AI Visibility Index: Pipe & Tube Fittings in Michigan

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

141 of 158

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.

17 named at least once
141 never named

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Cell average: 0.44of 15
Across all 158 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 6.4of 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 Pipe & Tube Fittings companies in Michigan, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	The Macomb Group - Livonia 24 employeesLivonia, Michigan	Livonia, Michigan	12 of 15 answers
2	Satterlund Supply Company 35 employeesWarren, Michigan 3 name variants Satterlund Supplymost common9 Satterlund Supply Company1 Satterlund Supply Co.1	Warren, Michigan	11 of 15 answers
3	Piping Components, Inc 6 employeesMelvindale, Michigan	Melvindale, Michigan	8 of 15 answers
4	Boyer Steel Inc 8 employeesWarren, Michigan 2 name variants Boyer Steel, Inc.most common4 Boyer Steel3	Warren, Michigan	7 of 15 answers
5	Motor City Pipe & Supply Co 9 employeesDetroit, Michigan	Detroit, Michigan	7 of 15 answers
6	Quality Pipe Products 35 employeesNew Boston, Michigan	New Boston, Michigan	7 of 15 answers
7	Crestflo Michigan 2 name variants Crestflomost common3 Crestflo (serving Michigan)1	Michigan	4 of 15 answers
8	Fabricated Flex & Hose Supply 7 employeesKalamazoo, Michigan	Kalamazoo, Michigan	3 of 15 answers
9	P.A. Inc. Michigan	Michigan	3 of 15 answers
10	Depatie Fluid Power (Am-Dyn-Ic) 8 employeesWyoming, Michigan	Wyoming, Michigan	2 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
Rolled Alloys	Texas	4 of 15
Neptech, Inc.	Nevada	2 of 15
Commercial Pipe & Supply Corp.	New York	1 of 15
F&H Food Equipment	Missouri	1 of 15
North American Industrial Supply	New York	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 pipe and tube fittings in Michigan”
2“Who supplies stainless steel sanitary tri-clamp fittings in Michigan”
3“I need a Michigan pipe and tube fittings partner for a high-pressure chemical process line installation, who should I talk to”
4“Top pipe and tube fittings suppliers in Michigan for industrial maintenance buyers”
5“Which Michigan pipe and tube fittings distributors can handle large-diameter, high-pressure alloy specifications”
6“List 20 pipe and tube fittings 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.

crestflousa.com
4 companies
satterlund.com
3 companies
thomasnet.comDirectory
3 companies
macombgroup.com
2 companies
boyersteel.com
2 companies
kentrubber.com
2 companies
mceautomation.com
2 companies
pipingcomponents.com
1 company
depatie.com
1 company
detroitnippleworks.com
1 company
painc.com
1 company
alllinecomponentsllc.com
1 company

54 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 34 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 12th of 15 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%.

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

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