AI Visibility Index: Industrial Wire & Cable in Michigan

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

154 of 172

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
154 never named

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Cell average: 0.31of 15
Across all 172 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 5.4of 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 Michigan

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial Wire & Cable companies in Michigan, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Metro Wire & Cable 23 employeesSterling Heights, Michigan 4 name variants Metro Wire & Cablemost common6 Metro Wire & Cable Corp.3 Metro Wire & Cable Corporation1 Metro Wire & Cable Co.1	Sterling Heights, Michigan	11 of 15 answers
2	Flex-Cable 50 employeesHoward City, Michigan 2 name variants Flex‑Cable (A Northern Cable & Automation Co.)most common3 Flex-Cable3	Howard City, Michigan	6 of 15 answers
3	JB Manufacturing Michigan	Michigan	6 of 15 answers
4	A.B. Electrical Wires, Inc. 7 employeesMuskegon, Michigan	Muskegon, Michigan	5 of 15 answers
5	Direct Connect Systems 12 employeesCommerce Charter Twp, Michigan	Commerce Charter Twp, Michigan	5 of 15 answers
6	Imperium Cable Michigan 2 name variants Imperium Cablemost common3 Imperium Cable LLC2	Michigan	5 of 15 answers
7	Onsite Wire + Telinks Michigan	Michigan	5 of 15 answers
8	Caniff Electric Supply 30 employeesHamtramck, Michigan	Hamtramck, Michigan	4 of 15 answers
9	Mc Gowan Electric Supply Inc 5 employeesAdrian, Michigan 2 name variants McGowan Electric Supplymost common3 McGowan Electric Supply, Inc.1	Adrian, Michigan	4 of 15 answers
10	Electro-Matic Products, Inc. 130 employeesFarmington Hills, Michigan 2 name variants Electro‑Matic Products, Inc.most common2 Electro-Matic Products1	Farmington Hills, Michigan	3 of 15 answers

22 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 Michigan. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
DX Electric Company	Texas	2 of 15
Mid America Wire & Cable	Ohio	2 of 15
American Wire Group (AWG)	Kansas	1 of 15
Applied Control Inc.	Colorado	1 of 15
Wesco Distribution	Pennsylvania	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 wire and cable in Michigan”
2“Who supplies shielded multi-conductor control cable in Michigan”
3“I need a Michigan industrial wire and cable partner for a new factory automation line, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial wire and cable suppliers in Michigan for OEM electrical engineering buyers”
5“Which Michigan industrial wire and cable distributors can provide custom-cut lengths with same-day delivery”
6“List 20 industrial wire and cable companies in Michigan 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
5 companies
en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
3 companies
detroitassemblies.com
3 companies
metrowire.net
3 companies
mcgowanelectric.com
2 companies
onsitewire.com
2 companies
flex-cable.com
2 companies
flexcable.com
2 companies
imperiumcable.com
2 companies
caniff.com
1 company
abelectricalwires.com
1 company
aci-automation.com
1 company

41 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 35 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Michigan in context

Michigan ranks 17th 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%.

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

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