AI Visibility Index: Electrical Equipment Distributors in Virginia

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

79 of 94

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.

15 named at least once
79 never named

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Cell average: 0.44of 15
Across all 94 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 3.9of 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 Virginia

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Electrical Equipment Distributors companies in Virginia, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Old Dominion Electrical Supply 6 employeesRichmond, Virginia	Richmond, Virginia	6 of 15 answers
2	Hermitage Automation & Controls 24 employeesAshland, Virginia	Ashland, Virginia	5 of 15 answers
3	Nationwide Electric Supply 10 employeesRichmond, Virginia	Richmond, Virginia	5 of 15 answers
4	Dominion Electric Supply 84 employeesArlington, Virginia 3 name variants Dominion Electric Supplymost common2 Dominion Electric Supply (a division of Border States)1 Border States (Dominion Electric Supply)1	Arlington, Virginia	4 of 15 answers
5	CED Roanoke Virginia	Virginia	4 of 15 answers
6	Graybar 42 employeesNorfolk, Virginia	Norfolk, Virginia	3 of 15 answers
7	Graybar Electric Co 71 employeesRichmond, Virginia	Richmond, Virginia	3 of 15 answers
8	Rexel 35 employeesChesapeake, Virginia 2 name variants Rexel USAmost common2 Rexel / Rexel USA (incl. Gexpro)1	Chesapeake, Virginia	3 of 15 answers
9	State Electric Supply Co 18 employeesChristiansburg, Virginia 3 name variants State Electric Supply – Roanoke branchmost common1 State Electric Supply – Roanoke1 State Electric Supply Co.1	Christiansburg, Virginia	3 of 15 answers
10	CED Lynchburg Virginia	Virginia	3 of 15 answers

23 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 Virginia. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Electrical & Mechanical Resources (EMR)	Maryland	5 of 15
Foster Electric Company	California	5 of 15
C.N. Robinson Lighting Supply (CNR) – Virginia Branch	Maryland	3 of 15
Wesco Distribution	Pennsylvania	3 of 15
City Electric Supply	Massachusetts	2 of 15
Pioneer Technologies	Florida	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 Virginia”
2“Who supplies industrial switchgear and control panels in Virginia”
3“I need a Virginia electrical equipment distributor to support a multi-site manufacturing plant upgrade, who should I talk to”
4“Top electrical equipment distributors in Virginia for industrial maintenance buyers”
5“Which Virginia electrical equipment distributors can provide same-day delivery and technical support for motor control centers”
6“List 20 electrical equipment distributors in Virginia 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.

energystar.gov
5 companies
weidmuller.com
4 companies
gexpro.com
3 companies
emrva.com
3 companies
fosterelectric.com
3 companies
hammfg.com
3 companies
marketing.czq5rt4-graybarel1-s1-public.model-t.cc.commerce.ondemand.com
3 companies
reddit.comDirectory
3 companies
en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
2 companies
dominionelectric.com
2 companies
ptservice.com
2 companies
stateelectric.com
2 companies

43 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 40 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Virginia in context

Virginia ranks 14th 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%.

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

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