Buildex Construction — Gloucester Construction Digital Visibility Score

Digital Visibility Score: 57 / 100 · Rank 2 of 13

Digital Visibility Score57/100Rank 2 of 13 · top 8%Problems found1Structured data present, but no LocalBusiness markup Furthest behind-12Technical: 88 against a sector median of 100

Measured 5 October 2026 via the PYC Gloucester Construction 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	68	61	+7
Technical	88	100	−12
Local presence	78	78	level
Visibility	4	13	−9
AI search presence	0	0	level
Content & trust	100	37	+63

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

Speed & CWV		+7
Technical		-12
Local presence		0
Visibility		-9
AI search presence		0
Content & trust		+63

Problems found

These are specific, checkable faults on the site — not opinions about it.

Worth fixingStructured data present, but no LocalBusiness markupThe page describes something to machines, but not that it is a local business with an address and opening hours.

Where this firm ranks

Ranks for 1 of 12 keywords, average position 49, in the local 3-pack for 0 keywords.

Keyword	Position
builders Gloucester	not in top 100
construction companies Gloucester	#49
best builders Gloucester	not in top 100
house extensions Gloucester	not in top 100
loft conversions Gloucester	not in top 100
new build developers Gloucester	not in top 100
commercial construction Gloucester	not in top 100
groundworks contractors Gloucester	not in top 100
renovation builders Gloucester	not in top 100
builders Quedgeley	not in top 100
builders Hucclecote	not in top 100
construction Quedgeley	not in top 100

The gap to the leader

This firm against the sector median and the index leader, Builder Gloucestershire, on every pillar.

Speed & CWV		68
Technical		88
Local presence		78
Visibility		4
AI search presence		0
Content & trust		100

this firm sector median leader

The whole deficit to Builder Gloucestershire is AI search presence and Technical — 112 points. It already matches or beats the leader on Speed & CWV, Local presence, Visibility, Content & trust.

AI search presence

Named in 0 of 5 AI answers. A domain citation is stronger evidence than a name mention.

✗	Who are the best builders in Gloucester?
✗	Which construction company in Gloucester would you recommend for an extension?
✗	Top rated building contractors in Gloucester
✗	I need a builder in Gloucester - who should I contact?
✗	Best construction firms in Quedgeley, Gloucester

Local presence

Google Business Profile.

Rating	4.5 / 5
Reviews	4
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	100	about page: yes · people introduced: yes · credentials: yes · blog or news: yes · homepage: 1,320 words
Visibility	4	ranks for 1 of 12 keywords · average position 49 · local 3-pack: 0
Local presence	78	4 reviews · rated 4.5 · 0 new in 90 days
Technical	88	HTTPS: yes · page allows indexing: yes · robots.txt allows crawling: yes · sitemap: yes · structured data: yes

Key findings

Technical: 88/100, below the sector median of 100.

How this compares to the leader

Builder Gloucestershire leads the index with 57/100. The largest gaps are: AI search presence (0 vs 100); Technical (88 vs 100).

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.
Cut mobile LCP below 2.5s (optimise images and remove render-blocking resources) — the biggest score and ranking lever.

Firms ranked near this one

The firms nearest Buildex Construction in this ranking, beyond the two either side.

Firm	Rank	Score	Why it is here
Cotswold Construction	#4	55/100	2 places below you
King Builders	#5	55/100	3 places below you
Guardian Builders Gloucester	#6	54/100	4 places below you
Gloucester Builders	#7	52/100	5 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	Company 05132687 · 22.4 years old · active · SIC 41201, 43290
Real-user speed (CrUX)	Too little traffic to appear in Chrome’s public dataset
Lighthouse (lab, mobile)	Performance 61 · accessibility 67 · best practices 88 · SEO 85 — biggest losses: `[aria-hidden="true"]` elements contain focusable descendents; Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order; Links rely on color to be distinguishable.
Google profile detail	13 photos · claimed · no description · hours listed
Backlinks	537 referring domains · 585 links · rank 68
Site structure	25 pages crawled · 74 internal links per page · reachable in: contact 1 click, services 1 click · 1% of links use a generic anchor
Sitemap	12 URLs listed · declared in robots.txt · newest entry 4157 days old · 5 of 5 sampled URLs resolve

Where to get this fixed

Buildex Construction’s lowest-scoring pillars among those we publish remediation guidance for:

AI search presence (0/100) — read generative engine optimisation on getting named by the answer engines this pillar measures. Background on analysing this pillar: ai search presence.
Visibility (4/100) — 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.