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MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Industrial Machinery & Equipment Distributors in Kansas
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a industrial machinery & equipment distributors supplier in Kansas, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 72 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
47 of 72
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
- 47 never named
- Cell average
- 0.49of 15
Across all 72 tracked companies.
- Top ten average
- 2.9of 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 Kansas
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Kansas buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murdock Industrial Supply Kansas 2 name variants
| Kansas | 7 of 15 answers |
| 2 | JEM International 5 employeesShawnee, Kansas 2 name variants
| Shawnee, Kansas | 3 of 15 answers |
| 3 | River City Products Packaging, Inc. 5 employeesLenexa, Kansas 2 name variants
| Lenexa, Kansas | 3 of 15 answers |
| 4 | Central Packaging Kansas | Kansas | 3 of 15 answers |
| 5 | HHH Machine Tool Sales Kansas | Kansas | 3 of 15 answers |
| 6 | Applied Industrial Technologies 8 employeesWichita, Kansas | Wichita, Kansas | 2 of 15 answers |
| 7 | Berry Material Handling 15 employeesTopeka, Kansas | Topeka, Kansas | 2 of 15 answers |
| 8 | Berry Tractor & Equipment Co 40 employeesWichita, Kansas | Wichita, Kansas | 2 of 15 answers |
| 9 | C & B Equipment Inc. 14 employeesWichita, Kansas | Wichita, Kansas | 2 of 15 answers |
| 10 | Kaeser Compressors, Inc. 11 employeesLenexa, Kansas | Lenexa, Kansas | 2 of 15 answers |
41 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 Kansas. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Crown Packaging | Maryland | 3 of 15 |
| Myers Brothers | Missouri | 3 of 15 |
| Industrial Maintenance Inc. (IMI) | Tennessee | 2 of 15 |
| Kansas Oklahoma Machine Tools, Inc. | Oklahoma | 2 of 15 |
| Southwest Solutions Group – Kansas | Texas | 2 of 15 |
| Van Meter Inc. | Iowa | 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 Kansas”
- 2“Who supplies automated palletizing systems through distributors in Kansas”
- 3“I need a Kansas industrial machinery distributor to support a new packaging line installation, who should I talk to”
- 4“Top industrial machinery and equipment distributors in Kansas for manufacturing plant buyers”
- 5“Which Kansas industrial machinery distributors can provide turnkey installation and maintenance support”
- 6“List 20 industrial machinery and equipment distributors in Kansas 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.comDirectory8 companies
- equipmentradar.com8 companies
- wichitachamber.org3 companies
- kansasneca.org3 companies
- prairiestatesind.com2 companies
- ambrosepackaging.com2 companies
- asyril.com2 companies
- crownpack.com2 companies
- imikansas.com2 companies
- industrialsales.us2 companies
- jembaggingscales.com2 companies
- mcos.com2 companies
60 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 53 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.
Kansas in context
Kansas ranks 1st 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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