The short answer
We checked 171 chiropractic practices in the St. Petersburg area, and we asked ChatGPT and a second AI assistant four patient-style questions about who to see — eight checks in total. AI assistants named 15 of the 171, or 8.8%. The other 156 never came up once. That measures one narrow thing — whether a practice's name comes back when a patient asks — and nothing about the quality of anybody's care.
What we actually did in St. Petersburg
Before asking anything, we built the list. 171 chiropractic practices in the St. Petersburg area — real, licensed, open, seeing patients. Nearly all of them sit inside St. Petersburg itself: 167 of the 171.
Then we asked the questions a patient actually types, phrased four ways, of two different AI assistants — eight checks for St. Petersburg. Every check came back with named practices, in order. Not "here is how to choose a chiropractor" — actual names.
- Who is the best chiropractor in St. Petersburg, Florida?
- Who's the best chiropractor near St. Petersburg, Florida for back pain?
- What is the most recommended chiropractor in St. Petersburg, Florida?
- Which chiropractor should I go to in St. Petersburg, Florida?
A practice counts as named if it came back in at least one of those eight checks. We recorded the name exactly as the assistant gave it and matched it to the practice on our list. No practice was added because it is a customer of ours, and none was left out for not being one.
| Town | Practices on our list | Share of the cohort |
|---|---|---|
| St. Petersburg | 167 | 98% |
| Pinellas Park | 3 | 2% |
| 1 other town | 1 | 1% |
The questions all say "St. Petersburg", so every practice in those 3 towns is competing inside the same question — a Pinellas Park practice is up against the St. Petersburg ones.
The number: 15 of 171
15 of 171 is 8.8% — about one in eleven. For a market this crowded that is a very small door, and 156 St. Petersburg-area practices are on the outside of it.
Our data
St. Petersburg against the metros closest to it in size
St. Petersburg has 171 practices on our list. These are the four measured metros nearest that size, so the comparison is between markets of roughly comparable crowding rather than between a big city and a small one.
| Metro | Practices checked | Named | Share named |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Petersburg, FL | 171 | 15 | 8.8% |
| Houston, TX | 151 | 19 | 12.6% |
| Sarasota, FL | 173 | 14 | 8.1% |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 157 | 12 | 7.6% |
| Miami, FL | 229 | 8 | 3.5% |
St. Petersburg ranks 17th of 26 measured metros on share named. That is mid-pack: common enough that it clearly happens, rare enough that most of the field is missing.
Source: the Grow Your Chiropractic Practice AI recommendation benchmark, run 2026-07-28. We asked ChatGPT and a second AI assistant the same 4 patient-style questions in each measured metro — 8 checks per metro — and recorded every practice named by name. A practice counts as named if any assistant named it. Nobody can pay to appear.
Which St. Petersburg practices came up
This is the published top of the St. Petersburg list — the practices the questions came back to most often, best first. 15 practices were named in total; the 10 below are the ones the public board publishes.
| Practice | Town | Checks named in | Which assistants | Google rating | Google reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rubin Chiropractic Health Center and Cryotherapy | St. Petersburg | 7 of 8 | Both | 4.9 | 444 |
| Farkas Chiropractic Clinic | St. Petersburg | 6 of 8 | Both | 4.9 | 395 |
| Dr. Timothy Cymanski | St. Petersburg | 6 of 8 | Both | 5.0 | 6 |
| Hood Chiropractic | St. Petersburg | 4 of 8 | The other assistant only | 4.8 | 296 |
| Dr. Blake Squire | St. Petersburg | 4 of 8 | ChatGPT only | 4.8 | 502 |
| St. Petersburg Chiropractic | St. Petersburg | 3 of 8 | ChatGPT only | 5.0 | 162 |
| Atlas Chiropractic Center | St. Petersburg | 3 of 8 | ChatGPT only | 5.0 | 111 |
| Pierce Clinic of Chiropractic | St. Petersburg | 3 of 8 | ChatGPT only | 4.9 | 349 |
| Dr. Lorraine Thorpe | St. Petersburg | 2 of 8 | The other assistant only | 5.0 | 7 |
| Radiant Wellness Center | St. Petersburg | 2 of 8 | Both | 5.0 | 201 |
Rubin Chiropractic Health Center and Cryotherapy came back in seven of the eight checks, more than any other St. Petersburg-area practice. That is a count of how often a name appeared, not a judgement that it is the best practice in St. Petersburg — we did not assess anybody's care.
Only 4 of the 10 listed St. Petersburg practices came back from both assistants. 4 came from ChatGPT alone, and 2 came from the other assistant and never from ChatGPT. If you are on this list because of one assistant, you are invisible to patients using the other.
Watch the St. Petersburg check
Every number spoken in the video is on this page. If you would rather read, nothing is missing here.
Why you'll see 10 in one place and 15 in another
We run the same questions past more than one AI assistant, because patients do not all use the same one. ChatGPT named 10 St. Petersburg-area practices. Counting a practice if any assistant named it gives 15. Both figures describe the same 8 checks.
| Counting method | Practices named | Share of the 171 |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT only | 10 | 5.8% |
| Any assistant we asked | 15 | 8.8% |
So a headline that says "we asked ChatGPT" has to quote 10, and the board — which counts every assistant — shows 15. Quoting the bigger number under the ChatGPT headline would overstate it, which is the one mistake this whole exercise exists to avoid.
The practical read: the assistants do not agree with each other. 5 St. Petersburg-area practices were named by the other assistant and not by ChatGPT. Being named by one is not being named by all of them.
What the named St. Petersburg practices had in common
The practices that got named carry a median of 162 Google reviews. Across the whole St. Petersburg cohort the median is 45. The named group is the better-reviewed end of the field — but plenty of well-reviewed St. Petersburg practices were not named, so reviews alone clearly do not decide it.
The heaviest review file on the St. Petersburg list belongs to Dr. Blake Squire in St. Petersburg, at 502 Google reviews and 4.8 stars. It is not the practice named most often, though: that is Rubin Chiropractic Health Center and Cryotherapy, named in seven checks. So review volume did not set the order here either. What every named practice did have was something readable — a page saying who the doctor is, what the practice treats, and where it is.
What the St. Petersburg numbers do not tell you
- Not a quality ranking. We looked at no outcomes and assessed no care. 156 St. Petersburg-area practices were not named — far too many for that to be a verdict on any of them.
- Not a prediction. We have not measured whether being named brings patients in, so we do not claim it.
- A snapshot, taken 2026-07-28. Ask again next month and the St. Petersburg list will have moved.
- Not for sale in either direction — no paying in, no paying to be removed.
What a practice owner can actually do about it
Start by repeating the measurement by hand: ask an assistant the four questions above, with St. Petersburg in them, and read what comes back. That is the entire method. If your name is not in it, the rest of this is the unglamorous work of becoming describable — something an assistant can read and repeat about your St. Petersburg practice without guessing.
- A straight answer at the top of your home page: what you treat, where you are, whether you are taking new patients. Not a slogan.
- Who the doctor is and how long you have been in practice, in writing.
- Your street address, not just a phone number — somebody whose back has gone out wants to know the drive.
Whether that changes what an assistant says about you in St. Petersburg, we cannot promise, and we would rather say so than sell you a number we made up.
Common questions
How many chiropractors in St. Petersburg does ChatGPT recommend?
Across four patient-style questions, ChatGPT named 10 of the 171 St. Petersburg-area practices on our list. Counting every AI assistant we asked, the figure is 15 — 8.8% of the field. Measured 2026-07-28.
How many chiropractic practices are there in the St. Petersburg area?
Our St. Petersburg list holds 171 real, licensed, open practices, nearly all of them within St. Petersburg. It is the field every number on this page is measured against.
Can a practice pay to be on the St. Petersburg list?
No. There is no paid placement and no sponsorship. The list is whatever the AI assistants returned when asked. Most of the 15 named St. Petersburg practices have never spoken to us.
Does being named mean a practice is better than one that isn't?
No, and we would push back on reading it that way. We measured whether a name comes back when a patient asks. We did not look at outcomes or assess anybody's care. 156 St. Petersburg-area practices were not named, which is far too many for that to be a verdict on any of them.
Will getting named bring my St. Petersburg practice more patients?
We do not know, and we are not going to claim it. We have measured naming, not bookings. What is true is narrower: a practice that never comes back in the answers is not in that conversation at all.
How often is the St. Petersburg measurement re-run?
The current figures are from the 2026-07-28 run — 8 checks in St. Petersburg. We re-measure periodically and the published numbers move with the run; there is no manual editing of the results.
Where does your St. Petersburg practice stand?
The free check takes about sixty seconds — practice name and city. It reports what we can see when we go looking, and it does not promise you patients.
Run the free 60-second checkGoing deeper on this topic: Why isn't my practice showing up in ChatGPT?
What ChatGPT says about chiropractors in these cities
We ask ChatGPT who it recommends in each metro and publish the answer at mostrecommendedchiropractors.com. It is a measurement, not a directory listing — there is nothing to buy, and hiring us does not put a practice on it. In most metros ChatGPT names fewer than a dozen practices out of hundreds, which is the whole reason this work is worth doing.
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