AI Visibility Index: Industrial & Process Controls in Maryland

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

179 of 188

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.

9 named at least once
179 never named

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Cell average: 0.18of 15
Across all 188 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 4.7of 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 Maryland

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial & Process Controls companies in Maryland, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Process Integration Inc 9 employeesPrincess Anne, Maryland 4 name variants Shorite Controls (Process Integration, Inc.)most common4 Shorite Controls LLC3 Shorite Controls (a Process Integration company)2 Process Integration, Inc.1	Princess Anne, Maryland	10 of 15 answers
2	HW Dynamics Maryland	Maryland	8 of 15 answers
3	Flow Controls Inc 8 employeesBaltimore, Maryland	Baltimore, Maryland	6 of 15 answers
4	South Atlantic Controls Inc 10 employeesWilliamsport, Maryland 2 name variants South Atlantic Controlsmost common3 South Atlantic Controls, Inc.2	Williamsport, Maryland	5 of 15 answers
5	Jobe Industrial Control & Measurement 12 employeesRosedale, Maryland 4 name variants Jobe Industrial (Jobe and Company, Inc.)most common1 Jobe Industrial (Jobe and Company)1 Jobe & Company (Jobe Industrial)1 Jobe Industrial1	Rosedale, Maryland	4 of 15 answers
6	Cope Controls Maryland	Maryland	4 of 15 answers
7	Pillar Innovations 7 employeesGrantsville, Maryland 2 name variants Pillar Innovations – Panel Shopmost common2 Pillar Innovations – Panel Shop (Grantsville, MD)1	Grantsville, Maryland	3 of 15 answers
8	TSR Electric, Inc. Maryland	Maryland	3 of 15 answers
9	Hill’s Industrial 11 employeesBoonsboro, Maryland	Boonsboro, Maryland	2 of 15 answers
10	Pendant Maryland	Maryland	2 of 15 answers

15 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 Maryland. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Electronic Control Corporation (ECC Automation)	Pennsylvania	6 of 15
Eastern Controls, Inc.	Pennsylvania	4 of 15
IMACS, Inc.	New Jersey	4 of 15
Quantum Controls Inc.	Minnesota	4 of 15
Cummins-Wagner Co., Inc.	Pennsylvania	2 of 15
AMES, Inc.	New Jersey	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 Maryland”
2“Who supplies PLC-based industrial control panels in Maryland”
3“I need a Maryland industrial controls partner for automating a new production line, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial and process controls suppliers in Maryland for manufacturing engineering buyers”
5“Which Maryland industrial controls integrators can handle safety-rated motion control systems”
6“List 20 industrial and process controls companies in Maryland 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.

jobeandcompany.com
4 companies
shorite.com
3 companies
pillarinnovations.com
2 companies
quantumcontrolsinc.com
2 companies
sacontrols.com
2 companies
ecc-automation.com
1 company
hillsindustrial.com
1 company
hwdynamics.com
1 company
pendantautomation.com
1 company
tsrelectric.com
1 company
alliedpowerandcontrol.com
1 company
amesinc.com
1 company

42 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 36 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Maryland in context

Maryland ranks 27th 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%.

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

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