AI Visibility Index: Industrial Machinery & Equipment Distributors in California

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

440 of 465

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.

25 named at least once
440 never named

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Cell average: 0.07of 15
Across all 465 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 2.7of 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 California

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial Machinery & Equipment Distributors companies in California, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Powerscreen of California, Nevada, & Hawaii 18 employeesNapa, California 3 name variants Powerscreen of California, Nevada & Hawaiimost common1 Powerscreen of California & Hawaii1 Powerscreen of California1	Napa, California	3 of 15 answers
2	Scott Machinery 6 employeesMcClellan Park, California	McClellan Park, California	3 of 15 answers
3	Advanced Air & Vacuum California	California	3 of 15 answers
4	Clancy Machine Tool California	California	3 of 15 answers
5	McKenna Engineering & Equipment California	California	3 of 15 answers
6	Pacific Labeling & Integration California 2 name variants Pacific Labeling & Integration (PLI)most common2 Pacific Labeling & Integration1	California	3 of 15 answers
7	Pacific Lift & Equipment (PLE) California	California	3 of 15 answers
8	Applied Industrial Technologies 7 employeesNorth Hollywood, California	North Hollywood, California	2 of 15 answers
9	Clayton Controls, Inc. 32 employeesCampbell, California	Campbell, California	2 of 15 answers
10	McMaster-Carr 500 employeesSanta Fe Springs, California	Santa Fe Springs, California	2 of 15 answers

49 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 California. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
MSC Industrial Supply	Connecticut	6 of 15
J&R Warehouse Equipment	Florida	3 of 15
OTC Industrial Technologies	North Carolina	3 of 15
Equipment Systems Corporation	Iowa	2 of 15
HD Supply	Georgia	2 of 15
Travers Tool	South Carolina	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 industrial machinery and equipment distributors in California”
2“Who supplies automated palletizing systems through distributors in California”
3“I need a California industrial machinery distributor to support a new packaging line installation, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial machinery and equipment distributors in California for manufacturing plant buyers”
5“Which California industrial machinery distributors can provide turnkey installation and maintenance support”
6“List 20 industrial machinery and equipment distributors in California 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
7 companies
distributors.powertools.ingersollrand.com
3 companies
fanucamerica.com
3 companies
powerscreenofcalifornia.com
3 companies
flostor.com
2 companies
jrwarehouse.co
2 companies
mascosocal.com
2 companies
nexengroup.com
2 companies
pacificlabeling.com
2 companies
4dsysco.com
1 company
adam-hill.com
1 company
advancedairvac.com
1 company

70 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 66 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

California in context

California ranks 30th 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%.

California (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (14%)

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