AI Visibility Index: Industrial & Process Controls in Minnesota

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

150 of 168

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
150 never named

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Cell average: 0.33of 15
Across all 168 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 Minnesota

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial & Process Controls companies in Minnesota, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	ISC Companies 30 employeesPlymouth, Minnesota 4 name variants ISC Automation (ISC Companies)most common5 ISC Companies3 ISC Automation (ISC Companies UL Panel Shop)1 ISC Automation1	Plymouth, Minnesota	10 of 15 answers
2	APQ Engineering Minnesota 2 name variants APQ Engineeringmost common4 APQ Engineering, Inc.3	Minnesota	7 of 15 answers
3	Control Assemblies Minneapolis, Minnesota · 2 locations 2 name variants Control Assembliesmost common5 Control Assemblies Company1	Minneapolis, Minnesota2 locations	6 of 15 answers
4	Cybertrol Engineering 25 employeesPlymouth, Minnesota	Plymouth, Minnesota	6 of 15 answers
5	Hallfield Controls Inc. Minnesota 2 name variants Hallfield Controls Inc.most common5 Hallfield Controls1	Minnesota	6 of 15 answers
6	Duncan Co 35 employeesMinneapolis, Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minnesota	5 of 15 answers
7	IQa Controls Minnesota	Minnesota	5 of 15 answers
8	Plantwide Integration Minnesota	Minnesota	5 of 15 answers
9	Automation, Inc. 30 employeesBrooklyn Center, Minnesota	Brooklyn Center, Minnesota	4 of 15 answers
10	Power/mation 71 employeesSt Paul, Minnesota	St Paul, Minnesota	4 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 Minnesota. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Control House	Missouri	2 of 15
NSI Engineering	California	2 of 15
Wunderlich‑Malec Engineering	New Mexico	2 of 15
Advanced Process Technologies (APT)	Indiana	1 of 15
Automation Controls, Inc. (ACI)	Pennsylvania	1 of 15
Central States Group	Nebraska	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 Minnesota”
2“Who supplies PLC-based industrial control panels in Minnesota”
3“I need a Minnesota industrial controls partner for automating a new production line, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial and process controls suppliers in Minnesota for manufacturing engineering buyers”
5“Which Minnesota industrial controls integrators can handle safety-rated motion control systems”
6“List 20 industrial and process controls companies in Minnesota 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.

isccompanies.com
4 companies
thomasnet.comDirectory
4 companies
apqengineering.com
2 companies
en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
2 companies
hallfieldcontrolsinc.com
2 companies
asi-e.com
2 companies
dahlensystems.com
2 companies
iqamotion.com
2 companies
lakelandengineering.com
2 companies
cybertrol.com
1 company
jwinst.com
1 company
powermation.com
1 company

62 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.

Minnesota in context

Minnesota ranks 10th 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%.

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

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