AI Visibility Index: Industrial Motors in Illinois

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

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

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Never named by AI

182 of 199

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.

17 named at least once
182 never named

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Cell average: 0.17of 15
Across all 199 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 5.8of 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 Illinois

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial Motors companies in Illinois, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Inman Electric Motors Illinois	Illinois	11 of 15 answers
2	Orange1 America Illinois	Illinois	11 of 15 answers
3	Windy City Industrial Motors-Baldor Chicago District Office 18 employeesBolingbrook, Illinois 2 name variants ABB / Baldor Chicago District Officemost common6 ABB / Baldor-Reliance – Chicago District Office2	Bolingbrook, Illinois	8 of 15 answers
4	Illinois Electric Works Illinois 2 name variants Illinois Electric Worksmost common7 Illinois Electric Works Inc.1	Illinois	8 of 15 answers
5	Addison Electric 20 employeesAddison, Illinois	Addison, Illinois	5 of 15 answers
6	Ekstrom Carlson Illinois	Illinois	4 of 15 answers
7	Northwest Electric Motor Company 15 employeesElk Grove Village, Illinois	Elk Grove Village, Illinois	3 of 15 answers
8	Autotrol Illinois	Illinois	3 of 15 answers
9	Joliet Electric Motors Illinois	Illinois	3 of 15 answers
10	Decatur Industrial Electric Inc 32 employeesDecatur, Illinois	Decatur, Illinois	2 of 15 answers

31 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 Illinois. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
American Electronic Products (AEP)	West Virginia	2 of 15
Bearings & Industrial Supply Co.	New York	1 of 15
Electric Motor Corporation	Indiana	1 of 15
Midwest Power Products	Manitoba	1 of 15
W.W. Grainger	Delaware	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 suppliers of industrial motors in Illinois”
2“Who supplies explosion-proof industrial motors in Illinois”
3“I need a Illinois industrial motor supplier for a new conveyor line installation, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial motors suppliers in Illinois for OEM equipment buyers”
5“Which Illinois industrial motor suppliers can provide custom high-torque, variable-speed motor packages”
6“List 20 industrial motors companies in Illinois 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.

marathongenerators.com
4 companies
ewoxmotors.com
3 companies
abb.com
3 companies
baldor.com
2 companies
en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
2 companies
fontelaelectricmotors.com
2 companies
decaturindustrial.com
1 company
ekstromcarlson.com
1 company
illinoiselectric.com
1 company
inmanelectric.com
1 company
jolietelectricmotors.com
1 company
northwestmotor.com
1 company

53 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 43 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Illinois in context

Illinois ranks 13th 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%.

Illinois (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (10%)

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