Real estate brokerages AI recommends in Portland, ME
When buyers and sellers ask ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok for a real estate agent in Portland, ME, the engines name individual agents, and every one of those agents works somewhere. Of the 26 agents the engines have named in Portland, ME, 22 have a brokerage on record: 4 work for Redfin, 4 for Sotheby's International Realty and 3 for Waypoint Brokers Collective. This page rolls the AI Citation Index up to core brokerage brands, so offices, teams and franchise affiliates count toward their parent, and ranks 11 brokerages by named agents, then by the responses that named them. It measures presence in AI recommendations, not sales volume, headcount or quality, and payment plays no part.
| Rank | Brokerage | Agents named | Share | Responses | Engines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Redfin national | 4 | 15% | 9 | Gemini |
| 2 | Sotheby's International Realty national | 4 | 15% | 8 | ChatGPT Gemini Grok |
| 3 | Waypoint Brokers Collective independent | 3 | 12% | 15 | ChatGPT Gemini Grok |
| 4 | Vitalius Real Estate Group independent | 2 | 8% | 16 | ChatGPT Gemini Grok |
| 5 | Keller Williams national | 2 | 8% | 10 | ChatGPT Gemini |
| 6 | Portside Real Estate Group independent | 2 | 8% | 8 | ChatGPT |
| 7 | RE/MAX national | 1 | 4% | 10 | ChatGPT Gemini Grok |
| 8 | F.O. Bailey Real Estate independent | 1 | 4% | 5 | Gemini Grok |
| 9 | Benchmark Real Estate independent | 1 | 4% | 3 | Grok |
| 10 | Breakwater Realty Group independent | 1 | 4% | 3 | Gemini |
| 11 | eXp Realty national | 1 | 4% | 3 | Gemini |
How this ranking is built
GeoGenius asks ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok the questions a buyer or seller would ask about Portland, ME and records every agent each engine names. Each named agent's brokerage, as the engines state it, is resolved to its core brand — Keller Williams Realty Bellevue and KW Eastside both count as Keller Williams — and the brands are ranked by named agents, then distinct responses, then distinct engines. Agents without a brokerage on record (4 in Portland, ME) are counted in the total but belong to no row. The method mirrors our published 36-market study at https://geogenius.ai/ai-report.
Frequently asked questions
- How is this ranking ordered?
- By named agents: the number of agents at each brokerage that ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Grok named in at least two responses, or by two different engines, for Portland, ME. Ties break on distinct responses, then distinct engines. Payment and advertising play no part.
- Why is Keller Williams one row when there are many offices?
- Brokerages are rolled up to their core brand. Offices, teams and franchise affiliates (Keller Williams Realty Bellevue, KW Eastside, a team at Keller Williams SouthPark) all count toward Keller Williams, because that is the brand buyers, sellers and the engines recognise. Independent brokerages rank under their own name.
- Does this measure sales volume or brokerage size?
- No. It measures how many of a brokerage's agents the AI engines actually name when asked for an agent. A large brokerage with few AI-named agents ranks below a small one whose agents the engines recommend.
- How does my brokerage move up?
- More of your agents need to clear the bar — named in two responses, or by two engines. GeoGenius runs roster programs for brokerages that want that done systematically; see https://geogenius.ai/for-brokerages.