AI Visibility Index: Hydraulic & Pneumatic Components in Michigan

When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a hydraulic & pneumatic components supplier in Michigan, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

149 of 171

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.

22 named at least once
149 never named

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Cell average: 0.31of 15
Across all 171 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 5.7of 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 Michigan

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Hydraulic & Pneumatic Components companies in Michigan, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	MFP Automation Engineering Michigan	Michigan	12 of 15 answers
2	Depatie Fluid Power (Am-Dyn-Ic) 8 employeesWyoming, Michigan	Wyoming, Michigan	10 of 15 answers
3	Hydra Tech Inc 8 employeesMacomb, Michigan	Macomb, Michigan	6 of 15 answers
4	Edwards Industrial Sales Inc 17 employeesKalamazoo, Michigan 2 name variants Edwards Industrialmost common3 Edwards Industrial Sales2	Kalamazoo, Michigan	5 of 15 answers
5	Exotic Automation & Supply - ParkerStore 1 employeesFreeland, Michigan	Freeland, Michigan	5 of 15 answers
6	Fluidline Components Michigan	Michigan	5 of 15 answers
7	Matzka Incorporated 18 employeesWarren, Michigan	Warren, Michigan	4 of 15 answers
8	Brass Monkey Hydraulics (BMH LLC) Michigan 2 name variants Brass Monkey Hydraulics (BMH LLC)most common3 Brass Monkey Hydraulics (BMH)1	Michigan	4 of 15 answers
9	Peninsular Cylinder Co 35 employeesRoseville, Michigan 2 name variants Peninsular Cylinder Co.most common2 Peninsular Cylinder Company1	Roseville, Michigan	3 of 15 answers
10	Yates Industries, Inc. 56 employeesSt Clair Shores, Michigan	St Clair Shores, Michigan	3 of 15 answers

31 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 Michigan. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Oilgear	Nebraska	3 of 15
Aurelius Manufacturing	Minnesota	2 of 15
Carlson Hydraulics	Kansas	2 of 15
Aggressive Hydraulics	Minnesota	1 of 15
Flodraulic Group – Michigan	Texas	1 of 15
Fluid Motion Sales	Texas	1 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 suppliers of hydraulic and pneumatic components in Michigan”
2“Who supplies custom welded hydraulic cylinders with integrated sensors in Michigan”
3“I need a Michigan hydraulic and pneumatic components partner for outfitting a new piece of mobile construction equipment, who should I talk to”
4“Top hydraulic and pneumatic components suppliers in Michigan for OEM machinery buyers”
5“Which Michigan hydraulic and pneumatic component specialists can design and assemble complete power and motion control systems”
6“List 20 hydraulic and pneumatic components companies in Michigan 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.

bmhyd.com
3 companies
h-ptech.com
3 companies
mceautomation.com
3 companies
en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
2 companies
mifp.com
2 companies
allphasehydraulics.com
2 companies
donaldengineering.com
2 companies
edwardsindustrial.com
2 companies
nacontrols.com
2 companies
peninsularcylinders.com
2 companies
exoticautomation.com
1 company
aurelius-mfg.com
1 company

54 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 45 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Michigan in context

Michigan ranks 8th of 14 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 12%.

Michigan (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (12%)

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