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The Most Recommended General Contractors in New York — Measured on ChatGPT

ChatGPT is becoming the first stop for New York homeowners choosing a general contractor. To find out who it actually sends people to, we ran 4 checks in July 2026 — 4 question styles, a cohort of 81 area companies.

The answers concentrated on a handful of names: 27 ranked in total, led by Gaudioso Contracting, which was named in 2 of the 4 checks. That leaves 54 New York-area companies ChatGPT never mentioned at all.

Next in line came Structure NYC, followed by Grandeur Hills Group | General Contractor NYC. 24 more companies round out the board below.

For scale: of the 26 metros in this edition, New York's cohort of 81 general contractors was the 3rd largest.

Only 27 of 81

New York general contractors ever appear in the answers, a 33% rate. The companies below are the ones ChatGPT names:

  1. 1

    Gaudioso Contracting

    Brooklyn, NY · Recommended in 2 of 4 ChatGPT checks · 4.6★ (41 Google reviews)

    Named in 2 of the 4 checks, Gaudioso Contracting (Brooklyn) holds the 1st spot on the New York board. It carries a 4.6-star rating across 41 Google reviews.

  2. 2

    Structure NYC

    New York, NY · Recommended in 2 of 4 ChatGPT checks · 4.1★ (7 Google reviews)

    Structure NYC earned rank 2 by showing up in 2 of the 4 checks. Google reviewers back it up: 4.1 stars over 7 reviews.

  3. 3

    Grandeur Hills Group | General Contractor NYC

    New York, NY · Recommended in 2 of 4 ChatGPT checks · 5.0★ (39 Google reviews)

    At #3: Grandeur Hills Group | General Contractor NYC, which came up in 2 of the 4 checks. Its Google profile shows 5.0 stars from 39 reviews.

  4. 4

    Taconic Builders

    New York, NY · Recommended in 2 of 4 ChatGPT checks · 5.0★ (3 Google reviews)

    Taconic Builders surfaced in 2 of the 4 checks when we asked. It carries a 5.0-star rating across 3 Google reviews.

  5. 5

    A to Z Renovations NYC

    New York, NY · Recommended in 2 of 4 ChatGPT checks · 5.0★ (81 Google reviews)

    Spot 5 belongs to A to Z Renovations NYC — named in 2 of the 4 checks. Google reviewers back it up: 5.0 stars over 81 reviews.

  6. 6

    Fanuka, Inc.

    Maspeth, NY · Recommended in 1 of 4 ChatGPT checks

    Fanuka, Inc. was recommended in one of the 4 checks, working out of Maspeth.

  7. 7

    NYKB: New York Kitchen & Bath

    New York, NY · Recommended in 1 of 4 ChatGPT checks · 4.5★ (111 Google reviews)

    ChatGPT pointed New York homeowners to NYKB: New York Kitchen & Bath in one of the 4 checks. It carries a 4.5-star rating across 111 Google reviews.

  8. 8

    SilverLining Inc.

    New York, NY · Recommended in 1 of 4 ChatGPT checks · 4.2★ (5 Google reviews)

    Named in one of the 4 checks, SilverLining Inc. holds the 8th spot on the New York board. Google reviewers back it up: 4.2 stars over 5 reviews.

  9. 9

    White Star General Contractors

    Brooklyn, NY · Recommended in 1 of 4 ChatGPT checks · 4.9★ (46 Google reviews)

    White Star General Contractors earned rank 9 by showing up in one of the 4 checks, serving the metro from Brooklyn. Its Google profile shows 4.9 stars from 46 reviews.

  10. 10

    Aerial Design & Build

    New York, NY · Recommended in 1 of 4 ChatGPT checks

    At #10: Aerial Design & Build, which came up in one of the 4 checks.

4 checks, run July 2026. This board is measured, never sold; no company can pay to be listed. Rank order follows how often ChatGPT named each one.

Every question we put to ChatGPT

We asked these word-for-word, then recorded which companies came back in the answers:

  • “Who is the best general contractor in New York, New York?”
  • “I want to remodel my kitchen in New York, New York. Which contractor should I hire?”
  • “What is the most recommended general contractor in New York, New York?”
  • “Who should I hire to build a home addition in New York, New York?”

The New York measurement at a glance

  • The board reaches past New York proper — ranked companies also operate out of Brooklyn and Maspeth.
  • 5 of the 27 ranked companies were named in more than one check; the rest surfaced once.
  • The ranked companies average 4.7 stars on Google, with 333 reviews between them.

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The New York board, explained

How short is the New York list, really?

The July 2026 answer is 27. We verified 81 companies around New York and ran 4 checks; 33% of the cohort ever got a mention.

Who does ChatGPT name first in New York?

In the July 2026 measurement, Gaudioso Contracting — it came up in 2 of the 4 checks, more than any other company including Structure NYC. Frequency of naming is the entire ranking.

What questions were behind the New York checks?

Real homeowner phrasings, asked verbatim — one example: "I want to remodel my kitchen in New York, New York. Which contractor should I hire?". Each answer's named companies were tallied, and that tally is the ranking.

Do companies pay you to be ranked here?

They can't. Measured, never sold is the standing rule: being named by ChatGPT in our checks is the only path onto the board. Money cannot buy a place on this list.

Why isn't my company on the New York list?

It means ChatGPT never named it in our July 2026 checks — nothing more. That says nothing about the quality of the work, only that homeowners who ask AI are being sent elsewhere. Most companies haven't shown up in AI answers yet.

Full methodology: how these rankings are measured. Want the bigger picture? See every U.S. metro we benchmarked.