Immigration Lawyers: AI Market Discovery Index

Benchmark Summary

Fragomen led the Immigration Lawyers benchmark in August 2026 with 15.4% valid recommendation coverage, up from 4.3% in July 2026. The gap to the next brand was 10.8 percentage points over Boundless Immigration at 4.6% in August 2026.

The largest coverage increase came from Fragomen, rising from 4.3% in July 2026 to 15.4% in August 2026. The largest coverage decline was Upsolve, falling from 29.0% in July 2026 to 3.1% in August 2026.

The benchmark began with 426 prompt-surface observations in July 2026 and 426 in August 2026, producing 93 and 65 qualified observations respectively after qualification.

Current Benchmark at a Glance

Qualified surface breadth counts the canonical AI/search surface families with at least one qualified observation: ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Overviews, and AI Mode.

For the strategic interpretation of this benchmark, read CiteWorks Studio's analysis of How AI Search Is Recommending Immigration Lawyers

Research Scope and Qualification

The public benchmark is narrower than the raw collection universe by design.

Brand-level percentages use the qualified observations as the public denominator, not the raw collection. Link to the AI Market Discovery Methodology.

Current Brand Standings

How to Read the Standings

• Presence rate: share of qualified observations where the brand is mentioned in the AI response, regardless of recommendation.
• Valid recommendation coverage: share of qualified observations where the brand receives a qualifying recommendation, the primary benchmark metric.
• Top-three rate: share of qualified observations where the brand appears in the first three recommendation positions.
• Rank-one rate: share of qualified observations where the brand is the first recommendation.
• Net sentiment: positive mention share minus negative mention share across mentions, from positive sentiment scores.

For formulas and denominator rules, see AI Market Discovery Metric Definitions.

Recommendation Coverage Movement

Largest Increase: Fragomen

Fragomen rose from 4.3% valid recommendation coverage in July 2026 to 15.4% in August 2026, an 11.1 percentage point increase beyond normal variation. Presence rate rose from 6.5% to 30.8% in the same period, and top-three rate rose from 3.2% to 15.4%. Fragomen was recommended in 10 qualified observations in August 2026.

Largest Decline: Upsolve

Upsolve fell from 29.0% valid recommendation coverage in July 2026 to 3.1% in August 2026, a 25.9 percentage point decline beyond normal variation. Presence rate fell from 53.8% to 7.7%, and top-three rate fell from 16.1% to 0.0% over the same period. Upsolve was recommended in only 2 qualified observations in August 2026.

Other significant declines: Allmand Law fell from 4.3% to 0.0%, John T. Orcutt fell from 6.5% to 0.0%, and Sasser Law Firm fell from 6.5% to 0.0%, all beyond normal variation.

Category Leader: Fragomen

Fragomen became the coverage leader in August 2026 at 15.4%, displacing Upsolve. The 12.3 percentage point lead over Upsolve at 3.1% in August 2026 reversed a 24.7 point gap in July 2026.

Recommendation Placement Snapshot

Coverage alone does not show how prominently a brand is recommended. Fragomen dominated first-position placement in August 2026.

Fragomen converted most of its top-three placements into first position in August 2026, with a rank-one rate of 13.9% against a top-three rate of 15.4%. Catholic Legal Immigration Network and SimpleCitizen matched each other on both valid recommendation coverage (3.1%) and top-three rate (1.5%) in August 2026.

Buyer-Intent Distribution

All qualified observations in both months fell into the Brand Recommendation class of discovery.

The current public series measures Brand Recommendation discovery and does not yet contain qualified observations in the Pricing & Value or Multi-Brand Comparison classes.

Historical Measurement Record

The benchmark is an evergreen index. New measurements are added to the same report.

Evidence and Source Layer

The benchmark is built from prompt-level observations that retain the query, AI/search surface, answer, brand outcome, recommendation placement, sentiment, and, where exposed, citations or attributable evidence sources. Source presence is evidence about the information environment. It is not automatically proof that the source caused the recommendation.

Scope Boundaries

This public benchmark does not measure market share, attributable sales, every possible AI response, organic-search ranking, social mention volume, private or sponsored channels, or causality from a metric movement alone. It records the change in AI recommendation coverage; it does not by itself establish why the change occurred.

About This Benchmark

The LLM Authority Index AI Market Discovery Index is a neutral, monthly industry benchmark that measures how often tracked brands are mentioned and recommended across major AI/search surfaces. It tracks presence, recommendation coverage, placement, and sentiment as distinct signals.

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• AI Market Discovery Research Standards
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