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AI Visibility Index: Industrial Bearings in New York

When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a industrial bearings supplier in New York, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

76 of 95

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
76 never named

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Cell average: 0.55of 15
Across all 95 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 New York

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial Bearings companies in New York, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Bearing Distributors Inc 18 employeesTroy, New York 3 name variants Bearing Distributors, Inc.most common6 Bearing Distributors Inc. (BDI)2 Bearing Distributors, Inc. (BDI – Troy/Guilderland)1	Troy, New York	9 of 15 answers
2	Forez Corp New York	New York	8 of 15 answers
3	Beardslee Transmission Equipment 7 employeesLong Island City, New York	Long Island City, New York	6 of 15 answers
4	Pacamor Kubar Bearings 50 employeesTroy, New York 2 name variants Pacamor Kubar Bearings (PKB)most common6 Pacamor Kubar Bearings – Aerospace Applications1	Troy, New York	6 of 15 answers
5	Auburn Ball Bearing 15 employeesMacedon, New York	Macedon, New York	4 of 15 answers
6	Jamaica Bearings Co Inc 45 employeesNew Hyde Park, New York 3 name variants Jamaica Bearings Company, Inc.most common2 Jamaica Bearings Group1 Jamaica Bearings1	New Hyde Park, New York	4 of 15 answers
7	Schatz Bearing Corporation 75 employeesPoughkeepsie, New York	Poughkeepsie, New York	4 of 15 answers
8	JRK Bearings New York	New York	4 of 15 answers
9	Midway Industrial Supply 42 employeesUtica, New York	Utica, New York	3 of 15 answers
10	Fix Supply New York	New York	3 of 15 answers

21 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 New York. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
American Linear Manufacturers (ALM)	New Jersey	1 of 15
Eastern Industrial Automation	Maine	1 of 15
Kilian Manufacturing	Ontario	1 of 15
Motion Industries	Michigan	1 of 15

Named, but placed in another state

The AI answers themselves put these companies in a different state, so they were not counted for New York. Whether MacRAE'S lists them elsewhere is not yet known.

Company	State	Mentions
Alpine Bearing	Massachusetts	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 suppliers of industrial bearings in New York”
2“Who supplies precision angular contact ball bearings in New York”
3“I need a New York bearing supplier for a long-run high-speed conveyor line upgrade, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial bearings suppliers in New York for OEM machinery buyers”
5“Which New York industrial bearing suppliers can handle aerospace-grade bearings with full traceability and certification”
6“List 20 industrial bearings companies in New York 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
4 companies
nesbearings.com
4 companies
thomasnet.comDirectory
3 companies
bdtroy.com
3 companies
pacamor.com
2 companies
vikingbearings.com
2 companies
s-lokna.com
2 companies
yellowpages.comDirectory
2 companies
schatzbearing.com
1 company
forezcorp.com
1 company
jamaicabearings.com
1 company
jrkbearings.com
1 company

47 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 32 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

New York in context

New York ranks 3rd of 6 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 21%.

Illinois35%
Pennsylvania23%
New York20%
Michigan19%
Ohio19%
California13%

New York (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (21%)

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