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TULLY'S COFFEE (tullys.co.jp) scores 46 out of 100 on Brand Analyzer, placing it in the Early Stage tier among Food & Beverage brands, in the 1st percentile of 14278 Food & Beverage brands.
Tully's Coffee is an American specialty coffee brand founded in 1992 and headquartered in Seattle. Owned by Keurig Dr Pepper, it operates coffeehouses, with a notable presence in Japan (tullys.co.jp), offering a signature house blend and sustainably sourced coffee. The brand emphasizes quality sourcing initiatives, such as a grafting project in Peru, and positions itself as a premium coffeehouse experience focused on connecting people through quality coffee.
| Brand Name | TULLY'S COFFEE |
|---|---|
| Domain | tullys.co.jp |
| Industry | Food & Beverage |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | Seattle |
| Parent Company / Owner | Keurig Dr Pepper |
| Main Competitors | Starbucks (88/100), Doutor Coffee (43/100), Komeda's Coffee, UCC Coffee, Peet's Coffee (86/100), Caffè Nero (85/100) |
Ranked #116,681 on the Tranco list of most-visited sites - modest traffic makes the brand easy for AI models to overlook.
TULLY'S COFFEE has a dedicated Wikipedia entity - a top-weighted signal AI models rely on to identify and describe the brand.
The homepage meta description reads "【11/18（水）～】スタンプを集めて特典をGETしよう！ ホリデーLINEスタンプカード" (Meta description too short (2 words). OG description present but brief) - this is the summary AI engines are most likely to quote.
Structured data on the homepage: og:title, og:description. Adding Organization and FAQ schema would further help AI crawlers parse the brand's identity.
AI-crawler access: No robots.txt found (default: all bots allowed, but explicit file preferred) - robots.txt controls whether engines like GPTBot and ClaudeBot can read the site at all.
Social footprint: verified profiles on X (Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, GitHub; no detected presence on LinkedIn - consistent profiles reinforce the brand's identity across the web.
0 Reddit mentions - community discussion signals real-world reputation to AI models.
Live results from asking a general-purpose AI assistant about the brand, checked November 2026.
When asked "What is TULLY'S COFFEE?", Claude could identify the brand as of November 2026. Tully's Coffee is a coffee shop chain originally founded in Seattle in 1992, though the US operations were later sold off and the brand now operates primarily in Japan under Tully's Coffee Japan, which holds the trademark rights there and runs a large network of cafes. Best known for Being a major Seattle-style coffeehouse chain in Japan, competing with Starbucks there.
When asked "Best brands similar to TULLY'S COFFEE?", Claude would recommend TULLY'S COFFEE as of November 2026. It's a well known coffeehouse chain especially prominent in Japan, so it fits naturally alongside Starbucks and other specialty coffee chains.
Common questions people ask in Google, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and other AI search engines.
TULLY'S COFFEE's main competitors in Food & Beverage: Starbucks (88/100), Doutor Coffee (43/100), Peet's Coffee (86/100), Caffè Nero (85/100).
Sources: Brand Analyzer scan
TULLY'S COFFEE has limited AI-search visibility, scoring 43/100 on Brand Analyzer's AI visibility composite (visibility 70, trust 4, recommendation 40). This estimates how likely AI engines like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity are to know, trust, and recommend the brand.
Sources: TULLY'S COFFEE official site
TULLY'S COFFEE was founded in 1992. TULLY'S COFFEE operates in the Food & Beverage category. It is analyzed by Brand Analyzer across seven brand dimensions and AI-search visibility.
Sources: Wikidata
TULLY'S COFFEE is headquartered in Seattle. TULLY'S COFFEE operates in the Food & Beverage category.
Sources: Wikidata
TULLY'S COFFEE scores 40/100 on Brand Analyzer's AI recommendation signal, indicating it is less likely to be surfaced when AI assistants like ChatGPT suggest Food & Beverage options. Recommendation depends on crawlability, structured data, and category authority; a Wikipedia presence helps.
Sources: TULLY'S COFFEE official site
TULLY'S COFFEE can improve AI discoverability by strengthening structured data (Organization and FAQ schema), maintaining an accurate Wikipedia/Wikidata entity, earning authoritative citations, and keeping content crawlable for AI bots. Brand Analyzer measures these as visibility, trust, and recommendation signals.
Sources: TULLY'S COFFEE official site
TULLY'S COFFEE is owned by or part of Keurig Dr Pepper. TULLY'S COFFEE operates in the Food & Beverage category.
Sources: Wikidata
Tully's Coffee is an American specialty coffee brand founded in 1992 in Seattle. It operates coffeehouses offering specialty coffee drinks and related products, and is owned by Keurig Dr Pepper. The brand has a significant presence in Japan, where it operates under the domain tullys.co.jp, offering region-specific promotions and products.
Sources: TULLY'S COFFEE official site
TULLY'S COFFEE scores 43/100 for AI visibility - how well ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews can discover, identify and cite the brand.
TULLY'S COFFEE has a limited AI-visibility profile at 43/100 - a proxy for how readily ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews can recognise and cite it. Its strongest area is visibility (70/100) and its weakest is trust (4/100). It benefits from a recognised Wikipedia company entity, a Wikidata knowledge-graph entry and a global traffic rank of #116,681 (Tranco). The main gaps holding it back: thin schema.org structured data and no llms.txt to steer AI to its best pages. In a live check, Claude could already identify TULLY'S COFFEE from memory (November 2026) - a sign these signals are paying off.
The score combines seven dimensions - name quality, digital presence, visual identity, messaging clarity, trust foundation, AI discoverability, and brand authority - into a single objective benchmark.
Ranked closest to TULLY'S COFFEE: PSK Global Exports (46/100), Pernod Ricard Deutschland (46/100), 統一企業 (Uni-President Enterprises Corporation) (46/100), Visit Suffolk (46/100).
A step up - brands to learn from: Kmetija Kocjančič Zanut (56/100), Winston Industries (56/100).
Category leader: Target (97/100).
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