AI Visibility Index: Industrial Hose & Fittings in Minnesota

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

54 of 66

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.

12 named at least once
54 never named

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Cell average: 0.73of 15
Across all 66 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 7.2of 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 Minnesota

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial Hose & Fittings companies in Minnesota, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Able Hose & Rubber Minnesota	Minnesota	12 of 15 answers
2	Twin City Hose Inc 30 employeesRogers, Minnesota 2 name variants Twin City Hose, LLCmost common7 Twin City Hose4	Rogers, Minnesota	11 of 15 answers
3	MCE ParkerStore – Plymouth Minnesota	Minnesota	9 of 15 answers
4	Hose/Conveyors Inc. 30 employeesEagan, Minnesota 2 name variants Hose/Conveyors, Inc. (HCI)most common7 Hose/Conveyors, Inc.1	Eagan, Minnesota	8 of 15 answers
5	Oil-Air Products 40 employeesPlymouth, Minnesota 2 name variants Oil-Air Productsmost common7 Oil‑Air Products LLC1	Plymouth, Minnesota	8 of 15 answers
6	LVI Supply Minnesota	Minnesota	6 of 15 answers
7	Swagelok Minnesota \| North Dakota \| Appleton 12 employeesChaska, Minnesota	Chaska, Minnesota	5 of 15 answers
8	CES Hydraulics Minnesota	Minnesota	5 of 15 answers
9	Applied Power Products 40 employeesLakeville, Minnesota 2 name variants Applied Power Productsmost common3 Applied Power Products – Hose Division1	Lakeville, Minnesota	4 of 15 answers
10	Minnesota Flexible Corporation 30 employeesSouth St Paul, Minnesota 3 name variants MFC – Minnesota Flexible Corporationmost common2 Minnesota Flexible Corporation (MFC Hose)1 Minnesota Flexible Corp (MFC Hose)1	South St Paul, Minnesota	4 of 15 answers

17 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 Minnesota. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Central Hydraulics	Louisiana	3 of 15
Mid-States Hydraulic & Machine	Indiana	2 of 15
Fluid Tech Hydraulics	California	1 of 15
Mars Supply	Florida	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 hose and fittings in Minnesota”
2“Who supplies high-pressure hydraulic hose assemblies with fittings in Minnesota”
3“I need a Minnesota industrial hose and fittings partner for a bulk chemical transfer line upgrade, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial hose and fittings suppliers in Minnesota for maintenance and reliability buyers”
5“Which Minnesota industrial hose and fittings specialists can handle custom assemblies for corrosive chemical service”
6“List 20 industrial hose and fittings companies in Minnesota 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
4 companies
mfchose.com
3 companies
oilair.com
2 companies
twincityhose.com
2 companies
central-hydraulicsmn.com
2 companies
hosecon.com
2 companies
appliedpowerproducts.com
2 companies
ssisanitary.com
2 companies
stevenssupplyco.com
2 companies
andersonprocess.com
1 company
ceshydraulics.com
1 company
customhose.net
1 company

41 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 29 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Minnesota in context

Minnesota ranks 2nd of 17 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 11%.

Minnesota (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (11%)

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