AI Rankings · Manufacturing & Industrial

ChatGPT's shortlist: industrial equipment distributors, market by market

Industrial equipment distributors sell, rent and service the machinery and parts manufacturers run on: machine tools, forklifts and other material-handling equipment, pumps and compressors, and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) supplies.

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25 Sep 2026latest snapshot

Across markets

Named in the most markets

  1. Grainger top 20 in 23 of 23 · #1 in 16
  2. Applied Industrial Technologies top 20 in 18 of 23 · #1 in 2
  3. Motion Industries top 20 in 11 of 23 · #1 in 1
  4. Eastern Lift Truck Co. top 20 in 6 of 23
  5. McMaster-Carr top 20 in 6 of 23
  6. Cummins-Wagner top 20 in 5 of 23 · #1 in 1
  7. MSC Industrial Supply top 20 in 5 of 23
  8. Fastenal top 20 in 5 of 23
  9. Alta Material Handling top 20 in 5 of 23
  10. Equipment Depot top 20 in 4 of 23

Nationwide

Snapshot 25 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 37 named

United States

  1. Motion Industries83%
  2. Applied Industrial Technologies83%
  3. Grainger79%

Leaders: Motion Industries, Grainger

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By state

Snapshot 25 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 89 named

California

  1. Grainger63%
  2. VB Industrial Supply42%
  3. Applied Industrial Technologies38%

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Snapshot 25 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 87 named

Connecticut

  1. Grainger83%
  2. Collins Pipe & Supply63%
  3. Anderson Machinery Co in CT50%

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Snapshot 25 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 93 named

Florida

  1. Grainger63%
  2. Hydraulic Supply Co.42%
  3. Air Centers of Florida38%

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Snapshot 25 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 85 named

Illinois

  1. Norman Equipment71%
  2. Grainger63%
  3. Apex Industrial Automation54%

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Snapshot 25 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 94 named

Indiana

  1. Grainger75%
  2. Wiese USA54%
  3. Allied Equipment Service50%

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Snapshot 25 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 74 named

Maryland

  1. Cummins-Wagner75%
  2. Grainger63%
  3. Norman Machine Tool63%

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Snapshot 25 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 90 named

Massachusetts

  1. Grainger67%
  2. Ritchie & Sons50%
  3. Independent Pipe & Supply46%

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Snapshot 25 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 97 named

Michigan

  1. Grainger58%
  2. Nemic Industrial Supply46%
  3. Exotic Automation & Supply42%

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Snapshot 25 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 75 named

Minnesota

  1. Mars Supply67%
  2. Grainger67%
  3. Productivity Inc54%

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Snapshot 25 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 94 named

New Jersey

  1. Grainger71%
  2. Eastern Lift Truck Co.58%
  3. A&M Industrial58%

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Snapshot 25 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 98 named

New York

  1. Grainger71%
  2. Applied Industrial Technologies50%
  3. Siewert Equipment38%

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Snapshot 25 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 100 named

Ohio

  1. Grainger63%
  2. Technical Equipment Sales54%
  3. Towlift38%

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Snapshot 25 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 113 named

Pennsylvania

  1. Grainger54%
  2. Langer Material Handling46%
  3. Eastern Lift Truck Co.46%

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Snapshot 25 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 55 named

Rhode Island

  1. Grainger75%
  2. BSC Industries75%
  3. Cranston Windustrial75%

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Snapshot 25 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 88 named

Texas

  1. Grainger63%
  2. Motion Industries33%
  3. Lonestar Forklift33%

Leader: Grainger

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Snapshot 25 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 80 named

Virginia

  1. Grainger88%
  2. Applied Industrial Technologies71%
  3. Dominion Air Machinery50%

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Snapshot 25 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 55 named

Washington, DC

  1. Grainger88%
  2. Applied Industrial Technologies75%
  3. Cummins-Wagner63%

Leader: Applied Industrial Technologies

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Snapshot 25 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 75 named

Wisconsin

  1. Applied Industrial Technologies67%
  2. Grainger63%
  3. Wolter46%

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By city

Snapshot 25 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 76 named

Chicago

  1. Grainger71%
  2. Flow Products71%
  3. Norman Equipment58%

Leader: Grainger

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Snapshot 25 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 86 named

Cleveland

  1. Applied Industrial Technologies83%
  2. Grainger71%
  3. Towlift63%

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Snapshot 25 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 81 named

Philadelphia

  1. Grainger71%
  2. Airline Hydraulics67%
  3. Northeast Precision Machinery58%

Leader: Grainger

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Snapshot 25 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 82 named

Pittsburgh

  1. RL Miller79%
  2. Grainger67%
  3. Langer Material Handling67%

Leader: Applied Industrial Technologies

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