AI Visibility Index: Industrial & Process Controls in Virginia

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

191 of 198

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.

7 named at least once
191 never named

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Cell average: 0.12of 15
Across all 198 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 4.1of 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 Virginia

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial & Process Controls companies in Virginia, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Industrial Control Specialties 20 employeesPrince George, Virginia 3 name variants Industrial Control Specialties, Inc. (ICS)most common5 Industrial Control Specialties, Inc.4 Industrial Control Specialties (ICS)1	Prince George, Virginia	10 of 15 answers
2	Automatic Controls of Virginia, Inc. 6 employeesAshland, Virginia 3 name variants Automatic Controls of Virginiamost common4 Automatic Controls of Virginia (ACVA)2 Automatic Controls of Virginia – Valve Automation Center1	Ashland, Virginia	6 of 15 answers
3	EMCS – ElectroMechanical Control Systems, Inc. Virginia 3 name variants EMCS – ElectroMechanical Control Systems, Inc.most common2 EMCS ElectroMechanical Control Systems (EMCS Panel Shop)1 EMCS ElectroMechanical Control Systems1	Virginia	4 of 15 answers
4	EX31 Automation Virginia	Virginia	4 of 15 answers
5	Fairwinds Automation Virginia	Virginia	4 of 15 answers
6	Dean Brothers Inc. Virginia	Virginia	3 of 15 answers
7	HRA – Hampton Roads Automation Virginia	Virginia	3 of 15 answers
8	TAM – Thomas Automation Management, Inc. Virginia 2 name variants TAM – Thomas Automation Management, Inc.most common2 TAM – Thomas Automation Management1	Virginia	3 of 15 answers
9	Century Control Systems Inc 5 employeesRoanoke, Virginia	Roanoke, Virginia	2 of 15 answers
10	Weidmuller 115 employeesRichmond, Virginia	Richmond, Virginia	2 of 15 answers

33 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 Virginia. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Altavista Instruments & Controls	New Mexico	6 of 15
Associated Technology	New Jersey	4 of 15
Eastern Controls, Inc.	Pennsylvania	2 of 15
ABB (South Boston facility)	Ontario	1 of 15
CIMTEC Automation	North Carolina	1 of 15
EECO (Electrical Equipment Company)	Indiana	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 Virginia”
2“Who supplies PLC-based industrial control panels in Virginia”
3“I need a Virginia industrial controls partner for automating a new production line, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial and process controls suppliers in Virginia for manufacturing engineering buyers”
5“Which Virginia industrial controls integrators can handle safety-rated motion control systems”
6“List 20 industrial and process controls companies in Virginia 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
9 companies
emcspanelshop.com
5 companies
acva.com
3 companies
icsva.com
3 companies
en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
2 companies
aic-company.com
2 companies
associatedtechnology.com
2 companies
automate.org
2 companies
hrautomation.us
2 companies
novaparcontrols.com
2 companies
tamincusa.com
2 companies
ex31automation.com
1 company

52 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 46 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Virginia in context

Virginia ranks 29th 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%.

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

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