Short answer: The best GEO agencies in APAC in 2026 are GTMLab for lead-generation businesses across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong that want AI visibility tied to revenue, The Egg and AsiaPac Group for brands that need GEO in China, Japan and Korea from teams on the ground, Jellyfish and NP Digital for large brands that want GEO inside a big regional network, Archetype for PR-led GEO, Mercury Technology Solution for bilingual Chinese and English work at published prices, AUN Consulting for Japanese companies, First Page for Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong, and Brainlabs for enterprises in Australia and Singapore. When you choose a GEO agency in APAC, check which of the region's AI platforms it actually covers, because the engines that matter change from one market to the next.
The 10 agencies at a glance
| # | Agency | APAC footprint | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GTMLab | Jakarta, Hong Kong | Lead-gen businesses in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong |
| 2 | The Egg | Hong Kong, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul | GEO in China, Japan and Korea from local teams |
| 3 | AsiaPac Group | 14 offices in 11 markets | Consumer brands across Greater China, North and Southeast Asia |
| 4 | Jellyfish | Melbourne, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo | Large brands wanting LLM perception data |
| 5 | NP Digital | Australia, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan | GEO alongside SEO and paid media in one network |
| 6 | Archetype | Nine offices from Sydney to Beijing | B2B tech and fintech, PR-led GEO |
| 7 | Mercury Technology Solution | Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, Taipei | Bilingual GEO at published prices |
| 8 | AUN Consulting | Tokyo, with regional partners | Japanese companies, at home and abroad |
| 9 | First Page | Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore | SMEs and mid-market brands |
| 10 | Brainlabs | Singapore, Sydney | Enterprises in Australia and Singapore |
Why AI search is different across APAC
Each market has its own mix of AI assistants. ChatGPT leads everywhere it's available, but Gemini is far stronger in parts of North Asia. In September 2026, Gemini sent 29.0% of AI chatbot traffic to websites in South Korea, 29.3% in Hong Kong and 24.7% in Taiwan, against 9.5% in Australia (StatCounter).
| AI chatbot share of referrals, Sept 2026 | ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity | Copilot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 78.2% | 9.5% | 3.2% | 7.4% |
| India | 77.3% | 16.0% | 3.6% | 1.7% |
| Singapore | 77.6% | 14.4% | 4.9% | 1.7% |
| Japan | 74.3% | 16.6% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Taiwan | 66.8% | 24.7% | 4.6% | 2.6% |
| South Korea | 64.6% | 29.0% | 3.6% | 2.0% |
| Hong Kong | 51.9% | 29.3% | 13.2% | 5.1% |
In China, the global assistants aren't there at all. OpenAI and Anthropic don't offer ChatGPT or Claude in mainland China, Hong Kong or Macau, and Gemini is available in mainland China only through Google Workspace. China has built its own: CNNIC counted 602 million generative AI users at the end of 2025 and over 700 million by mid-2026. QuestMobile put Doubao at 382 million monthly users in May 2026, Qwen at 167 million and DeepSeek at 130 million, while Baidu reported 202 million monthly users for its ERNIE assistant. A brand selling into China needs a separate plan for these platforms.
Local search engines give their own AI answers. In South Korea, where Naver is close behind Google (43.1% of searches against 48.0%), Naver launched AI Briefing in March 2025. In Japan, Yahoo! JAPAN added AI answers to smartphone search in October 2024 and to PC search in August 2025. In China, Baidu says about 70% of its mobile results pages carried AI-generated content by October 2025. These answers draw on their own ecosystems, such as Naver's blogs and cafes, not just the open web.
Google's AI answers cover most of the region, in local languages. Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode are available in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, in Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Chinese, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese among others. Mainland China isn't covered.
Adoption is high, and rising fast. In KPMG and the University of Melbourne's 2025 study of 47 countries, India was joint highest for regular AI use at 92%, and Singapore led advanced economies at 73%, against a global 66%. In Japan, the share of people who have used generative AI rose from 26.7% to 58.8% in a year, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (July 2026).
How we chose
Every AI search optimization agency on this list passed five tests:
- A real APAC footprint. Offices or teams in several Asia-Pacific markets, or deep reach from a regional hub.
- A published GEO service. A dedicated page for GEO, AI search or AI optimization on the agency's own site.
- Coverage of the region's platforms. Languages and engines beyond English-language ChatGPT: local-language work, Google's AI answers in local languages, or China's, Korea's and Japan's own platforms.
- Evidence. Named clients, results, tools, research, awards or published prices.
- A distinct fit. Each agency suits a different kind of company, from Japanese firms going abroad to multinationals entering China.
Every fact about the other nine agencies comes from their own websites, checked on 13 October 2026. Results and claims are their own.
1. GTMLab
Best for: lead-generation businesses across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, such as hospitals and clinics, hotels and villas, property developers and B2B services, that want AI visibility measured in leads and revenue across several markets.
GTMLab is a growth agency with teams in Jakarta, Hong Kong and New York, run by 100+ senior operators that include ex-founders, Y Combinator alumni and a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree. It has worked with 200+ brands and operated $20M+ in ad spend, for clients that include IHH Healthcare, Lazada and ELSA Speak.
Its AI search optimization service runs on daily decisions rather than a fixed content quota. Each day the team checks what changed for a client's buyer prompts, in English and Bahasa Indonesia, picks the few tasks that drive most of the result, does them wherever AI engines read about the brand, and logs each one with the reason behind it.
What sets it apart
- Built for multi-market lead generation: it tracks ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google's AI Overviews, Claude and Copilot, including Gemini's large share in Hong Kong and Perplexity's in Indonesia.
- Tied to revenue: AI referrals are tracked in GA4 on every plan and in your CRM on Growth and Scale, so leads can be compared market by market.
- One team across channels: the same operators run paid media, SEO, landing pages, WhatsApp follow-up and the CRM.
Proof: GTMLab built and runs search for medifly.ai, a medical travel platform for Indonesian patients, with a complete page for each of its 3,167 doctors and 299 hospitals in Bahasa Indonesia and English. Between mid-June and late September 2026, organic clicks grew about 4× and impressions about 5.6×; the case study is candid that there's no AI-citation data yet.
Across the region, its lead engines reached 5,000+ qualified leads in 10 weeks for IHH Healthcare's hospitals in Malaysia, took a Bali villa developer, Palma Islands, to 3 to 5 qualified leads a day across five international markets, and took IKIGAI's Hong Kong yoga studios to 63× return on ad spend. Those ran on paid media rather than AI search; they're the lead systems AI search feeds.
Pricing and guarantee: Essential at $499 a month (30 logged tasks, 40 prompts across 3 AI engines), Growth at $999 (70 tasks, 90 prompts, 4 engines) and Scale at $1,999 (140 tasks, 150 prompts, 5 engines, re-run daily). Plans start on a six-month term, then run month to month; in Jakarta, from IDR 9 million a month. GTMLab guarantees a number of prompts where you're named every quarter; miss it and you don't pay.
Less suited to: brands that need GEO in mainland China, Japan or Korea, on Doubao, Baidu, Naver or Yahoo! JAPAN. The Egg, AsiaPac Group and AUN Consulting are built for that.
2. The Egg
Best for: multinationals that need GEO in China, Japan and Korea from teams on the ground.
The Egg was founded in Hong Kong in 1998 and is still independent, with offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Singapore, Tokyo and Seoul and a data hub in Hyderabad. Its AI search optimization runs on its own UpStory platform, which monitors share of mention and sentiment across ChatGPT, Doubao, Perplexity, DeepSeek and Google's AI Overviews. It builds FAQ hubs, entity schema and topic clusters, and does platform-specific work for Baidu, Naver, Yahoo! and WeChat.
- Worth knowing: it built the Dragon Metrics SEO tool (sold in 2025), joined the Worldwide Partners network in 2026, and publishes a guide to China's AI models against the global ones. It says it has 60+ native-language specialists.
- Clients it names: Swarovski, INSEAD, NVIDIA and Salesforce.
- Pricing: not published.
3. AsiaPac Group
Best for: consumer brands targeting Greater China, North Asia and Southeast Asia at once.
AsiaPac Group was founded in Hong Kong in 1996 and has 14 offices in 11 markets: Hong Kong, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Macau, Taipei, Taichung, Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City and Jakarta. Its GEO service covers prompt research, technical fixes so AI models can crawl a site, and content built to be cited, with a strong focus on ChatGPT, and its GEO page is published in Japanese, Korean and Traditional Chinese.
- Results it reports: a top ChatGPT ranking for SIM Global Education.
- Worth knowing: an official partner of Douyin, Xiaohongshu, Google and Meta, with 350+ staff, it says.
- Pricing: not published.
4. Jellyfish
Best for: large brands that want LLM perception data and GEO inside a big network.
Jellyfish, part of The Brandtech Group, has 1,600+ staff in 30 offices, including Melbourne, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Seoul, Singapore and Tokyo. Its GEO service uses its own Share of Model tool to benchmark how major AI models see and describe a brand, feeding quarterly GEO roadmaps that run alongside classic SEO.
- Worth knowing: UK retailer Currys appointed Jellyfish in December 2025 with a GEO program in scope, and it runs a training course, "From SEO to AEO".
- Pricing: not published.
5. NP Digital
Best for: enterprises that want GEO from the same network running their SEO and paid media across APAC.
NP Digital runs sites for Australia, Hong Kong (its North Asia headquarters), India, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan, and says it works in 28 countries with 1,000+ staff. It publishes AI search engine optimization service pages for its APAC markets, and owns the Ubersuggest and AnswerThePublic tools.
- Results it reports: a 2,012% increase in referral traffic from ChatGPT and other AI models for RefiJet, from content built for high-intent questions and the related questions AI expands them into.
- Pricing: not published.
6. Archetype
Best for: B2B technology and fintech brands that want GEO led by PR.
Archetype's APAC network has offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Beijing, Sydney, Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru. Its GEO work starts with a visibility audit of test prompts benchmarked against competitors, then cleans up how the brand is described across platforms and knowledge graphs, builds AI-ready content, aligns PR to the categories it wants to own, keeps testing, and trains in-house teams with playbooks.
- Worth knowing: it runs an APAC AI and transformation practice and is listed in the partner directory of Profound, the AI visibility platform. Its APAC case studies, which aren't GEO work, include DHL, Prudential, Standard Chartered and Shopify.
- Pricing: not published.
7. Mercury Technology Solution
Best for: Hong Kong and regional B2B and regulated firms that want bilingual GEO at published prices.
Mercury Technology Solution was founded in Hong Kong in 2017, with offices in Tokyo, Singapore and Taipei as well as the UK, and describes itself as an AI and digital transformation consultancy. Its "Mercury Orbit" tracking measures citation frequency, share of voice and recommendation rank for each engine and language. It builds knowledge graphs and schema, and runs Traditional Chinese and English as separate workstreams across Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area, Japan and Southeast Asia.
- Clients it names: PCCW and Sun Life.
- Pricing: published. HK$3,900 to HK$5,900 a month on a six-month minimum, or HK$8,000 to HK$12,000 on a 12-month contract; an audit costs HK$15,000.
8. AUN Consulting
Best for: Japanese companies optimizing for AI search at home and abroad.
AUN Consulting is a Tokyo company founded in 1998 and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, with a group company in the Philippines and partner firms in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Its AI optimization service (AIO), described in Japanese, designs the prompts to track, scores a brand's citations against competitors with an "AIO score", fixes the site, off-site presence and content, and runs AIO for other countries and languages, with China handled through a partner.
- Worth knowing: it partners with AI Hack, maker of an AIO analysis tool, and says it has served 2,000+ clients.
- Pricing: published, from ¥100,000 a month for research, ¥300,000 for consulting and ¥400,000 for SEO with AIO.
9. First Page
Best for: SMEs and mid-market brands in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong.
First Page is headquartered in Melbourne, with offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Hong Kong and sister sites for New Zealand and Singapore. Its GEO, AEO and LLM SEO work covers conversational content, schema, E-E-A-T signals, content hubs and citations, with separate service pages for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. Its Hong Kong site is in English and Traditional Chinese and also offers Baidu SEO.
- Worth knowing: it scores brands on a "Be Everywhere Score", manages ChatGPT ads, and has 90 specialists in Australia. It won The Drum's Best SEO Strategy award (2021).
- Pricing: not published.
10. Brainlabs
Best for: enterprises in Australia and Singapore.
Brainlabs was founded in 2012, has 1,000+ staff worldwide, and in Asia-Pacific has offices in Singapore and Sydney. Its AI search optimization runs a 90-day audit, engineer and expand plan across a brand's site, owned and earned media, using its own tools (Digital Signals Analyzer and AmplifAI) and tracking citations, AI referrals and sentiment.
- Awards it lists: first place at the Semrush AI Visibility Awards (2025) for its work with GitHub.
- Pricing: not published.
What an APAC GEO plan should cover
Whichever generative engine optimization agency you choose, a regional plan should:
- Map the engines market by market. ChatGPT and Google's AI answers almost everywhere; Gemini more in Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan; Naver in Korea; Yahoo! JAPAN in Japan; Doubao, DeepSeek, Qwen and Baidu in mainland China.
- Write in the local language, not just translate. AI answers in Japanese, Korean or Chinese can name different businesses from the English answer to the same question.
- Earn presence on each market's trusted sources. Naver's blogs and cafes in Korea, local media and directories elsewhere, and Chinese platforms such as Xiaohongshu for China.
- Keep facts consistent across markets. One brand, one set of facts, in every language: names, addresses, prices, services.
- Measure per market. Track AI visibility and AI-sourced leads country by country, so you can see where the work pays.
How to choose a GEO agency in APAC
- Lead-generation business across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong that wants a fixed monthly price, a quarterly guarantee and leads followed into the CRM: GTMLab.
- Multinational entering China, Japan and Korea: The Egg or AsiaPac Group.
- Large brand wanting AI perception data in a global network: Jellyfish or NP Digital.
- B2B tech or fintech brand that wants PR-led GEO: Archetype.
- Bilingual brand in Hong Kong and the region wanting published prices: Mercury Technology Solution.
- Japanese company, at home or going abroad: AUN Consulting.
- SME across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong: First Page.
- Enterprise based in Australia or Singapore: Brainlabs.
On the first call with any AI search agency, ask which engines it tracks in each of your markets, in which languages, and to show you today's answers for your top buyer question in two of them. For single markets, see our guides to Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and Australia, or all our GEO agency guides by location.
Frequently asked questions
Which AI platforms matter in APAC?
ChatGPT and Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode matter in almost every market. Gemini is unusually strong in South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Korea also has Naver's AI Briefing, Japan has Yahoo! JAPAN's AI answers, and mainland China has its own: Doubao, Qwen, DeepSeek and Baidu's ERNIE, since ChatGPT and Claude aren't offered there.
Is ChatGPT available in China and Hong Kong?
No. OpenAI doesn't offer ChatGPT in mainland China, Hong Kong or Macau, and Anthropic doesn't offer Claude there either. People in Hong Kong still reach ChatGPT through VPNs, and it sends more AI traffic to Hong Kong websites than any other assistant. In mainland China, the local assistants dominate.
How much does a GEO agency in APAC cost?
Published prices on this list include GTMLab from $499 a month, Mercury Technology Solution from HK$3,900 a month and AUN Consulting from ¥100,000 a month for research or ¥400,000 for SEO with AIO. Regional networks such as The Egg, Jellyfish and Archetype quote per project.
Do I need a separate GEO plan for each market?
Usually, yes. The engines, languages and trusted sources differ by market, so a plan built for ChatGPT in English won't reach Naver users in Korea or Doubao users in China. A good regional agency runs one strategy with market-by-market execution and reporting.
Can one agency cover all of Asia-Pacific?
A few come close: AsiaPac Group has 14 offices in 11 markets, and The Egg covers Greater China, Japan, Korea and Singapore. Most agencies are strong in a part of the region, so many brands pair a regional lead agency with local specialists where they need depth.
How long does GEO take across several markets?
Technical fixes and key pages can start showing in AI answers within weeks in each market. Being named consistently takes months, and longer in markets where you're building presence on local platforms from scratch. Plan in quarters, market by market.
See where you stand first
Before you speak to any GEO marketing agency, see what AI says about your business today. GTMLab's AI visibility check asks ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google's AI Overviews and Claude what a customer in your city would ask, then shows who they name instead of you, where they got their facts, what to fix first, and how fast your site loads on a phone. It takes about a minute, with no sign-up for the first read. Plans are on the pricing page.
