AI Visibility Index: Industrial Motors in California

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

324 of 342

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.

18 named at least once
324 never named

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Cell average: 0.11of 15
Across all 342 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 4of 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 California

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial Motors companies in California, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Vallejo Electric Motor, Inc 12 employeesVallejo, California 2 name variants Vallejo Electric Motor (VEM)most common5 Vallejo Electric Motor, Inc.3	Vallejo, California	8 of 15 answers
2	Bearings & Drives,Inc 5 employeesOntario, California 2 name variants Bearings & Drives, Inc.most common3 Bearings & Drives, Inc. (BDI)1	Ontario, California	4 of 15 answers
3	Electric Motor Shop 80 employeesFresno, California	Fresno, California	4 of 15 answers
4	Advanced Air & Vacuum California	California	4 of 15 answers
5	DINGS’ Motion USA California	California	4 of 15 answers
6	Reuland Electric Motor Company California	California	4 of 15 answers
7	Bay Power San Jose 15 employeesSan Jose, California	San Jose, California	3 of 15 answers
8	Culver Armature & Motor 5 employeesSacramento, California	Sacramento, California	3 of 15 answers
9	California Electric Motor Source California	California	3 of 15 answers
10	Koffler Electrical Mechanical Apparatus Repair, Inc. California 2 name variants Koffler Electrical Mechanical Apparatus Repair, Inc.most common2 Koffler Electrical Mechanical Apparatus Repair1	California	3 of 15 answers

33 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 California. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Bay City Industrial Supply	Georgia	4 of 15
Industrial Electrical Company	West Virginia	3 of 15
Lin Engineering	Illinois	3 of 15
ABB Motors and Mechanical Inc.	Georgia	2 of 15
Control Concepts	New Jersey	2 of 15
Lange Electric Company	Maryland	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 suppliers of industrial motors in California”
2“Who supplies explosion-proof industrial motors in California”
3“I need a California industrial motor supplier for a new conveyor line installation, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial motors suppliers in California for OEM equipment buyers”
5“Which California industrial motor suppliers can provide custom high-torque, variable-speed motor packages”
6“List 20 industrial motors companies in California 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
9 companies
industrynet.com
4 companies
reuland.com
3 companies
electricmotorshop.com
2 companies
4bdi.com
2 companies
advancedairvac.com
2 companies
heroldmielenz.com
2 companies
mag-trol.com
2 companies
vallejomotor.com
2 companies
baypower.com
1 company
aaa-electric.net
1 company
alamedaelectric.com
1 company

47 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 42 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

California in context

California ranks 18th of 18 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 10%.

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