AI Visibility Index: Industrial Sensors in Illinois

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

87 of 106

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
87 never named

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Cell average: 0.35of 15
Across all 106 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 3.8of 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 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 Sensors companies in Illinois, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Thermo/Cense Inc. 12 employeesLake Zurich, Illinois 2 name variants Thermo/Cense Inc.most common6 Thermo/Cense4	Lake Zurich, Illinois	9 of 15 answers
2	Carrier-Oehler Company 17 employeesSouth Holland, Illinois	South Holland, Illinois	4 of 15 answers
3	FPE Automation 230 employeesElk Grove Village, Illinois	Elk Grove Village, Illinois	4 of 15 answers
4	Milco Process Controls Illinois	Illinois	4 of 15 answers
5	Panatrol Automation & Controls Illinois	Illinois	4 of 15 answers
6	QP Automation Illinois	Illinois	4 of 15 answers
7	RKA Applied Solutions Inc 10 employeesGlendale Heights, Illinois	Glendale Heights, Illinois	3 of 15 answers
8	Flow Products Inc. 16 employeesChicago, Illinois	Chicago, Illinois	2 of 15 answers
9	R R Floody Co 10 employeesRockford, Illinois	Rockford, Illinois	2 of 15 answers
10	Anderson‑Negele Illinois	Illinois	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 Illinois. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
George E. Booth Co.	Indiana	6 of 15
Antech Sales, Inc.	New York	2 of 15
Chicago Stainless Equipment	Florida	2 of 15
Watlow	Ohio	2 of 15
Allprox	Colorado	1 of 15
Automation Sensors, Inc.	Minnesota	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 sensors in Illinois”
2“Who supplies high-accuracy temperature sensors with sanitary process connections in Illinois”
3“I need a Illinois industrial sensor partner for automating a food processing line, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial sensor suppliers in Illinois for plant engineering buyers”
5“Which Illinois industrial sensor specialists can integrate flow, pressure, and temperature transmitters into an existing control system”
6“List 20 industrial sensors 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.

en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
3 companies
alliancets.com
2 companies
gebooth.com
2 companies
chicagostainless.com
2 companies
gilbertindustries.com
2 companies
thermocense.com
2 companies
thomasnet.comDirectory
2 companies
alphacontrols.com
1 company
anderson-negele.com
1 company
antechsales.com
1 company
ashequipment.com
1 company
automationstrategies.com
1 company

55 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 52 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 5th of 12 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 14%.

Illinois (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (14%)

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