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MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Industrial Machinery & Equipment Distributors in Iowa
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a industrial machinery & equipment distributors supplier in Iowa, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 81 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
59 of 81
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.
- 22 named at least once
- 59 never named
- Cell average
- 0.44of 15
Across all 81 tracked companies.
- Top ten average
- 3.3of 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 Iowa
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Iowa buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MSD Sales Inc. Iowa | Iowa | 7 of 15 answers |
| 2 | Chantland MHS Co 71 employeesDakota City, Iowa 2 name variants
| Dakota City, Iowa | 3 of 15 answers |
| 3 | Houk Equipment Sales 4 employeesNorwalk, Iowa | Norwalk, Iowa | 3 of 15 answers |
| 4 | Rexco Equipment, Inc. 20 employeesDes Moines, Iowa 2 name variants
| Des Moines, Iowa | 3 of 15 answers |
| 5 | Rocklin Manufacturing Co 90 employeesSioux City, Iowa 2 name variants
| Sioux City, Iowa | 3 of 15 answers |
| 6 | Brecke Mechanical Contractors Iowa | Iowa | 3 of 15 answers |
| 7 | Colewell Automation Iowa | Iowa | 3 of 15 answers |
| 8 | CR Conveying Inc. Iowa | Iowa | 3 of 15 answers |
| 9 | RMH Systems Iowa | Iowa | 3 of 15 answers |
| 10 | Bratney Companies 25 employeesDes Moines, Iowa | Des Moines, Iowa | 2 of 15 answers |
42 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 Iowa. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Allied Systems, Inc. | Tennessee | 2 of 15 |
| Arbon Equipment Corporation – Northcentral | Michigan | 2 of 15 |
| Delta Industries | Idaho | 2 of 15 |
| MSC Industrial Supply Co. | Connecticut | 2 of 15 |
| APT Manufacturing Solutions | Ohio | 1 of 15 |
| CFAB Global (C-FAB LLC) | California | 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 industrial machinery and equipment distributors in Iowa”
- 2“Who supplies automated palletizing systems through distributors in Iowa”
- 3“I need a Iowa industrial machinery distributor to support a new packaging line installation, who should I talk to”
- 4“Top industrial machinery and equipment distributors in Iowa for manufacturing plant buyers”
- 5“Which Iowa industrial machinery distributors can provide turnkey installation and maintenance support”
- 6“List 20 industrial machinery and equipment distributors in Iowa 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.
- yellowpages.comDirectory5 companies
- en.wikipedia.orgDirectory4 companies
- thomasnet.comDirectory4 companies
- rexcoequipment.com3 companies
- ritehite.com3 companies
- blue-equipment.com2 companies
- crownpack.com2 companies
- globalspec.comDirectory2 companies
- ingersollrand.com2 companies
- planitpackaging.com2 companies
- smithmachinery.com2 companies
- wiscoliftmidwest.com2 companies
65 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 57 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.
Iowa in context
Iowa ranks 4th 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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