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MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Industrial Machinery & Equipment Distributors in Texas
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a industrial machinery & equipment distributors supplier in Texas, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 376 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
362 of 376
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.
- 14 named at least once
- 362 never named
- Cell average
- 0.09of 15
Across all 376 tracked companies.
- Top ten average
- 3.9of 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 Texas
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Texas buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lone Star Automated Systems 11 employeesHouston, Texas 2 name variants
| Houston, Texas | 9 of 15 answers |
| 2 | Industeq, Inc, Stafford, Texas | Stafford, Texas | 4 of 15 answers |
| 3 | Closner Equipment Co. Texas | Texas | 4 of 15 answers |
| 4 | Tinsley Equipment Company Texas | Texas | 4 of 15 answers |
| 5 | CASI 45 employeesFrisco, Texas | Frisco, Texas | 3 of 15 answers |
| 6 | Precision Machinery Contractors 6 employeesHouston, Texas | Houston, Texas | 3 of 15 answers |
| 7 | RS Americas - Sales Office 8 employeesRichardson, Texas | Richardson, Texas | 3 of 15 answers |
| 8 | AllTex Industrial Group Texas | Texas | 3 of 15 answers |
| 9 | Approtec Ran‑Le Houston, Texas | Houston, Texas | 3 of 15 answers |
| 10 | Custom Industrial Precision Texas | Texas | 3 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 Texas. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial Equipment Company (INDECO) | Puerto Rico | 4 of 15 |
| Filltronic | Maryland | 3 of 15 |
| Distribution Solutions Group (Lawson/TestEquity/Gexpro Services) | Massachusetts | 2 of 15 |
| Advanced Industrial Technologies (AIT) | Ohio | 1 of 15 |
| BlackHawk Industrial | Ohio | 1 of 15 |
| Crown Packaging – Dallas Branch | Maryland | 1 of 15 |
One of these yours?
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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 Texas”
- 2“Who supplies automated palletizing systems through distributors in Texas”
- 3“I need a Texas industrial machinery distributor to support a new packaging line installation, who should I talk to”
- 4“Top industrial machinery and equipment distributors in Texas for manufacturing plant buyers”
- 5“Which Texas industrial machinery distributors can provide turnkey installation and maintenance support”
- 6“List 20 industrial machinery and equipment distributors in Texas 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.orgDirectory6 companies
- indeco-tx.com2 companies
- lonestarautomation.com2 companies
- ics-tx.com2 companies
- adcreps.com2 companies
- arlproducts.com2 companies
- flow-in-motion.com2 companies
- machinetools.com2 companies
- mdisales.com2 companies
- swted.com2 companies
- tx-robotics.com2 companies
- automationse.com1 company
68 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.
Texas in context
Texas ranks 31st 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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