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MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Industrial Gears in Wisconsin
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a industrial gears supplier in Wisconsin, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 68 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
52 of 68
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.
- 16 named at least once
- 52 never named
- Cell average
- 0.82of 15
Across all 68 tracked companies.
- Top ten average
- 5.8of 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 Wisconsin
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Wisconsin buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Precision Gears Inc 60 employeesPewaukee, Wisconsin | Pewaukee, Wisconsin | 14 of 15 answers |
| 2 | Edgerton Gear Inc 26 employeesEdgerton, Wisconsin | Edgerton, Wisconsin | 9 of 15 answers |
| 3 | Brelie Gear Co 20 employeesWaukesha, Wisconsin 4 name variants
| Waukesha, Wisconsin | 7 of 15 answers |
| 4 | Croix Gear & Machining Wisconsin | Wisconsin | 7 of 15 answers |
| 5 | Cotta, LLC 61 employeesBeloit, Wisconsin 3 name variants
| Beloit, Wisconsin | 4 of 15 answers |
| 6 | Croix Gear 52 employeesHudson, Wisconsin | Hudson, Wisconsin | 4 of 15 answers |
| 7 | Northern Gear and Machining 15 employeesMuskego, Wisconsin | Muskego, Wisconsin | 4 of 15 answers |
| 8 | United Gear & Assembly Inc 150 employeesHudson, Wisconsin | Hudson, Wisconsin | 4 of 15 answers |
| 9 | WM Berg Wisconsin | Wisconsin | 3 of 15 answers |
| 10 | Wisconsin Gear & Machine Works 15 employeesGreen Bay, Wisconsin | Green Bay, Wisconsin | 2 of 15 answers |
24 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 Wisconsin. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Doppler Gear Company | Minnesota | 2 of 15 |
| Ascent Precision Gear Corporation | Florida | 1 of 15 |
| Brewer Machine & Gear Co. | Missouri | 1 of 15 |
| Palmer Johnson Power Systems | Missouri | 1 of 15 |
| Precision Gear, Inc. | New York | 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 industrial gears in Wisconsin”
- 2“Who supplies precision ground helical gears in Wisconsin”
- 3“I need a Wisconsin gear manufacturer for a custom low-backlash gearbox project, who should I talk to”
- 4“Top industrial gears suppliers in Wisconsin for OEM machinery buyers”
- 5“Which Wisconsin gear manufacturers can handle carburized and ground gears to AGMA 10 or better”
- 6“List 20 industrial gears companies in Wisconsin 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.comDirectory8 companies
- cotta.com4 companies
- breliegear.com4 companies
- globalspec.comDirectory4 companies
- en.wikipedia.orgDirectory3 companies
- croixgear.com2 companies
- iqsdirectory.comDirectory2 companies
- fvht.com2 companies
- midwestpowerproducts.com2 companies
- rexnord.com2 companies
- precisiongears.com1 company
- dopplergear.com1 company
37 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 28 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.
Wisconsin in context
Wisconsin ranks 1st of 8 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 14%.
- Wisconsin24%
- Michigan23%
- New York19%
- Texas18%
- Illinois13%
- Pennsylvania11%
- Ohio11%
- California5%
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