AI Visibility Index: Industrial Valves in Ohio

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

130 of 149

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
130 never named

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Cell average: 0.35of 15
Across all 149 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 5.1of 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 Ohio

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial Valves companies in Ohio, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Controlco Inc 10 employeesCleveland, Ohio 2 name variants Controlco Inc.most common11 Controlco2	Cleveland, Ohio	13 of 15 answers
2	Ohio Valve Company 5 employeesBatavia, Ohio 3 name variants Ohio Valve Companymost common6 Ohio Valve Company (OVC)3 OVC – Ohio Valve Company1	Batavia, Ohio	10 of 15 answers
3	Powell Valves 56 employeesCincinnati, Ohio	Cincinnati, Ohio	4 of 15 answers
4	Basecamp Process Components (BPC Valves) Ohio	Ohio	4 of 15 answers
5	CVC Valves Ohio	Ohio	4 of 15 answers
6	Durbin Industrial Valve Ohio	Ohio	4 of 15 answers
7	Hughes Primeau Controls, Inc. 18 employeesBedford, Ohio	Bedford, Ohio	3 of 15 answers
8	Main Line Supply Co Inc 20 employeesDayton, Ohio	Dayton, Ohio	3 of 15 answers
9	Process Valve & Equipment Co. 5 employeesChagrin Falls, Ohio	Chagrin Falls, Ohio	3 of 15 answers
10	Automated Valve & Equipment Co. Ohio	Ohio	3 of 15 answers

26 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 Ohio. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Ohio Pipe, Valves & Fittings, Inc.	Colorado	6 of 15
TRIVACO	South Carolina	2 of 15
FCX Performance / FCX Ohio Valley	Massachusetts	1 of 15
J & M International LTD	California	1 of 15
Merit Brass	Texas	1 of 15
Ohio Pipe, Valve & Fittings, Inc.	Colorado	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 valves in Ohio”
2“Who supplies high-pressure stainless steel ball valves in Ohio”
3“I need a Ohio industrial valve partner for a new chemical processing line, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial valve suppliers in Ohio for plant maintenance buyers”
5“Which Ohio industrial valve suppliers can handle cryogenic service valves with documented testing”
6“List 20 industrial valves companies in Ohio 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.

fcxperformance.com
6 companies
ohiovalve.com
3 companies
whereorg.com
3 companies
vma.org
2 companies
controlcoinc.com
2 companies
crestflousa.com
2 companies
ohpipe.com
2 companies
valvepros.com
2 companies
clevelandvalveco.com
1 company
durbinvalve.com
1 company
hpcflow.com
1 company
sdhflowcontrols.com
1 company

52 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 40 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Ohio in context

Ohio ranks 10th of 16 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 13%.

Ohio (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (13%)

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