{
  "slug": "luckin-coffee",
  "month": "2026-04",
  "status": "current",
  "themes": {
    "Innovation": {
      "rank": 1,
      "score": 100
    },
    "Mission & Purpose": {
      "rank": 1,
      "score": 100
    },
    "Application Process": {
      "rank": 4,
      "score": 50
    },
    "Career Opportunities": {
      "rank": 5,
      "score": 50
    },
    "Onboarding Experience": {
      "rank": 2,
      "score": 100
    }
  },
  "company": "Luckin Coffee",
  "country": "China",
  "history": [
    {
      "rank": 5,
      "month": "2026-03",
      "visibilityScore": 28.6
    },
    {
      "rank": 5,
      "month": "2026-04",
      "visibilityScore": 27.6
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Luckin Coffee is tracked across AI employer visibility rankings in the Quick Service Restaurants sector. When candidates research the company through AI, it appears in a moderate share of employer-related queries — ranking #5 out of 11 Quick Service Restaurants companies in the PerceptionX index.\n\nAI models most frequently position Luckin Coffee alongside Yum! Brands, McDonald's, and Starbucks when discussing Quick Service Restaurants employers.\n\nThe company shows strongest employer visibility in Application Process, Career Opportunities and Innovation. Visibility gaps exist in Candidate Communication, Candidate Feedback and Company Culture, where competitors tend to dominate the AI narrative.\n\nLuckin Coffee's Visibility Score has fallen from 28.6 to 27.6 across its last 2 measurements (since March 2026). It now trails Haidilao by 20.7 points.\n\nThis analysis is based on AI-generated responses from ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Perplexity. Data is refreshed regularly to reflect changes in AI employer perception.",
  "website": "luckincoffee.com",
  "industry": "Quick Service Restaurants",
  "profileUrl": "https://employers.perceptionx.ai/company/luckin-coffee",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20",
  "modelScores": {
    "chatgpt": 20,
    "googleAi": 35.7,
    "perplexity": 0
  },
  "overallRank": 138,
  "industryRank": 5,
  "mentionCount": 8,
  "topCompetitors": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "slug": "yum-brands",
      "company": "Yum! Brands",
      "visibilityScore": 100
    },
    {
      "rank": 2,
      "slug": "mcdonalds",
      "company": "McDonald's",
      "visibilityScore": 89.7
    },
    {
      "rank": 3,
      "slug": "starbucks",
      "company": "Starbucks",
      "visibilityScore": 62.1
    },
    {
      "rank": 4,
      "slug": "haidilao",
      "company": "Haidilao",
      "visibilityScore": 48.3
    },
    {
      "rank": 6,
      "slug": "heytea",
      "company": "Heytea",
      "visibilityScore": 10.3
    }
  ],
  "otherIndustries": [
    {
      "industry": "FMCG",
      "industryRank": 51,
      "visibilityScore": 2.6
    }
  ],
  "visibilityScore": 27.6,
  "totalCompaniesInCountry": 1401,
  "totalCompaniesInIndustry": 11,
  "methodology": {
    "version": "1.0",
    "url": "https://employers.perceptionx.ai/api-docs/#methodology",
    "description": "Visibility Score (0-100) is the share of AI model × candidate-experience-theme combinations within an industry and country where the company was mentioned in AI-generated answers to candidate-style questions. Ranks are computed per industry and country; ties break by mention count, then company name. Responses from other assistants (e.g. Claude, DeepSeek) are collected for research but not included in index scoring.",
    "models": [
      "ChatGPT",
      "Google Gemini",
      "Perplexity"
    ]
  }
}