AI Visibility Index: Industrial Machinery & Equipment Distributors in Minnesota

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

118 of 149

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.

31 named at least once
118 never named

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Cell average: 0.46of 15
Across all 149 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 4.3of 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 Minnesota

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial Machinery & Equipment Distributors companies in Minnesota, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Baldwin Supply Company - Hibbing 5 employeesHibbing, Minnesota	Hibbing, Minnesota	6 of 15 answers
2	Central McGowan 36 employeesSt Cloud, Minnesota	St Cloud, Minnesota	6 of 15 answers
3	Anderson-Crane 24 employeesMinneapolis, Minnesota 3 name variants Anderson-Cranemost common3 Anderson-Crane / Anderson Power Solutions1 Anderson‑Crane Companies1	Minneapolis, Minnesota	5 of 15 answers
4	Northern Tool + Equipment 11 employeesRochester, Minnesota	Rochester, Minnesota	5 of 15 answers
5	Automation, Inc. 30 employeesBrooklyn Center, Minnesota	Brooklyn Center, Minnesota	4 of 15 answers
6	ISC Companies 30 employeesPlymouth, Minnesota	Plymouth, Minnesota	4 of 15 answers
7	CSM Robotics Minnesota	Minnesota	4 of 15 answers
8	Brenton Engineering Co 129 employeesAlexandria, Minnesota 3 name variants Brenton Engineering (Brenton, LLC)most common1 Brenton Engineering (ProMach)1 Brenton Engineering1	Alexandria, Minnesota	3 of 15 answers
9	Douglas Machine Inc 400 employeesAlexandria, Minnesota 2 name variants Douglas Machine Inc.most common2 Douglas Machine1	Alexandria, Minnesota	3 of 15 answers
10	Power/mation 71 employeesSt Paul, Minnesota	St Paul, Minnesota	3 of 15 answers

39 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 Minnesota. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Mars Supply	Florida	6 of 15
Dynamic Motion Industries (DMI)	Alabama	3 of 15
American State Equipment	Wisconsin	2 of 15
INSITE Packaging Automation	Michigan	2 of 15
Midwest Machine Tool Supply	Illinois	2 of 15
All Industry Supplies	Texas	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 Minnesota”
2“Who supplies automated palletizing systems through distributors in Minnesota”
3“I need a Minnesota industrial machinery distributor to support a new packaging line installation, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial machinery and equipment distributors in Minnesota for manufacturing plant buyers”
5“Which Minnesota industrial machinery distributors can provide turnkey installation and maintenance support”
6“List 20 industrial machinery and equipment distributors in Minnesota 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.

globalspec.comDirectory
7 companies
weidmuller.com
5 companies
en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
4 companies
anderson-crane.com
4 companies
vikingplasticpkg.com
2 companies
douglas-machine.com
2 companies
carrlane.com
2 companies
insitepackaging.com
2 companies
woodmachinerysystems.com
2 companies
yellowpages.comDirectory
2 companies
powermation.com
1 company
baldwinsupply.com
1 company

63 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 51 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Minnesota in context

Minnesota ranks 11th 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%.

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

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