AI Visibility Index: Power Transmission Components in California

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

108 of 118

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.

10 named at least once
108 never named

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Cell average: 0.37of 15
Across all 118 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 6of 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 California

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Power Transmission Components companies in California, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	New Standard Power Transmission (NSPT), Inc. California 2 name variants New Standard Power Transmission (NSPT), Inc.most common11 New Standard Power Transmission (NSPT)2	California	13 of 15 answers
2	Bearings & Drives,Inc 5 employeesOntario, California	Ontario, California	8 of 15 answers
3	California Industrial Rubber Company 7 employeesBakersfield, California 4 name variants California Industrial Rubber Co.most common3 California Industrial Rubber Company2 California Industrial Rubber Company (CIR)1 California Industrial Rubber Co. (CIR)1	Bakersfield, California	7 of 15 answers
4	Rainbow Precision Products 8 employeesMurrieta, California	Murrieta, California	6 of 15 answers
5	Enterprise Industrial Supply California	California	6 of 15 answers
6	Applied Industrial Technologies 20 employeesModesto, California 2 name variants Applied Industrial Technologiesmost common4 Applied Industrial Technologies – California service centers1	Modesto, California	5 of 15 answers
7	Exim Engineering 11 employeesAnaheim, California 3 name variants Exim Engineering Inc.most common3 Exim Engineering Inc. / Radicon Exim1 Exim Engineering1	Anaheim, California	5 of 15 answers
8	Valley Chain & Gear California 2 name variants Valley Chain & Gear, Inc.most common2 Valley Chain & Gear2	California	4 of 15 answers
9	Associated Gear 9 employeesSouth El Monte, California	South El Monte, California	3 of 15 answers
10	Santa Clara Systems 50 employeesAlameda, California	Alameda, California	3 of 15 answers

12 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 California. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Bay City Industrial Supply	Georgia	7 of 15
Engineered Industrial Products, Inc. (EIP)	Missouri	6 of 15
Martin Sprocket & Gear	Texas	2 of 15
Electric Motor Service (EMS)	New Brunswick	1 of 15
Martin Sprocket & Gear – Commerce, CA location	Texas	1 of 15
Midway 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 power transmission components in California”
2“Who supplies taper-lock bushings for power transmission in California”
3“I need a California power transmission partner for a new conveyor line build-out, who should I talk to”
4“Top power transmission components suppliers in California for OEM machinery buyers”
5“Which California power transmission component suppliers can assist with sizing and selecting shaft couplings and bushings for high-torque applications”
6“List 20 power transmission components companies in California 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
cir.net
4 companies
nspt-usa.com
3 companies
applied.com
2 companies
eximeng.com
2 companies
martinsprocket.com
2 companies
eip-inc.com
2 companies
radiconexim.com
2 companies
sutterbuttesrubber.com
2 companies
udbcorp.com
2 companies
valley-chain-and-gear.myshopify.com
2 companies
santaclarasystems.com
1 company

34 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 26 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

California in context

California ranks 10th of 10 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 12%.

California (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (12%)

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