AI Visibility Index: Industrial & Process Controls in Illinois

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

318 of 337

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.

19 named at least once
318 never named

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Cell average: 0.12of 15
Across all 337 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 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 & Process Controls companies in Illinois, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Innovative Control Inc 13 employeesAlgonquin, Illinois	Algonquin, Illinois	6 of 15 answers
2	A&M Automation Illinois 2 name variants A&M Automationmost common4 A&M Automation, Inc.1	Illinois	5 of 15 answers
3	QP Automation Illinois	Illinois	5 of 15 answers
4	MAVERICK Technologies 167 employeesColumbia, Illinois 2 name variants MAVERICK Technologiesmost common3 MAVERICK Technologies (Rockwell Automation)1	Columbia, Illinois	4 of 15 answers
5	Lion Inc. Illinois	Illinois	4 of 15 answers
6	Circom, Inc. 35 employeesBensenville, Illinois	Bensenville, Illinois	3 of 15 answers
7	Chicago Electric Illinois	Illinois	3 of 15 answers
8	FabTech-IGM Illinois	Illinois	3 of 15 answers
9	NRG Panels Plus Illinois 2 name variants NRG Panels Plusmost common2 NRG Panels Plus LLC1	Illinois	3 of 15 answers
10	Panatrol Automation & Controls Illinois	Illinois	3 of 15 answers

37 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
Controllink	Ohio	7 of 15
Britton Electronics & Automation, Inc.	Pennsylvania	3 of 15
George E. Booth Co.	Indiana	3 of 15
MSP, Inc.	Minnesota	2 of 15
Patti Engineering	Michigan	2 of 15
ACI Controls	New York	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 and process controls in Illinois”
2“Who supplies PLC-based industrial control panels in Illinois”
3“I need a Illinois industrial controls partner for automating a new production line, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial and process controls suppliers in Illinois for manufacturing engineering buyers”
5“Which Illinois industrial controls integrators can handle safety-rated motion control systems”
6“List 20 industrial and process controls 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.

thomasnet.comDirectory
6 companies
en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
4 companies
lag-il.com
3 companies
web.tmaillinois.org
3 companies
qpautomation.com
2 companies
rockwellautomation.com
2 companies
aandmautomation.com
2 companies
go-bea.com
2 companies
nrgpanels.com
2 companies
tlccontrols.com
2 companies
weidmuller.com
2 companies
lioninc.us
1 company

58 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 50 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 23rd of 32 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 6%.

Illinois (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (6%)

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