The registry · San Francisco, CA
The best record stores in San Francisco.
Ranked by one method — the same checks for every business. Never sold, never sponsored.
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The read
8 record stores in San Francisco are scored on the same eight signals — retrieval, off-property mentions, AI visibility, reviews, and technical health. 101 Music leads the field with an AI Score of 55; 2 of the 8 are cited by at least one AI assistant.
The named
Who's winning, and why.
- 155/100
Cited by
- ChatGPT
- Gemini
- Perplexity
- Retrieval grounding
- —
- Off-property attestation
- 41
- AI visibility
- 50
- Reviews & response
- 81
- Backlink & citation authority
- —
- Google Business Profile
- 78
- Speed & mobile
- —
- Content freshness & schema
- —
- 255/100
Cited by
- ChatGPT
- Gemini
- Perplexity
- Retrieval grounding
- —
- Off-property attestation
- 41
- AI visibility
- 50
- Reviews & response
- 82
- Backlink & citation authority
- —
- Google Business Profile
- 78
- Speed & mobile
- —
- Content freshness & schema
- —
- 333/100
Cited by
- ChatGPT
- Gemini
- Perplexity
- Retrieval grounding
- —
- Off-property attestation
- 39
- AI visibility
- 0
- Reviews & response
- 77
- Backlink & citation authority
- —
- Google Business Profile
- 78
- Speed & mobile
- —
- Content freshness & schema
- —
The record
Ranks 4–8.
- 4AIReply rate
50%
31/100→ - 5AIReply rate
0%
26/100→ - 6AIReply rate
0%
25/100→ - 7AIReply rate
0%
25/100→ - 8AIReply rate
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23/100→
How we ranked these
No pay-to-play. No sponsored spots. No kickbacks.
Every business is scored the same way, on the same eight signals. We don't take money to move rankings and we don't accept submissions. If you're on this list, the scoring pipeline put you there.
- S1Retrieval grounding26%
- S2Off-property attestation20%
- S3AI visibility14%
- S4Reviews & response12%
- S5Backlink & citation authority8%
- S6Google Business Profile8%
- S7Speed & mobile7%
- S8Content freshness & schema5%
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