AI Visibility Index: Hydraulic & Pneumatic Components in Tennessee

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

45 of 62

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.

17 named at least once
45 never named

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Cell average: 0.73of 15
Across all 62 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 5.1of 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 Hydraulic & Pneumatic Components companies in Tennessee, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Air & Hydraulic Equipment, Inc. 14 employeesChattanooga, Tennessee 2 name variants Air & Hydraulic Equipment, Inc.most common8 Air & Hydraulic Equipment, Inc. (AHE)1	Chattanooga, Tennessee	9 of 15 answers
2	Hydro Design Service Inc. 6 employeesMt. Juliet, Tennessee	Mt. Juliet, Tennessee	8 of 15 answers
3	DBH Distributing 15 employeesNashville, Tennessee	Nashville, Tennessee	7 of 15 answers
4	Air Draulics Engineering Co 26 employeesMemphis, Tennessee 4 name variants AirDraulics Engineering Co.most common2 AirDraulics Engineering Company1 Air Draulics Engineering Co.1 Air Draulics, Inc.1	Memphis, Tennessee	5 of 15 answers
5	Dalton Hydraulic 8 employeesBlaine, Tennessee	Blaine, Tennessee	5 of 15 answers
6	H & H Hydraulics LLC Tennessee 2 name variants H & H Hydraulics LLCmost common3 H & H Hydraulics1	Tennessee	4 of 15 answers
7	Hydraulic Supply Company – Chattanooga Store Tennessee	Tennessee	4 of 15 answers
8	All Phase Hydraulics Manufacturing Tennessee 2 name variants All Phase Hydraulics Manufacturingmost common2 All Phase Hydraulics Manufacturing (APH)1	Tennessee	3 of 15 answers
9	elliTek, Inc. Tennessee	Tennessee	3 of 15 answers
10	Southern Hydraulic Cylinder, Inc. Tennessee 2 name variants Southern Hydraulic Cylinder, Inc.most common2 Southern Hydraulic Cylinder (SHC, Inc.)1	Tennessee	3 of 15 answers

25 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
Aurelius Manufacturing	Minnesota	3 of 15
Prince Manufacturing Corporation	South Dakota	3 of 15
AFP Industries	Florida	2 of 15
HSI Corporation	Nevada	2 of 15
AFP Industries – ParkerStore (East Knoxville)	Virginia	1 of 15
Aggressive Hydraulics	Minnesota	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 Tennessee”
2“Who supplies custom welded hydraulic cylinders with integrated sensors in Tennessee”
3“I need a Tennessee 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 Tennessee for OEM machinery buyers”
5“Which Tennessee hydraulic and pneumatic component specialists can design and assemble complete power and motion control systems”
6“List 20 hydraulic and pneumatic components companies 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.

thomasnet.comDirectory
6 companies
afpind.com
4 companies
hydraulic-supply.com
3 companies
shcinctn.com
3 companies
en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
3 companies
aheinfo.com
2 companies
princehyd.com
2 companies
aaaproducts.com
2 companies
aphmanufacturing.com
2 companies
controlair.com
2 companies
deltrolfluid.com
2 companies
hhhydraulics.com
2 companies

54 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 42 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 2nd 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%.

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

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