AI Visibility Index: Industrial Hose & Fittings in North Carolina

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

73 of 84

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.

11 named at least once
73 never named

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Cell average: 0.48of 15
Across all 84 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 6.4of 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 North Carolina

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial Hose & Fittings companies in North Carolina, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Catawba Industrial Rubber 6 employeesWilmington, North Carolina 2 name variants Catawba Industrial Rubber Companymost common10 Catawba Industrial Rubber3	Wilmington, North Carolina	13 of 15 answers
2	Viking Hose & Fittings North Carolina	North Carolina	11 of 15 answers
3	Cross Company 10 employeesGreensboro, North Carolina	Greensboro, North Carolina	9 of 15 answers
4	Royal Brass and Hose 5 employeesMint Hill, North Carolina 2 name variants Royal Brass & Hosemost common6 Royal Brass & Hose – Mint Hill (Charlotte area)1	Mint Hill, North Carolina	7 of 15 answers
5	Force Flex Industrial North Carolina	North Carolina	7 of 15 answers
6	On‑Site Hose Inc. North Carolina	North Carolina	6 of 15 answers
7	Eastern Hydraulic & Power Transmission 69 employeesRocky Mount, North Carolina	Rocky Mount, North Carolina	3 of 15 answers
8	Bradshaw Supply North Carolina 2 name variants Bradshaw Supplymost common2 Bradshaw Supply Co.1	North Carolina	3 of 15 answers
9	TIPCO Technologies – Stallings Hose Center North Carolina	North Carolina	3 of 15 answers
10	Atlanta Rubber & Hydraulics - Charlotte, NC Area Location 7 employeesStallings, North Carolina 2 name variants Atlanta Rubber & Hydraulics – Stallings, NCmost common1 Atlanta Rubber & Hydraulics1	Stallings, North Carolina	2 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 North Carolina. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Dixie Rubber & Plastics	South Carolina	3 of 15
Hydraulic Supply Company – Charlotte Branch	Illinois	3 of 15
Hydraulic Supply Company – Charlotte	Ontario	2 of 15
The Hose Company	Illinois	2 of 15
Anchor Coupling (Caterpillar Fluid Transfer Solutions)	Michigan	1 of 15
A‑1 Industrial Hose & Supply	Oregon	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 North Carolina”
2“Who supplies high-pressure hydraulic hose assemblies with fittings in North Carolina”
3“I need a North Carolina 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 North Carolina for maintenance and reliability buyers”
5“Which North Carolina industrial hose and fittings specialists can handle custom assemblies for corrosive chemical service”
6“List 20 industrial hose and fittings companies in North Carolina 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.

crossco.com
7 companies
forceflexhose.com
3 companies
royalbrassandhose.com
3 companies
thomasnet.comDirectory
3 companies
tipcotech.com
3 companies
catawbarubber.com
2 companies
omniservices.com
2 companies
02c641a.netsolhost.com
2 companies
atlantarubber.com
2 companies
bradshawsupply.com
2 companies
dixierubber.com
2 companies
hydraulic-supply.com
2 companies

41 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 30 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

North Carolina in context

North Carolina ranks 8th 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%.

North Carolina (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (11%)

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