{
  "slug": "schwarz-gruppe",
  "month": "2026-09",
  "status": "current",
  "themes": {
    "Leadership": {
      "rank": 14,
      "score": 33.3
    },
    "Candidate Feedback": {
      "rank": 22,
      "score": 33.3
    },
    "Career Opportunities": {
      "rank": 18,
      "score": 33.3
    }
  },
  "company": "Schwarz Gruppe",
  "country": "Germany",
  "history": [
    {
      "rank": 36,
      "month": "2026-02",
      "visibilityScore": 3.4
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Schwarz Gruppe is tracked across AI employer visibility rankings in the Retail sector. When candidates research the company through AI, it appears in a moderate share of employer-related queries — ranking #20 out of 67 Retail companies in the PerceptionX index.\n\nAI models most frequently position Schwarz Gruppe alongside Rewe, Lidl, and Zalando when discussing Retail employers.\n\nThe company shows strongest employer visibility in Candidate Feedback, Career Opportunities and Leadership. Visibility gaps exist in Application & Communication, Company Culture and Compensation, where competitors tend to dominate the AI narrative.\n\nSchwarz Gruppe's Visibility Score has risen from 3.4 to 7.7 across its last 2 measurements (since February 2026), climbing 16 places in the Retail rankings. Over that period it has moved ahead of C & A and Decathlon. It now trails Rossmann by 5.1 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": "schwarzgruppe.com",
  "industry": "Retail",
  "profileUrl": "https://employers.perceptionx.ai/company/schwarz-gruppe",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20",
  "modelScores": {
    "chatgpt": 7.7,
    "googleAi": 15.4,
    "perplexity": 0
  },
  "overallRank": 386,
  "industryRank": 20,
  "mentionCount": 3,
  "topCompetitors": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "slug": "rewe",
      "company": "Rewe",
      "visibilityScore": 74.4
    },
    {
      "rank": 2,
      "slug": "lidl",
      "company": "Lidl",
      "visibilityScore": 59
    },
    {
      "rank": 3,
      "slug": "zalando",
      "company": "Zalando",
      "visibilityScore": 56.4
    },
    {
      "rank": 4,
      "slug": "edeka",
      "company": "Edeka",
      "visibilityScore": 53.8
    },
    {
      "rank": 5,
      "slug": "dm-drogerie-markt",
      "company": "Dm-drogerie Markt",
      "visibilityScore": 46.2
    }
  ],
  "otherIndustries": [],
  "visibilityScore": 7.7,
  "totalCompaniesInCountry": 1336,
  "totalCompaniesInIndustry": 67,
  "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"
    ]
  }
}