AI Visibility Index: Industrial Wire & Cable in Illinois

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

187 of 203

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.

16 named at least once
187 never named

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Cell average: 0.17of 15
Across all 203 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 3.5of 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 Wire & Cable companies in Illinois, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Lake Cable (Maple) 114 employeesBensenville, Illinois	Bensenville, Illinois	5 of 15 answers
2	Right Hand Industrial Illinois	Illinois	5 of 15 answers
3	Basic Wire & Cable 9 employeesChicago, Illinois	Chicago, Illinois	4 of 15 answers
4	Cole Wire & Cable Co 17 employeesLincolnshire, Illinois	Lincolnshire, Illinois	3 of 15 answers
5	Consolidated Electronic Wire & Cable 32 employeesFranklin Park, Illinois	Franklin Park, Illinois	3 of 15 answers
6	Industrial Steel & Wire Co 55 employeesChicago, Illinois	Chicago, Illinois	3 of 15 answers
7	Omnitronix Corporation 20 employeesSt. Charles, Illinois	St. Charles, Illinois	3 of 15 answers
8	Steiner Electric Company 300 employeesElk Grove Village, Illinois	Elk Grove Village, Illinois	3 of 15 answers
9	Industrial Wire & Cable Corp. Illinois 3 name variants Industrial Wire & Cable Corp. (IWC / IWC2)most common1 Industrial Wire & Cable Corp. (IWC)1 Industrial Wire & Cable Corp.1	Illinois	3 of 15 answers
10	Unified Wire & Cable Illinois	Illinois	3 of 15 answers

18 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
Windy City Wire	New Jersey	7 of 15
Remington Industries	Tennessee	6 of 15
Anixter (now part of Wesco)	Michigan	4 of 15
GCG (Connectivity & Power)	California	3 of 15
American Wire Group (AWG)	Kansas	2 of 15
Genuine Cable Group (GCG)	California	2 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 wire and cable in Illinois”
2“Who supplies shielded multi-conductor control cable in Illinois”
3“I need a Illinois industrial wire and cable partner for a new factory automation line, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial wire and cable suppliers in Illinois for OEM electrical engineering buyers”
5“Which Illinois industrial wire and cable distributors can provide custom-cut lengths with same-day delivery”
6“List 20 industrial wire and cable 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.

gogcg.com
4 companies
thomasnet.comDirectory
3 companies
globalspec.comDirectory
2 companies
glsmetals.com
2 companies
industwire.squarespace.com
2 companies
uusco.com
2 companies
cdn.windycitywire.com
1 company
lakecable.com
1 company
remingtonindustries.com
1 company
almsbroadband.org
1 company
basicwire.com
1 company
belden.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.

Illinois in context

Illinois ranks 18th of 24 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 9%.

Illinois (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (9%)

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