The Most Recommended Chimney Sweeps in Columbus — Measured on ChatGPT
ChatGPT is becoming the first stop for Columbus homeowners choosing a chimney sweep. To find out who it actually sends people to, we ran 4 checks in August 2026 — 4 question styles, a cohort of 29 area companies.
The answers concentrated on a handful of names: 16 in total, and Thompson Chimney Services Inc. was the only one named in all 4 checks. That leaves 13 Columbus-area companies ChatGPT never mentioned at all.
The next group is Blackburns Chimney Services, Fireplace Professionals, LLC and Soots Me Chimney Co — named in 3 of 4 checks.
There is no number one here on purpose. Ask ChatGPT the same question twice and the answer can change, so we publish how many of the 4 checks named each company instead of a place that would move if we asked again. Companies named in only one check aren't listed.
For scale: of the 12 metros in this edition, Columbus's cohort of 29 chimney sweeps was the 9th largest.
Only 16 of 29
Columbus chimney sweeps ever appear in the answers, a 55% rate. The companies below are the ones ChatGPT names:
Rankings are measured and cannot be purchased — sponsored blocks are labeled advertising and sit outside the ranked list.
Ask ChatGPT the same question twice and the answer can change. So we do not crown a number one. We publish how many of the 4 checks named each company. Companies named in more checks are the ones ChatGPT keeps coming back to. Companies named in only one check are not listed: a single mention does not repeat reliably.
Named in all 4 checks
One company, listed below.
- 4of 4
Thompson Chimney Services Inc.
Recommended in 4 of 4 AI checks
Thompson Chimney Services Inc. earned its place by showing up in every one of the 4 checks.
Named in 3 of 4 checks
3 companies, listed alphabetically — they scored the same, so nothing here puts one above another.
- 3of 4
Blackburns Chimney Services
Columbus, OH · Recommended in 3 of 4 AI checks · 4.7★ (472 Google reviews)
Blackburns Chimney Services surfaced in 3 of the 4 checks when we asked. It carries a 4.7-star rating across 472 Google reviews.
- 3of 4
Fireplace Professionals, LLC
Columbus, OH · Recommended in 3 of 4 AI checks · 4.8★ (246 Google reviews)
Fireplace Professionals, LLC came up in 3 of the 4 checks. It carries a 4.8-star rating across 246 Google reviews.
- 3of 4
Soots Me Chimney Co
Recommended in 3 of 4 AI checks
Named in 3 of the 4 checks: Soots Me Chimney Co.
4 checks, run August 2026. This board is measured, never sold; no company can pay to be listed. Grouping follows how often ChatGPT named each one, and names inside a group are alphabetical.
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 chimney sweep in Columbus, Ohio?”
- “I need my chimney cleaned and inspected before winter. Which local chimney company in Columbus, Ohio should I call?”
- “What is the most recommended chimney sweep company in Columbus, Ohio?”
- “My chimney needs repair. Who is a trustworthy chimney repair company near Columbus, Ohio?”
The Columbus measurement at a glance
- Thompson Chimney Services Inc. was named in 4 of 4 checks — the closest thing Columbus has to a consensus answer.
- The listed companies average 4.8 stars on Google, with 718 reviews between them.
- Compared with the edition-wide average (52%), Columbus's 55% sits above the line.
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The Columbus board, explained
How short is the Columbus list, really?
The August 2026 answer is 16. We verified 29 companies around Columbus and ran 4 checks; 55% of the cohort ever got a mention.
Who does ChatGPT name most often in Columbus?
In the August 2026 measurement, Thompson Chimney Services Inc. — it came up in every one of the 4 checks, more often than any other company we tracked here.
How is the order on this page decided?
Because a number one wouldn't hold. Ask ChatGPT the same question again and the top name often changes, while the number of checks that named a company stays about the same. So we publish the count: companies named in the same number of the 4 checks are grouped together and listed alphabetically, because nothing in the measurement separates them.
What questions were behind the Columbus checks?
Real homeowner phrasings, asked verbatim — one example: "I need my chimney cleaned and inspected before winter. Which local chimney company in Columbus, Ohio should I call?". Each answer's named companies were tallied, and that tally is the whole list.
Do companies pay you to be listed 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. Sponsored blocks are marked as advertising and never enter the measured list.
Why isn't my company on the Columbus list?
Either ChatGPT never named it in our August 2026 checks, or it came up in only one of them — and one mention isn't steady enough to publish. Neither says anything about the quality of the work, only that homeowners who ask AI are being sent elsewhere.
Every company we checked in Columbus
The tiers above show the companies ChatGPT actually named. This is the full pool behind that number: on August 21, 2026, we checked 29 Columbus-area companies against ChatGPT, asking 4 different questions, and only 16 ever came up. Every company we checked is listed below, alphabetically. A listing here is not a recommendation from ChatGPT. It only means the company was part of the pool we measured. The ones ChatGPT kept naming are in the tiers above.
- A1 ChimneyColumbus
- All Ohio Masonry RestorationColumbus
- Blackburns Chimney ServicesColumbus
- Blue Sky Chimney
- Bradley Builders Inc
- Chim-Kleen Chimney Svc
- ChimcareColumbus
- Chimney Professionals and Masonry Experts
- Double Chimney Sweep And Repair & Gas FIreplace ServicesColumbus
- DraftMaster Exteriors LLCColumbus
- Embers To Ashes Chimney Sweeps and MasonryColumbus
- Fireplace Professionals, LLCColumbus
- GHM Homes Remodeling And Chimney Services, OHColumbus
- INPLAY Wood Stove Cleaning And Chimney Cleaning Services in Columbus, OH 43220Columbus
- Integrity Masonry
- Johnson Air Duct & Dryer Vent CleaningColumbus
- Johnson Chimney SweepColumbus
- Kicking Ash Chimney Svc
- Mason Chimneys
- Master Chimney LLCColumbus
- New Buck Chimney Sweeps
- Pro Sweep Chimney ServiceColumbus
- Soots Me Chimney Co
- Sos Spray Or Sweep Inc
- Summerfield Chimney's-Repair & inspect Inc.Columbus
- Thompson Chimney Services Inc.
- Unit Chimney Cleaning & Chimney InspectionGrove City
- Whempy's
- Wills Chimney Sweep+Repair LLC
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Everything above this line was measured. The list on this page comes from asking AI assistants real questions and counting who they named — no one can buy their way onto it.
This section is different, and we want to be plain about it. The businesses below are brand new. They have not been measured, they have no rank and no score, and they are not part of the list above. They are here because they asked to be, we checked that they are real, and a business that opened last month has no way to show up in a ranking built on history. Nobody paid for a spot here — it is free, and it is not an endorsement.
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