Texas Foundation Repair Search Equity Index
A point-in-time study of how a verified 50-company sample appeared across Google organic, unpaid local packs and consumer AI answers in Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, Austin and San Antonio. It measures search surfaces, not contractor quality, leads, revenue or enterprise value.
One organic dimension cleared the publication gate. Local and AI findings are published only where the registered completeness, entity and geography rules allow them; withheld tables stay withheld rather than turning missing evidence into zero.
Austin organic visibility cleared the evidence floor.
Douglas Foundation Repair appeared in the top 10 for 5 of 7 usable Austin query cells and in the top 20 for the same 5 of 7. Its median observed position was 7.5. One of the 8 registered Austin cells failed, so this is a dated dimension finding, not a permanent ranking.
Source: Google organic desktop captures · Austin location context · observed September 11, 2026 (UTC) · cohort: 10 verified Austin companies · depth: 50
| Company | Top-10 appearances | Top-20 appearances | Median observed position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Foundation Repair | 5 of 7 | 5 of 7 | 7.5 |
| Bats Foundation Repair | 2 of 7 | 2 of 7 | 7.5 |
| Dura Pier Foundation Repair | 2 of 7 | 3 of 7 | 9 |
| Level Best Foundation Repair | 0 of 7 | 5 of 7 | 14 |
| Armadillo Foundation Repair | 0 of 7 | 3 of 7 | 22.5 |
| Motmot Foundation Repair | 0 of 7 | 0 of 7 | 28 |
| Hercules Foundation Repair & Remodeling | 0 of 7 | 0 of 7 | Not observed through 50 |
| Holt Concrete Work's | 0 of 7 | 0 of 7 | Not observed through 50 |
| Reyna Foundation Repair | 0 of 7 | 0 of 7 | Not observed through 50 |
| Urgent Foundation Repair | 0 of 7 | 0 of 7 | Not observed through 50 |
Every table had to clear its own gate.
Austin organic was the only regional organic table with at least 80% of its registered cells and at least 10 eligible companies. DFW, Houston, San Antonio and the statewide recurrence table were held. Their company rows are not in the public export.
| Organic scope | Usable / registered cells | Publication state |
|---|---|---|
| DFW | 11 of 16 | Held |
| Houston | 6 of 8 | Held |
| Austin | 7 of 8 | Published |
| San Antonio | 5 of 8 | Held |
| Texas statewide recurrence | 29 of 40 | Held |
Two city tables cleared completeness. Neither supports a robust leader claim.
Fort Worth produced usable captures for 5 of 6 registered local-pack cells, but none of the 20 verified cohort locations appeared in those five unpaid packs. Austin also produced 5 of 6: Armadillo Foundation Repair appeared once, at unpaid pack position 3. Because the missing sixth cell could change a one-observation lead, no Austin local leader is published.
Source: visible unpaid Google local-pack captures · observed September 11, 2026 (UTC) · paid local ads excluded · Austin observation: 1 of 5
| City context | Usable / registered cells | Publication state | Published result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas, Texas | 2 of 6 | Held | Company rows withheld |
| Fort Worth, Texas | 5 of 6 | Published | No verified cohort location observed in 5 pack-present cells |
| Houston, Texas | 4 of 6 | Held | Company rows withheld |
| Austin, Texas | 5 of 6 | Published | Armadillo Foundation Repair: 1 of 5; median pack position 3 |
| San Antonio, Texas | 3 of 6 | Held | Company rows withheld |
No AI company ranking is published in V1.
The no-leader decision uses 15 recommendation prompts, run five times on each of two consumer-ground-truth surfaces. Recommendation classification remains held for independent manual review. ChatGPT used country-level, not city-level, provider geography, while no regional Google AI Overview table met the registered completeness floor.
The broader 1,620-attempt collection also included company-profile prompts. That number is collection scope only. A mention is not a recommendation, a citation is not trust, and neither is evidence of leads or revenue.
The index separates identity evidence from search rankings.
The study recorded 600 fixed entity and architecture observations across 50 companies. 517 were observed or documented and 83 remain explicitly unknown. All 50 entity profiles cleared their profile gate; 24 of 50 architecture profiles had complete evidence for all six registered checks. Completeness does not mean every check passed.
How to read or cite this edition.
- The 50-company cohort is a verified purposive sample, not a census or probability sample of Texas contractors.
- 13 of 40 organic/local captures preceded the formal instrument manifest; request and configuration parity was verified, and the procedural late registration is disclosed in Amendment 003.
- Organic and local results are one desktop capture per query and city context, not permanent rankings or geo-grid coverage.
- ChatGPT uses country-level provider geography; the exact prompt carries the city. Google AI Overview uses a city-context rendered SERP.
- AI citations do not prove recommendation, correctness, trust, leads or revenue.
- Search Equity is Caldrin's operating concept, not a recognized accounting asset or valuation score.
- The sample was selected from dated public listings and first-party evidence. Inclusion is not an endorsement, licensing finding or claim about workmanship, reputation or ownership.
- Client or prospect status was not a scoring field and must not be inferred from inclusion. No company-level commercial relationship is asserted by this edition. 603 Basement Solutions is not in the Texas cohort.
Suggested citation: Caldrin, Texas Foundation Repair Search Equity Index, V1, observed September 11, 2026 (UTC), accessed [date]. Keep the measured surface, place, numerator, denominator and limitation with any quoted finding.
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