Grow Architectural — Bristol Architect Digital Visibility Score

Digital Visibility Score: 58 / 100 · Rank 12 of 80

Digital Visibility Score58/100Rank 12 of 80 · top 14%Furthest behind-12Speed & CWV: 54 against a sector median of 66

Measured 31 August 2026 via the PYC Bristol Architect Digital Visibility Index. Every figure is objective and reproducible from the methodology. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Pillar breakdown vs sector median

Each pillar scored 0–100 against the sector median for this index. The final column is this firm's distance from that median.

Pillar	Score	Median	vs median
Speed & CWV	54	66	−12
Technical	100	75	+25
Local presence	81	76.5	+4.5
Visibility	25	0	+25
AI search presence	20	0	+20
Content & trust	40	40.5	−0.5

Pillar performance against the sector median. Bars right of centre are above the median, left are below.

Speed & CWV		-12
Technical		+25
Local presence		+4.5
Visibility		+25
AI search presence		+20
Content & trust		-0.5

Where this firm ranks

Ranks for 6 of 12 keywords, average position 39.2, in the local 3-pack for 0 keywords.

Keyword	Position
architects Bristol	#66
architect Bristol	not in top 100
architectural services Bristol	#37
house extension architect Bristol	#32
planning application architect Bristol	#22
listed building architect Bristol	not in top 100
residential architects Bristol	not in top 100
commercial architects Bristol	not in top 100
self build architect Bristol	#40
loft conversion architect Bristol	not in top 100
barn conversion architect Bristol	#38
conservation architect Bristol	not in top 100

The gap to the leader

This firm against the sector median and the index leader, 3bd Architects, on every pillar.

Speed & CWV		54
Technical		100
Local presence		81
Visibility		25
AI search presence		20
Content & trust		40

this firm sector median leader

Grow Architectural trails 3bd Architects by 95 points across 4 pillars, but 85% of that is Speed & CWV and Content & trust alone. It already matches or beats the leader on Technical, AI search presence.

AI search presence

Named in 1 of 5 AI answers. A domain citation is stronger evidence than a name mention.

✗	Who are the best architects in Bristol?
✓	Which architect in Bristol would you recommend for a house extension?	cited by domain
✗	Top rated architectural practices in Bristol
✗	I need an architect in Bristol - who should I contact?
✗	Conservation architects in Bristol

Local presence

Google Business Profile.

Rating	5 / 5
Reviews	2
Locations	1
Reviews in last 90 days	0
Address matches website	yes

Why this score

What each score is made of. Every input here is in the open dataset, so the arithmetic can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Pillar	Score	Made up of
Content & trust	40	about page: no · team page: no · credentials: no · blog or news: yes · homepage: 2,133 words
Visibility	25	ranks for 6 of 12 keywords · average position 39.2 · local 3-pack: 0
Local presence	81	2 reviews · rated 5 · 0 new in 90 days
Technical	100	HTTPS: yes · page allows indexing: yes · robots.txt allows crawling: yes · sitemap: yes · structured data: yes

Key findings

Speed & CWV: 54/100, below the sector median of 66.

How this compares to the leader

3bd Architects leads the index with 70/100. The largest gaps are: Speed & CWV (54 vs 100); Content & trust (40 vs 75).

Top fixes (ranked by impact)

Publish structured, citable content and entity schema so AI engines surface the business for core local queries.
Build local landing pages for the core keyword basket to lift organic and local-pack appearance.
Add about/team pages, and refresh stale content.

Firms ranked near this one

The firms nearest Grow Architectural in this ranking, beyond the two either side.

Firm	Rank	Score	Why it is here
105 West Architects	#10	58/100	2 places above you
Metcalfe Design & Architecture	#14	57/100	2 places below you
Easton Bevins	#9	59/100	3 places above you
A P G Architecture	#15	56/100	3 places below you

Context (not scored)

Recorded alongside the measurement to make it easier to judge, but carrying no weight in the Digital Visibility Score. See the methodology.

Companies House	No confident match on the registered name
Real-user speed (CrUX)	Too little traffic to appear in Chrome’s public dataset
Lighthouse (lab, mobile)	Performance 48 · accessibility 91 · best practices 81 · SEO 100 — biggest losses: LCP request discovery; Does not use HTTPS; Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.
Google profile detail	1 photo · claimed · has a description · hours listed
Backlinks	24 referring domains · 86 links · rank 102
Site structure	Not crawled — homepage HTTP 403

Where to get this fixed

Grow Architectural’s lowest-scoring pillars among those we publish remediation guidance for:

AI search presence (20/100) — read generative engine optimisation on getting named by the answer engines this pillar measures. Background on analysing this pillar: ai search presence.
Visibility (25/100) — read topical authority on why ranking breadth across a sector beats chasing single terms. Background on analysing this pillar: visibility.

How this is measured: see the index methodology, and the statistical methods behind each pillar. This index is published by PYC; if you want this score moved, start here.