AI Visibility Index: Electrical Equipment Distributors in Tennessee

When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a electrical equipment distributors supplier in Tennessee, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.

97 companies tracked
Last measured September 30, 2026
Next measurement October 30, 2026

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

78 of 97

companies never appeared in a single buying question

They were asked the same 5 buying questions as everyone else in this cell and were not named once.

19 named at least once
78 never named

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Cell average: 0.47of 15
Across all 97 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 3.6of 15
The ten most visible companies in the cell.

A company's score is how many of the 15 measured answers named it.

The top ten in Tennessee

These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Tennessee buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.

Top 10 most AI-visible Electrical Equipment Distributors companies in Tennessee, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Border States 62 employeesNashville, Tennessee 3 name variants Border States Electricmost common6 Border States2 Border States Electric – Nashville1	Nashville, Tennessee	9 of 15 answers
2	Gexpro 10 employeesChattanooga, Tennessee 3 name variants Gexpromost common2 Gexpro – Nashville1 Rexel / Gexpro1	Chattanooga, Tennessee	4 of 15 answers
3	Graybar 15 employeesBristol, Tennessee	Bristol, Tennessee	4 of 15 answers
4	City Electric Supply 5 employeesKnoxville, Tennessee	Knoxville, Tennessee	3 of 15 answers
5	Consolidated Electrical Distributors 24 employeesNashville, Tennessee 3 name variants CED Nashville (Consolidated Electrical Distributors)most common1 Consolidated Electrical Distributors (CED Nashville)1 Consolidated Electrical Distributors (CED)1	Nashville, Tennessee	3 of 15 answers
6	Crawford Electric Supply 30 employeesLa Vergne, Tennessee 2 name variants Crawford Electric Supplymost common2 Crawford Electric Supply – Knoxville1	La Vergne, Tennessee	3 of 15 answers
7	Edwards Supply Co Inc 15 employeesOak Ridge, Tennessee 3 name variants Edwards Supply Co., Inc.most common1 Edwards Supply Company1 Edwards Supply Co.1	Oak Ridge, Tennessee	3 of 15 answers
8	elliTek Tennessee 2 name variants elliTekmost common2 ellitek, Inc.1	Tennessee	3 of 15 answers
9	Eco-Pan (Nashville) 5 employeesNashville, Tennessee 2 name variants RESA Power – Components East (Nashville)most common1 RESA Power – Components East1	Nashville, Tennessee	2 of 15 answers
10	Memphis Control Center, Inc. 6 employeesMemphis, Tennessee	Memphis, Tennessee	2 of 15 answers

30 more companies were named at least once. Companies outside the top ten are counted in the averages but not named here.

Also named, based in another state

AI assistants named these companies too, but MacRAE'S lists them in a different state, not Tennessee. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Mayer Electric Supply	Georgia	5 of 15
Lonestar Electric Supply	Texas	4 of 15
CED – Consolidated Electrical Distributors	Georgia	3 of 15
Rexel USA	Connecticut	3 of 15
Elliott Electric Supply	Texas	2 of 15
H.H. Barnum Company	Michigan	2 of 15

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The five questions we asked

Every company in this cell is measured on the same questions, written the way a buyer would type them. That is what makes the ranking a comparison rather than a collection of anecdotes.

1“Best electrical equipment distributors in Tennessee”
2“Who supplies industrial switchgear and control panels in Tennessee”
3“I need a Tennessee electrical equipment distributor to support a multi-site manufacturing plant upgrade, who should I talk to”
4“Top electrical equipment distributors in Tennessee for industrial maintenance buyers”
5“Which Tennessee electrical equipment distributors can provide same-day delivery and technical support for motor control centers”
6“List 20 electrical equipment distributors in Tennessee with their specialties.”the roster question

Each question is asked more than once, which is why a company's score is out of 15 answers rather than out of the number of questions.

Where AI drew its answers from

These are the sources the answers in this cell leaned on most, ranked by how many of the named companies each one stands behind.

en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
6 companies
resapower.com
6 companies
cylex.us.com
6 companies
weidmuller.com
6 companies
knoxvillechamber.com
5 companies
ced-nashville.com
4 companies
cardmonroeautomation.com
3 companies
ellitek.com
2 companies
marketing.czq5rt4-graybarel1-s1-public.model-t.cc.commerce.ondemand.com
2 companies
gexpro.com
2 companies
yellowpages.comDirectory
2 companies
memphiscontrol.com
1 company

65 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 52 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Tennessee in context

Tennessee ranks 9th of 24 measured states in this category. Each bar is the share of that state's tracked companies that AI assistants named at least once; across every measured state in this category the share is 13%.

Tennessee (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (13%)

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