Gloucester Builders — Gloucester Construction Digital Visibility Score
Digital Visibility Score: 52 / 100 · Rank 7 of 13
Digital Visibility Score52/100Rank 7 of 13 · top 50%One page from the first1Closest: house extensions Gloucester at #13
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
Section titled “Pillar breakdown vs sector median”| Pillar | Score | Median | vs median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speed & CWV | 64 | 61 | +3 |
| Technical | 100 | 100 | level |
| Local presence | — | 78 | not measured |
| Visibility | 21 | 13 | +8 |
| AI search presence | 0 | 0 | level |
| Content & trust | 58 | 37 | +21 |
| Speed & CWV | +3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Technical | 0 | |
| Local presence | not measured | |
| Visibility | +8 | |
| AI search presence | 0 | |
| Content & trust | +21 |
Where this firm ranks
Section titled “Where this firm ranks”| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| builders Gloucester | #1 |
| construction companies Gloucester | not in top 100 |
| best builders Gloucester | #50 |
| house extensions Gloucester | #13 |
| 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 | #34 |
| builders Hucclecote | #1 |
| construction Quedgeley | not in top 100 |
The gap to the leader
Section titled “The gap to the leader”| Speed & CWV | 64 | |
|---|---|---|
| Technical | 100 | |
| Visibility | 21 | |
| AI search presence | 0 | |
| Content & trust | 58 |
this firm sector median leader
The whole deficit to Builder Gloucestershire is AI search presence — 100 points. It already matches or beats the leader on Speed & CWV, Technical, Visibility, Content & trust.
Closest to the first page
Section titled “Closest to the first page”| house extensions Gloucester | #13 |
1 position sits between #11 and #20 — one page away, and the cheapest ranking work available to this firm.
AI search presence
Section titled “AI search presence”| ✗ | 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 |
Why this score
Section titled “Why this score”| Pillar | Score | Made up of |
|---|---|---|
| Content & trust | 58 | about page: yes · people introduced: no · credentials: no · blog or news: yes · homepage: 444 words · last changed: 303 days ago |
| Visibility | 21 | ranks for 5 of 12 keywords · average position 19.8 · local 3-pack: 0 |
| Technical | 100 | HTTPS: yes · page allows indexing: yes · robots.txt allows crawling: yes · sitemap: yes · structured data: yes |
Key findings
Section titled “Key findings”- No pillar falls materially below the sector median this quarter.
How this compares to the leader
Section titled “How this compares to the leader”Builder Gloucestershire leads the index with 57/100. The largest gaps are: AI search presence (0 vs 100).
Top fixes (ranked by impact)
Section titled “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.
- Introduce the people who do the work, on an about or team page and the credentials that matter in this sector (FMB, TrustMark, NHBC), and refresh stale content.
Firms ranked near this one
Section titled “Firms ranked near this one”| Firm | Rank | Score | Why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Builders | #5 | 55/100 | 2 places above you |
| Halford Builders | #9 | 50/100 | 2 places below you |
| Cotswold Construction | #4 | 55/100 | 3 places above you |
| A.R.D. Developments | #10 | 48/100 | 3 places below you |
Context (not scored)
Section titled “Context (not scored)”| Companies House | Company 16410485 · 1.4 years old · active · SIC 41202 |
|---|---|
| Real-user speed (CrUX) | Too little traffic to appear in Chrome’s public dataset |
| Lighthouse (lab, mobile) | Performance 64 · accessibility 92 · best practices 100 · SEO 92 — biggest losses: Links do not have a discernible name; Document does not have a main landmark.; Improve image delivery |
| Site structure | 19 pages crawled · 54.2 internal links per page · reachable in: contact 1 click, about 1 click, services 1 click · 2% of links use a generic anchor · 0 sitemap pages not reachable by following links |
| Sitemap | 8 URLs listed · declared in robots.txt · newest entry 200 days old · 5 of 5 sampled URLs resolve |
Where to get this fixed
Section titled “Where to get this fixed”Gloucester Builders’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 (21/100) — 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.