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MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Industrial Machinery & Equipment Distributors in Alabama
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a industrial machinery & equipment distributors supplier in Alabama, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 94 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
66 of 94
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.
- 28 named at least once
- 66 never named
- Cell average
- 0.55of 15
Across all 94 tracked companies.
- Top ten average
- 3.5of 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 Alabama
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Alabama buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newell Equipment Company 10 employeesBirmingham, Alabama | Birmingham, Alabama | 6 of 15 answers |
| 2 | Gadsden Industrial Dist 15 employeesGadsden, Alabama 2 name variants
| Gadsden, Alabama | 4 of 15 answers |
| 3 | Motion 500 employeesBirmingham, Alabama 2 name variants
| Birmingham, Alabama | 4 of 15 answers |
| 4 | Turner Supply 70 employeesMobile, Alabama 2 name variants
| Mobile, Alabama | 4 of 15 answers |
| 5 | Newturn Solutions Alabama | Alabama | 4 of 15 answers |
| 6 | Production Automation Inc 50 employeesMontgomery, Alabama 2 name variants
| Montgomery, Alabama | 3 of 15 answers |
| 7 | Southern Industrial Sales Inc 12 employeesPelham, Alabama | Pelham, Alabama | 3 of 15 answers |
| 8 | Conally Industrial Alabama | Alabama | 3 of 15 answers |
| 9 | Alabama Machinery & Supply Co. 7 employeesMontgomery, Alabama | Montgomery, Alabama | 2 of 15 answers |
| 10 | Cowin Equipment Company 30 employeesMobile, Alabama | Mobile, Alabama | 2 of 15 answers |
36 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 Alabama. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| D&F Equipment Sales | Arkansas | 6 of 15 |
| Motion Industries | Michigan | 4 of 15 |
| MSC Industrial Supply | Connecticut | 3 of 15 |
| Premier Tech Systems and Automation | Pennsylvania | 3 of 15 |
| C&S Machine Tools | Kentucky | 2 of 15 |
| Crown Packaging – Birmingham Branch | Maryland | 2 of 15 |
One of these yours?
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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 industrial machinery and equipment distributors in Alabama”
- 2“Who supplies automated palletizing systems through distributors in Alabama”
- 3“I need a Alabama industrial machinery distributor to support a new packaging line installation, who should I talk to”
- 4“Top industrial machinery and equipment distributors in Alabama for manufacturing plant buyers”
- 5“Which Alabama industrial machinery distributors can provide turnkey installation and maintenance support”
- 6“List 20 industrial machinery and equipment distributors in Alabama 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.orgDirectory4 companies
- aceronline.net4 companies
- planitpackaging.com2 companies
- akama.com2 companies
- blakeandpendleton.com2 companies
- crownpack.com2 companies
- dfequip.com2 companies
- giddirect.com2 companies
- mfr.io2 companies
- montgomerychamber.com2 companies
- palletizers.com2 companies
- purvisindustries.com2 companies
59 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 55 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.
Alabama in context
Alabama ranks 2nd of 31 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%.
- Kansas35%
- Alabama30%
- Maryland28%
- Iowa27%
- Virginia26%
- South Carolina26%
- Oklahoma23%
- Arkansas23%
- Colorado23%
- Washington22%
- Minnesota21%
- Kentucky21%
- Missouri20%
- Louisiana20%
- Oregon20%
- Tennessee20%
- Connecticut19%
- Massachusetts19%
- Georgia18%
- Indiana16%
- North Carolina15%
- Ohio12%
- Wisconsin12%
- Michigan12%
- New Jersey11%
- Illinois10%
- Pennsylvania10%
- New York10%
- Florida9%
- California5%
- Texas4%
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