AI Visibility Index: Industrial Machinery & Equipment Distributors in Tennessee

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

119 of 148

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.

29 named at least once
119 never named

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Cell average: 0.35of 15
Across all 148 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 3.8of 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 Tennessee

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial Machinery & Equipment Distributors companies in Tennessee, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Summers Hardware & Supply Co 45 employeesJohnson City, Tennessee 4 name variants Summers Industrial (Summers Hardware & Supply Co.)most common2 Summers Hardware & Supply (Summers Industrial)2 Summers Industrial (Summers Hardware & Supply)2 Summers Hardware & Supply – Knoxville / Tri‑Cities1	Johnson City, Tennessee	6 of 15 answers
2	Cross Company 9 employeesKnoxville, Tennessee	Knoxville, Tennessee	5 of 15 answers
3	elliTek Tennessee 2 name variants elliTekmost common4 elliTek, Inc.1	Tennessee	5 of 15 answers
4	Tencarva Machinery Company 8 employeesMemphis, Tennessee	Memphis, Tennessee	4 of 15 answers
5	Associated Packaging Inc 75 employeesMemphis, Tennessee 2 name variants Associated Packaging, Inc.most common2 Associated Packaging Inc. – Gallatin, TN1	Memphis, Tennessee	3 of 15 answers
6	Handling Systems Inc 11 employeesNashville, Tennessee	Nashville, Tennessee	3 of 15 answers
7	LEINART'S, INC. 7 employeesKnoxville, Tennessee	Knoxville, Tennessee	3 of 15 answers
8	CFM Solutions, Inc. Tennessee	Tennessee	3 of 15 answers
9	Jealco International Tennessee	Tennessee	3 of 15 answers
10	Omni Industrial Products Tennessee	Tennessee	3 of 15 answers

51 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 Tennessee. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
United Central Industrial Supply	West Virginia	2 of 15
Valiant Industries, LP	Michigan	2 of 15
Wolter, Inc.	Wisconsin	2 of 15
Automated Material Handling (AMH)	Florida	1 of 15
Black Equipment Co.	Indiana	1 of 15
C & C Industrial Sales (CCIS)	Puerto Rico	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 Tennessee”
2“Who supplies automated palletizing systems through distributors in Tennessee”
3“I need a Tennessee industrial machinery distributor to support a new packaging line installation, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial machinery and equipment distributors in Tennessee for manufacturing plant buyers”
5“Which Tennessee industrial machinery distributors can provide turnkey installation and maintenance support”
6“List 20 industrial machinery and equipment distributors in Tennessee 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.comDirectory
13 companies
summersindustrial.com
4 companies
drmcontrols.com
3 companies
machinetools.com
3 companies
equipmentradar.com
3 companies
weidmuller.com
3 companies
ellitek.com
2 companies
asyril.com
2 companies
crownpack.com
2 companies
interpakllc.com
2 companies
knoxvillechamber.com
2 companies
gardnerdenver.com
1 company

63 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.

Tennessee in context

Tennessee ranks 16th 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%.

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

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