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AI Visibility Index: Aggregate & Stone Materials in California

74 companies tracked · Last measured September 18, 2026 · Next measurement October 18, 2026

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

The headline numbers

60 of 74

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.

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Cell average
0.32of 15

Across all 74 tracked companies.

Top ten average
5.6of 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 Aggregate & Stone Materials companies in California, measured September 18, 2026
RankCompanyLocationAI visibility
1CalPortland13 employees
4 name variants
  • CalPortlandmost common9
  • CalPortland Company2
  • CalPortland – Aggregates1
  • CalPortland – Aggregate1
Turlock, California13 of 15 answers
2Graniterock275 employeesWatsonville, California12 of 15 answers
3Vulcan Materials CompanyCalifornia8 of 15 answers
4Granite Construction – Materials DivisionCalifornia5 of 15 answers
5CEMEX USACalifornia4 of 15 answers
6Holliday Rock60 employeesUpland, California3 of 15 answers
7West Coast Sand & Gravel Inc71 employeesBuena Park, California3 of 15 answers
8BuySand.com
2 name variants
  • BuySand.commost common2
  • BuySand.com (JRC Materials)1
California3 of 15 answers
9Vulcan Materials – Western DivisionCalifornia3 of 15 answers
10Clearlake Lava Inc15 employeesClearlake Oaks, California2 of 15 answers

54 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.

CompanyStateMentions
Granite ConstructionNew York5 of 15
Martin MariettaTexas4 of 15
Western MaterialsWashington4 of 15
Martin Marietta MaterialsTexas1 of 15
OmyaVermont1 of 15

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What moved since the last measurement

This is the first measurement of this cell, so there is nothing to compare it with yet. The next measurement will show what moved.

Stability is normal. AI answers in industrial categories change slowly, and a cell can go several measurements with no change in the top ten.

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. 1Best aggregate and stone materials companies in California
  2. 2Who supplies washed construction sand and gravel in California
  3. 3I need a California aggregate and stone materials partner for ongoing ready-mix concrete production, who should I talk to
  4. 4Top aggregate and stone materials suppliers in California for civil construction buyers
  5. 5Which California aggregate and stone materials suppliers can provide DOT-spec crushed stone and certified gradations
  6. 6List 20 aggregate and stone materials 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.

  • mets.dot.ca.gov18 companies
  • calcima.org8 companies
  • en.wikipedia.orgDirectory7 companies
  • dime.dot.ca.gov7 companies
  • teichert.com3 companies
  • hellogravel.com3 companies
  • aggregatereviews.com2 companies
  • buysand.com2 companies
  • cemexusa.com2 companies
  • dot.ca.gov2 companies
  • martinmarietta.com2 companies
  • vulcanmaterials.com2 companies

64 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 45 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 1st of 3 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 15%.

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