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A technical check of company websites across Europe, the United States and Japan. What agents can read, where access falls short, and how the results differ by industry.
02 / The two panels
Companies selected from public rankings across five industries. The panel stays fixed between editions, with changes documented.
Every member of the S&P 100, the EURO STOXX 50 and the Nikkei 225. Membership is the only criterion, so there is no selection to defend.
185 companies selected from public rankings average 49.3. 373 of the largest listed companies average 47.4, 1.9 points lower.
01 / What we found
Each finding states the check it comes from, its threshold and the number of companies it could be assessed on. Where both panels produced the same finding, it appears once with both figures.
This check looks for named AI crawlers in robots.txt and for matching responses to crawler and browser requests. It does not establish why a company allows or restricts access. Assessable on 185 of 185 in the market panel and 373 of 373 in the index panel.
meet the crawler-access threshold
These companies scored zero on the structured-data check. Product details or contact information may still exist in page text or other formats. Assessable on 185 of 185 in the market panel and 373 of 373 in the index panel.
score zero on structured data
Clients that read the initial HTML may miss content loaded later by scripts. Assessable on 185 of 185 companies.
below the JavaScript-content threshold · Market panel only
The segment vocabularies differ by panel: business models in the market panel, stock sectors in the index panel. This compares groups inside each panel, not whole industries.
points between the highest and lowest segment · Market panel only
The mix of companies differs between regions, so this compares the panels as selected, not the regions as a whole.
points between the leading and trailing region · Index panel only
These companies reach the highest score band on the technical check. The score measures applicable public website signals; it does not test whether an AI assistant recommends the company or completes a purchase.
reach the 70–100 score band
03 / The evidence
Market panel
Index panel
The four pillars
| Pillar | Market panel | Index panel |
|---|---|---|
| R · Retrievable | 66 %185 of 185 | 68 %373 of 373 |
| E · Explainable | 20 %185 of 185 | 10 %373 of 373 |
| A · Actionable | 51 %13 of 185 | 38 %3 of 373 |
| D · Distributed | 20 %7 of 185 | 20 %2 of 373 |
Average share of applicable points. Each cell shows how many companies could be assessed. A missing result is excluded from that average rather than counted as zero.
Percentages are average shares of applicable points. Coverage varies by check: some do not apply, others could not be assessed.
59%
185 of 185 assessed61%
373 of 373 assessed65%
185 of 185 assessed74%
373 of 373 assessed61%
185 of 185 assessed65%
373 of 373 assessed92%
185 of 185 assessed83%
373 of 373 assessed20%
185 of 185 assessed6%
373 of 373 assessed22%
185 of 185 assessed15%
373 of 373 assessed26%
13 of 185 assessed26%
3 of 373 assessed51%
13 of 185 assessed38%
3 of 373 assessed20%
7 of 185 assessed20%
2 of 373 assessed04 / Regional comparison
Average scores on the same 0–100 scale. Each region contains a different mix of companies, and not every panel covers every region.
92 companies · median 53 · middle half 26–65
50 companies · median 54 · middle half 39–65
93 companies · median 56 · middle half 29–66
100 companies · median 52 · middle half 34–62
223 companies · median 47 · middle half 41–53
05 / Industry comparison
The two panels are grouped differently: business models in the market panel, stock sectors in the index panel. They stay separate because the groupings are not the same kind of thing.
| Segment | Companies | Average | Median | Middle 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finance & insurance | 38 | 56.0 | 61 | 48 – 68 |
| Local service chains | 37 | 55.6 | 57 | 48 – 66 |
| SaaS | 36 | 55.6 | 62 | 43 – 67 |
| D2C & e-commerce | 36 | 44.0 | 44 | 26 – 63 |
| Travel | 38 | 35.3 | 30 | 23 – 44 |
| Segment | Companies | Average | Median | Middle 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care | 32 | 50.1 | 53 | 39 – 62 |
| Financials | 55 | 50.0 | 52 | 42 – 62 |
| Technology | 83 | 47.9 | 48 | 37 – 61 |
| Energy & utilities | 19 | 46.5 | 49 | 43 – 59 |
| Industrials | 115 | 46.4 | 47 | 42 – 56 |
| Consumer | 69 | 45.4 | 48 | 36 – 54 |
06 / AgentReady Index
Only the published top performers are named. The rest of each panel appears in aggregate.
Market panel · Europe · Top 10
Scores out of 100, using the same scoring version as the rest of this panel.
Market panel · United States · Top 10
Scores out of 100, using the same scoring version as the rest of this panel.
Index panel · Europe · Top 10
Scores out of 100, using the same scoring version as the rest of this panel.
Index panel · United States · Top 10
Scores out of 100, using the same scoring version as the rest of this panel.
Index panel · Japan · Top 10
Scores out of 100, using the same scoring version as the rest of this panel.
The panel is drawn from public rankings and fixed for each edition; additions and removals are documented per edition. You can measure your own site with the same check in about ten seconds.
About the research
A fixed panel, public website signals, and a scoring version recorded with every edition.
Every company is measured with AgentReady Check. The checks cover crawler access, HTML before JavaScript, agent basics, search verification, llms.txt, structured data, feeds, actions and distribution. The report uses technical scan results only.
558 of 558 panel entries produced a result. A domain may appear in both panels. These are selected groups, so their results do not represent all websites in Europe, the United States or Japan.
This edition uses scoring version 2. Comparisons require the same scoring version. If the method changes, the previous panel must be rescored before a trend can be reported.
Up to 10 top performers are named where a group contains at least 20 companies. Other individual scores stay private. Segments below 5 companies are omitted; small distribution groups are merged to contain at least 3.
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