AI Visibility Index: Machinery Repair & Rebuilding in Tennessee

When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a machinery repair & rebuilding supplier in Tennessee, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

72 of 88

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
72 never named

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Cell average: 0.5of 15
Across all 88 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 4.9of 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 Tennessee

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Machinery Repair & Rebuilding companies in Tennessee, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Industrial Machine & Tool Co 25 employeesNashville, Tennessee 3 name variants Industrial Machine & Tool Companymost common6 Industrial Machine & Tool Co.3 Industrial Machine & Tool2	Nashville, Tennessee	11 of 15 answers
2	Hamilton Machine Company Tennessee 2 name variants Hamilton Machine Companymost common6 Hamilton Machine Co.2	Tennessee	8 of 15 answers
3	Cumberland Machine Co 80 employeesNashville, Tennessee	Nashville, Tennessee	6 of 15 answers
4	Lamb's Machine Works 25 employeesMemphis, Tennessee 2 name variants Lamb’s Machine Worksmost common3 Lamb’s Machine Works, Inc.2	Memphis, Tennessee	5 of 15 answers
5	Tekwell Services Tennessee 2 name variants Tekwell Servicesmost common3 Tekwell Services – Knoxville1	Tennessee	4 of 15 answers
6	Cherokee Millwright and Mechanical 13 employeesMaryville, Tennessee 2 name variants Cherokee Millwright & Mechanicalmost common2 Cherokee Millwright, Inc.1	Maryville, Tennessee	3 of 15 answers
7	John Bouchard & Sons Co 8 employeesKnoxville, Tennessee	Knoxville, Tennessee	3 of 15 answers
8	Valley Equipment Company, Inc. 40 employeesJohnson City, Tennessee 2 name variants Valley Equipment Companymost common2 Valley Equipment Company, Inc.1	Johnson City, Tennessee	3 of 15 answers
9	Machine Tool Fitters Tennessee	Tennessee	3 of 15 answers
10	Old South CNC Tennessee	Tennessee	3 of 15 answers

42 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 Tennessee. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Industrial Machine Service (IMS)	Alabama	4 of 15
All‑Tec Machinery Repair LLC	Pennsylvania	2 of 15
REMCO (Repair & Maintenance Co.)	California	2 of 15
Ace Industries – Nashville	Illinois	1 of 15
Diversified Equipment & Supply (CNC.Works)	North Carolina	1 of 15
Magnetech Industrial Services	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 machinery repair and rebuilding companies in Tennessee”
2“Who supplies emergency industrial gearbox repair services in Tennessee”
3“I need a Tennessee machinery repair and rebuilding partner for a critical production line outage, who should I talk to”
4“Top machinery repair and rebuilding suppliers in Tennessee for plant maintenance buyers”
5“Which Tennessee machinery repair and rebuilding providers can handle on-site CNC machine diagnostics and overhaul”
6“List 20 machinery repair and rebuilding companies in Tennessee 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.

reddit.comDirectory
3 companies
industrialmachinetn.com
3 companies
valleyequipment.com
3 companies
hamiltonmachine.com
2 companies
ime-corp.com
2 companies
ims-s.com
2 companies
tekwellservices.com
2 companies
cherokeemillwright.com
2 companies
gearboxrepairnashville.com
2 companies
lambsmachineworks.com
2 companies
remco1.squarespace.com
2 companies
thecircuitwizard.com
2 companies

61 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 55 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Tennessee in context

Tennessee ranks 4th of 20 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 11%.

Tennessee (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (11%)

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