best for: I'd pick it for consumer brands that want GEO driven by creative content and PR.

First step: Its site has a "Get in touch" contact.

6. Nectiv

Nectiv describes itself as an SEO and AEO agency for B2B companies with $20M+ in annual recurring revenue.

Its AI Search service targets visibility across ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Mode, and its off-site work includes link building and AI citation building.

Its site also lists AI tracking across the major AI engines and technical work on bot access and crawlability.

Best for: I'd pick it for larger B2B companies that want AI citation building and tracking together.

First step: Its site offers a free consultation.

7. Minuttia

Minuttia says it helps brands dominate the future of search, from Google to ChatGPT.

Its site publishes a State of AEO Report for 2026, an AI search visibility data study and an AEO course.

It also says its AI-first content is always reviewed and approved by humans.

Best for: I'd pick it for SaaS and content-led companies that want strategy and content in one place.

First step: Its site invites you to review its portfolio and talk to past clients before you decide.

8. Avenue Z

Avenue Z calls itself an AI optimisation company working across earned, owned and performance media.

Its site lists AEO and GEO services, including AEO for PR and AEO for ecommerce, plus an AI visibility report and an AEO readiness quiz.

Best for: I'd pick it for brands that want GEO led by PR and earned media.

First step: Its site offers an AEO readiness quiz and a "Get Started" contact.

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The 8 GEO Agencies Compared

Rank	Agency	GEO work on its own site	First step shown	Best for
1	Goldie Agency (mine)	AI brand visibility and trusted-source coverage across Google, AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini	A free strategy session	One team for GEO, content and links
2	Exposure Ninja	AI Search Strategy and a Generative Engine Optimisation service	A free consultation	A clear GEO plan first
3	Foundation	GEO strategy, LLM advertising and content distribution	A call with its team	B2B tech and SaaS
4	Graphite	Research-driven AEO and SEO	A contact form	Research-led growth teams
5	Rise at Seven	AI Visibility and GEO with digital PR	A contact form	Consumer brands
6	Nectiv	AI Search, AI citation building and AI tracking	A free consultation	B2B companies with $20M+ ARR
7	Minuttia	AEO strategy and content, plus published AEO research	A portfolio review and a call	SaaS and content-led companies
8	Avenue Z	AEO and GEO led by PR	An AEO readiness quiz	PR-led brands

The order is my judgement of how fully each site describes GEO work, and it isn't a quality score.

How To Hire A GEO Agency In 6 Steps

This is the operator part, so here's the exact process I'd follow if I were hiring a GEO agency other than my own.

Step 1: Write your buyer questions

Write 20 questions a real buyer would ask an AI tool before choosing a business like yours.

Include "best X" questions, comparison questions and problem questions, because each kind pulls different sources.

Step 2: Record your own baseline

Ask each question in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and Google, and save each answer with the date, the brands named and the sources cited.

Ask each question more than once, because AI answers vary from one chat to the next.

Step 3: Check crawler access

Open your robots.txt and check you aren't blocking OAI-SearchBot or PerplexityBot.

OpenAI's crawler page recommends allowing OAI-SearchBot to appear in ChatGPT search results, and Perplexity's crawler page recommends allowing PerplexityBot.

Step 4: Shortlist three agencies

Pick three agencies from the table that match your size, your market and the kind of coverage you need.

Book their free first step and bring your baseline to every call.

Step 5: Ask for the plan, not the pitch

Ask which of your buyer questions they'd prioritise first.
Ask which third-party sources AI tools already trust in your market.
Ask how they'll make your content more citation-worthy, with statistics, quotes and sources.
Ask how they'll report progress, and whether you'll see the raw answers.
Ask what they can't promise.

Step 6: Sign a 90-day first phase

Agree a short first phase with deliverables you can inspect, then re-run your baseline at the end.

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Your First 90 Days With A GEO Agency

Weeks	What the agency should deliver	What you should do
1 to 2	Agreed buyer questions and a dated baseline	Give read-only access to Search Console and analytics
3 to 4	A brand fact audit and a list of target sources	Approve one clean fact file
5 to 8	Rewritten key pages with direct answers, statistics and sources	Add the real experience and proof only you have
5 to 12	Coverage work under way, such as bylines, reviews and comparisons	Give interviews and approve quotes
12	The same questions re-asked and compared with the baseline	Decide whether to continue

Google says AI Overviews and AI Mode traffic is counted inside the "Web" search type of the Search Console Performance report, so check it alongside the agency's report.

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How AI Agents Keep A GEO Agency Honest

I run my own SEO through AI agents, and the same setup makes any agency easier to manage.

An agent can re-ask your buyer questions every week and save the answers with dates in shared memory.
An agent can log every new mention, review or byline the agency wins.
An agent can check robots.txt and flag structured data that doesn't match the visible page.
An agent can compare this month's answers with last month's, so you never rely on screenshots.

People still own the strategy, the review and the publisher relationships in my system.

Red Flags When Hiring A GEO Agency

Walk away from any agency that guarantees ChatGPT, Gemini or Google's AI will recommend you.
Walk away from anyone selling 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.

Nobody can guarantee what a model says, and that includes me and Goldie Agency.

Final Verdict On The Best GEO Agency

Goldie Agency is my pick, and I've been open about the bias from the first line.

Exposure Ninja is the third-party agency I'd call first for a clear GEO plan, and Foundation is the one I'd call first for a B2B software brand.

Record your own baseline, run the six steps and never pay for a guarantee.

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FAQ: Hiring The Best GEO Agency

What is the best GEO agency in 2026?

I rank my own agency, Goldie Agency, first and I disclose that bias.

My 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 a 2023 research paper called GEO: Generative Engine Optimization by Pranjal Aggarwal and colleagues.

What does a GEO agency do?

A GEO agency records a baseline of AI answers, cleans up your brand facts, earns coverage on trusted sources, makes your content more citation-worthy and checks AI crawler access.

Can a GEO agency guarantee that ChatGPT will mention my brand?

No, because nobody can guarantee what a model says.

A good agency improves the footprint AI tools read and reports the answers honestly.

Is GEO different from SEO?

GEO targets the written answers inside AI tools, while classic SEO targets the list of search results.

They overlap heavily, and Google says AI Overviews and AI Mode have no extra requirements beyond normal SEO.

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About Julian

I'm Julian Goldie, an SEO entrepreneur, author and founder of the AI Profit Boardroom, which has 3,400+ members.

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I started Goldie Agency on my own, and it is now a 7-figure SEO and link-building agency with 70+ people.
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