High-consideration industries see the biggest AEO lift because buyers research heavily before committing. That includes law firms, medical practices, financial services, real estate, plastic surgery, luxury services, B2B SaaS, and any business with a sales cycle longer than 48 hours.
These buyers now research through ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity first, then contact whichever provider the AI surfaced. If your Miami competitors are still pure-SEO, you have a short window to own the AI-answer layer before they catch up.