AI Visibility Index: Industrial & Process Controls in Kentucky

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

67 of 78

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.

11 named at least once
67 never named

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Cell average: 0.36of 15
Across all 78 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 4.6of 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 Kentucky

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial & Process Controls companies in Kentucky, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Engineered Solutions Inc 5 employeesLouisville, Kentucky 2 name variants Engineered Solutions, Inc.most common5 Engineered Solutions, Inc. (ESI)3	Louisville, Kentucky	8 of 15 answers
2	MB Controls, Inc. Kentucky	Kentucky	8 of 15 answers
3	Aerek Automation Kentucky	Kentucky	6 of 15 answers
4	State Electric Supply Co 9 employeesPikeville, Kentucky 2 name variants State Electric Supply Co.most common3 State Electric Supply (KY branches)1	Pikeville, Kentucky	4 of 15 answers
5	ATB Controls Kentucky	Kentucky	4 of 15 answers
6	TOA SE Kentucky 2 name variants TOA SEmost common3 TOA SE, Inc.1	Kentucky	4 of 15 answers
7	CRG Automation 11 employeesLouisville, Kentucky	Louisville, Kentucky	3 of 15 answers
8	Fluidaire Automation 10 employeesLouisville, Kentucky	Louisville, Kentucky	3 of 15 answers
9	Alltek Engineering, Inc. Kentucky 2 name variants Alltek Engineering, Inc.most common2 Alltek Engineering1	Kentucky	3 of 15 answers
10	ARCO Engineering / AEI Supply Kentucky	Kentucky	3 of 15 answers

27 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 Kentucky. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Control & Automation, Inc.	New Jersey	6 of 15
Industrial Controls Automation	Ohio	5 of 15
Innovative Manufacturing Services (IMS)	Alabama	4 of 15
Cochrane Supply – Louisville	Michigan	2 of 15
Ace Industrial	Illinois	1 of 15
Applied Machine & Motion Control	Ohio	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 Kentucky”
2“Who supplies PLC-based industrial control panels in Kentucky”
3“I need a Kentucky industrial controls partner for automating a new production line, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial and process controls suppliers in Kentucky for manufacturing engineering buyers”
5“Which Kentucky industrial controls integrators can handle safety-rated motion control systems”
6“List 20 industrial and process controls companies in Kentucky 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
4 companies
toa-se.com
3 companies
conauto.com
2 companies
aeisupply.com
2 companies
alltekeng.com
2 companies
ars-ky.com
2 companies
assemblysolutionsinc.com
2 companies
cochranesupply.com
2 companies
esi-lou.com
2 companies
globalspec.comDirectory
2 companies
icontrolsautomation.com
2 companies
stateelectric.com
2 companies

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

Kentucky in context

Kentucky ranks 5th 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%.

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

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