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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17 Sep 2026latest snapshot

Across markets

Named in the most markets

  1. Grainger top 20 in 23 of 23 · #1 in 17
  2. Applied Industrial Technologies top 20 in 19 of 23 · #1 in 2
  3. Motion Industries top 20 in 13 of 23 · #1 in 1
  4. Eastern Lift Truck Co. top 20 in 6 of 23
  5. MSC Industrial Supply top 20 in 5 of 23
  6. Fastenal top 20 in 5 of 23
  7. Alta Material Handling top 20 in 4 of 23
  8. Cummins-Wagner top 20 in 4 of 23
  9. Wolter top 20 in 4 of 23
  10. Equipment Depot top 20 in 4 of 23

Nationwide

Snapshot 17 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 70 named

United States

  1. Motion Industries75%
  2. Applied Industrial Technologies71%
  3. Grainger71%

Leader: Motion Industries

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By state

Snapshot 17 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 126 named

California

  1. Grainger58%
  2. Motion Industries42%
  3. Applied Industrial Technologies42%

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Snapshot 17 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 100 named

Connecticut

  1. Grainger67%
  2. REM Industrial58%
  3. Collins Pipe & Supply54%

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Snapshot 17 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 128 named

Florida

  1. Grainger75%
  2. Mid Florida Material Handling46%
  3. Applied Industrial Technologies46%

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Snapshot 17 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 119 named

Illinois

  1. Grainger63%
  2. Apex Industrial Automation54%
  3. Norman Equipment50%

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Snapshot 17 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 109 named

Indiana

  1. Grainger58%
  2. Hitech Industrial58%
  3. Wiese USA42%

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Snapshot 17 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 93 named

Maryland

  1. Grainger67%
  2. Applied Industrial Technologies67%
  3. Cummins-Wagner63%

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Snapshot 17 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 116 named

Massachusetts

  1. Grainger67%
  2. Maybury Material Handling46%
  3. Standard Source42%

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Snapshot 17 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 132 named

Michigan

  1. Grainger50%
  2. Alta Material Handling50%
  3. Nemic Industrial Supply46%

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Snapshot 17 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 98 named

Minnesota

  1. Grainger75%
  2. Duncan Co.63%
  3. Mars Supply58%

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Snapshot 17 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 124 named

New Jersey

  1. A&M Industrial58%
  2. Grainger54%
  3. Eastern Lift Truck Co.54%

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Snapshot 17 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 139 named

New York

  1. Grainger63%
  2. Applied Industrial Technologies46%
  3. Siewert Equipment42%

Leader: Grainger

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Snapshot 17 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 134 named

Ohio

  1. Grainger63%
  2. Towlift46%
  3. Knox Manufacturing Solutions42%

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Snapshot 16 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 120 named

Pennsylvania

  1. Grainger50%
  2. Northeast Precision Machinery42%
  3. Applied Industrial Technologies38%

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Snapshot 17 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 74 named

Rhode Island

  1. Cranston Windustrial83%
  2. Grainger71%
  3. BSC Industries67%

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Snapshot 17 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 127 named

Texas

  1. Grainger79%
  2. Industrial Equipment Co38%
  3. Applied Industrial Technologies33%

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Snapshot 17 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 114 named

Virginia

  1. Grainger75%
  2. Applied Industrial Technologies71%
  3. Dominion Air Machinery50%

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Snapshot 17 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 80 named

Washington, DC

  1. Grainger92%
  2. Applied Industrial Technologies79%
  3. Shepherd Electric Supply58%

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Snapshot 17 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 127 named

Wisconsin

  1. Grainger63%
  2. Conger Industries58%
  3. Applied Industrial Technologies58%

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By city

Snapshot 17 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 99 named

Chicago

  1. Flow Products79%
  2. Grainger75%
  3. Norman Equipment54%

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Snapshot 17 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 114 named

Cleveland

  1. Applied Industrial Technologies67%
  2. Grainger67%
  3. Towlift63%

Leader: Applied Industrial Technologies

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Snapshot 17 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 90 named

Philadelphia

  1. Grainger83%
  2. Airline Hydraulics71%
  3. Northeast Precision Machinery67%

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Snapshot 17 Sep 2026 · 24 answers · 107 named

Pittsburgh

  1. Applied Industrial Technologies79%
  2. Grainger75%
  3. RL Miller75%

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