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Burger King

bk.com · Travel

Ranked 619 of 2,047 companies in the study

37Overall score
  • Visibility31
  • Citations0
  • Sentiment74
  • Site quality67
  • AI readiness21
What this means for Burger King

AI assistants name Burger King in 35% of answers, which is more often than the typical company in its sector. Its overall score is 37 out of 100, ranking 619th of 2,047 companies. The website passes 1 of 14 technical checks for how ready it is for AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about the travel market: none named Burger King. AI assistants named it in 21 of 60 answers (35.0%). The typical travel company is named in 21.7% of answers. By how often it is named, Burger King ranks 18 of 75 in its sector.

Named by AI in
35.0%
21 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
24.4%
compared with 5 rivals
AI readiness
1/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 3
Rank in its sector
37 of 75
by overall score, where the typical travel company scores 37
How Burger King compares with all 2,047 companies

Every dot is a company in the study. Hover one to see it; click to open its report.

This companySame sectorEvery other companyNever named

What makes up the score

Five parts, each scored out of 100.

Visibility
31

How often AI assistants name the company

Citations
0

How often AI uses the company's own website as a source

Sentiment
74

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
67

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
21

How easily AI tools can read and use the website

Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.

Compared with travel

75 companies in this sector. The line on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score37
Ranks 37 of 75. Typical company: 37
Named in answers35%
Ranks 18 of 75. Typical company: 22%
AI readiness21
Ranks 34 of 75. Typical company: 21
What Gemini actually said

An answer that names the company

“What are common upcharges for adding bacon or cheese at quick-service chains?”

Adding bacon or cheese at quick-service chains typically incurs an upcharge, with prices varying by chain and location. These add-ons are a common way for restaurants to increase profit margins.

Bacon Upcharges:

McDonald's: Adding bacon to a burger or chicken sandwich usually costs around $1.50. A side of two slices of bacon divided into halves can be around $2.20. In some locations, adding bacon to a sandwich might be $1.50.

Wendy's: Adding bacon to any sandwich, or ordering it as a side, costs about $1.50 for a full slice and a half.

Five Guys: Adding bacon to a …

The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.

Also named
McDonald's24Wendy's19Carl's Jr.8Hardee's6Jack in the Box3
Share of mentions

How the mentions in these answers were split between this company and its rivals

McDonald's
29.6%
Burger King
25.9%
Wendy's
23.5%
Carl's Jr.
9.9%
Hardee's
7.4%
Jack in the Box
3.7%
Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Gemini
7/15
Claude
6/15
Perplexity
4/15
OpenAI
4/15
Ready for AI agents

What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and buy from, on a scale of six levels.

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5

Level 0: Not yet agent-ready. Agents struggle to find basic information about the site.

To reach level 1:
  • 2 of robots.txt, Sitemap, Link headers
Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
0 of 100
  • robots.txtNot met

    Publish a valid robots.txt with crawl rules and a Sitemap line.

    study: 92.0%
  • SitemapNot met

    Serve an XML sitemap and reference it from robots.txt.

    study: 86.8%
  • Link headersNot met

    Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.

    study: 0.3%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present

    Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.

    study: 5.5%
Content accessibility
0 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

    Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.

    study: 1.9%
  • llms.txtNot met

    Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

    study: 25.1%
Bot access control
0 of 100
  • AI bot rulesNot met

    Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.

    study: 93.4%
  • Content SignalsNot met

    Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.

    study: 1.4%
  • Web Bot AuthNot present

    Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.

    study: 0.2%
APIs, auth and MCP
0 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

    List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.

    study: 0.3%
  • OAuth discoveryNot met

    Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.

    study: 11.8%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceNot met

    Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.

    study: 10.3%
  • auth.mdNot met

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.0%
  • MCP Server CardNot met

    Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.

    study: 0.2%
  • A2A Agent CardNot met

    Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.

    study: 0.1%
  • Agent SkillsNot met

    Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.

    study: 0.2%
  • WebMCPCould not check

    Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.

    study: 33.7%
  • ARD manifestNot met

    Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.

    study: 0.1%

Score 0 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · www.bk.com · 2,047 companies scanned

See how every company did, and how this was measured.

The checks behind the AI readiness score

1 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.

These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.

Show the 14 checks
Discoverability
  • Not metrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.0%
  • Not metXML sitemapstudy: 73.2%
  • Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 29.0%
Content Accessibility
  • Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 8.3%
  • Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 21.7%
  • PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 95.2%
Bot Access Control
  • Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 13.0%
API / Auth / MCP
  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 0.2%
  • Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 10.1%
  • Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 9.3%
  • Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 4.2%
  • Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.0%
Websites the AI used as sources

How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers

tastingtable.com
33
eatthis.com
23
justdial.com
18
mashed.com
13
thetakeout.com
12
reddit.com
11
cheapism.com
11
doordash.com
10
yahoo.com
9
quora.com
8

In the study as Consumer brands.

Every question, and where the company came up (9 of 15)
QuestionOpenAIClaudePerplexityGemini
  • Is the value menu at fast-food chains worth it for a budget meal?
  • What are common upcharges for adding bacon or cheese at quick-service chains?
  • Are family meals from quick-service restaurants a good deal for groups?
  • How does a flame-grilled burger compare to a charbroiled burger in flavor?
  • Which quick-service meals travel best for delivery without getting cold?
  • Where can you find affordable late-night fast-food options in the US?
  • Top fast-food items to try if you love flame-grilled burgers
  • How much does a typical combo meal cost at most fast-food restaurants in the US?
  • Fast-food restaurant vs. fast-casual restaurant: which is better for quick lunch options?
  • What should I do if my pickup fast-food order is missing items?
  • Why does my burger sometimes arrive soggy when I order fast-food delivery?
  • Alternatives to fast-food burgers if you want something lighter
  • Best fast-food options for a quick family dinner
  • Quick-service meals similar to flame-grilled burgers but vegetarian
  • What are the best quick-service burgers for delivery in the US?
named the companyanswered without naming itdid not answer

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. The AI assistants often disagree. Across the study, on 40% of the questions where a company is named, only one of the four names it.

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