best GEO agencies for manufacturing and industrial B2B in 2026
ten agencies selling AI-search visibility to manufacturers, OEMs and industrial B2B companies, scored on the same six criteria as our main list — the vertical where the incumbents are inbound agencies and the AI line is newest.
published sep 5, 2026reviewed monthlymeasurements dated 5 sep 2026we are on this list
Affiliation disclosure, before anything else. This list is published by 009 Agency and 009 Agency is on it, at number one. That is a conflict of interest and you should read the list knowing it. What we can offer instead of neutrality is a method you can check: the criteria and weights are the same six we use on
the main list, every agency is scored on public pages read on the measurement date, the organic figures are a dated DataForSEO pull, and the criterion where we come last is named as plainly as the one where we come first. Re-weight the columns and the order changes; the scores are shown so you can.
Manufacturing is the vertical where the GEO shelf belongs to inbound-marketing agencies: when we asked ChatGPT and Perplexity on 5 September which agencies do generative engine optimisation for manufacturing and industrial B2B companies, the two engines named twenty agencies between them, most of them HubSpot-era industrial marketing shops that have added an AI-search line, and cited First Page Sage’s manufacturing ranking, a web-design firm’s roundup and Concurate’s list. So we scored the ones the engines named on the criteria below.
how this list was built
The candidates are the agencies that ChatGPT and Perplexity actually named on 5 September 2026 when asked for GEO agencies for manufacturing and industrial B2B, plus the industrial-marketing incumbents on the ranking the engines cited most. That produced fifteen names; ten made the cut because we could read a public page describing their AI-search work for manufacturers. Not scored: an AI-visibility platform with no manufacturing evidence on its site, a one-person consultancy, and one domain that redirects to a video channel.
The criteria and weights are the six from the main list: published evidence 30%, engine coverage 20%, disclosed cadence 15%, vertical depth 15%, pricing transparency 10%, own organic footprint 10%. Each is scored 0, 1 or 2 from public evidence only. Footprint thresholds: under 500 monthly organic visits scores 0, 500 to 10,000 scores 1, over 10,000 scores 2. The full rubric is in the main list’s scoring table.
Where we come last: footprint, at zero. Our organic footprint in the US is zero: the domain is new. On vertical depth we score 1, not 2 — three industrial audits is repeated work, but no manufacturing client is on retainer yet and five agencies on this list have served manufacturers for a decade or more. Re-weight vertical depth to 30% and footprint to 20% and Cazbah leads, with Windmill Strategy and Focus Digital next.
How the measurements were taken. Organic figures are a DataForSEO bulk traffic estimate for the US, synonym expansion off, pulled on 5 September 2026. Shelf observations are a live prompt run on the same day on ChatGPT (gpt-5.5, web search on) and Perplexity (sonar-pro), logged verbatim. Everything else is read off the agencies’ public pages on that date. No agency was contacted, nobody paid to be here, and there are no affiliate links on this page.
change log
- 5 sep 2026. First published. Ten agencies, measurements dated 5 sep 2026.
ten agencies · what each one leads on, and the score
| # | agency | leads on | vertical evidence | published method | engines named | pricing public | score |
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| 01 | 009 Agency
009.agency | measurement-first GEO, published dataset | industrial & robotics, B2B, crypto, fintech, law firms | yes — 100 audits, in full | 6 | audit complimentary, from $3,000/mo | 82 |
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| 02 | Cazbah
cazbah.net | a monthly AI-visibility metric for manufacturers | 100+ manufacturers, 25 years | partial — case results | 4 | fixed monthly fee, figure not published | 65 |
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| 03 | Focus Digital
focus-digital.co | named clients across 20 industries with closed-loop reporting | manufacturers among 70+ clients | partial — case results, no method | 4 | not published | 55 |
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| 04 | Windmill Strategy
windmillstrategy.com | industrial web design with a GEO line and a 90-day roadmap | industrial only since 2006, robotics and automation clients | partial — case figures | not stated | not published | 42 |
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| 05 | First Page Sage
firstpagesage.com | the list the engines cite in every vertical | three named manufacturing clients | partial — rankings, not method | not stated | not published | 40 |
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| 06 | Fuel Online
fuelonline.com | five engines named, no industrial evidence | generic, 500+ cases claimed | no | 5 | not published | 32 |
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| 07 | Gorilla 76
gorilla76.com | the manufacturer-only inbound agency the engines name most | manufacturers only, robotics integrators, OEMs | partial — pipeline case | not stated | process-and-pricing page, figure not shown | 30 |
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| 08 | TREW Marketing
trewmarketing.com | published research on how engineers buy | 100+ engineering clients, named | partial — annual research report | not stated | process-and-pricing page, figure not shown | 30 |
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| 09 | IndexLifts
indexlifts.com | a composite score with a quotability signal | one named manufacturer | no | 3 | not published | 25 |
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| 10 | The ABM Agency
abmagency.com | enterprise industrial logos with a B2B GEO line | Siemens, DuPont, Dassault among clients | no | not stated | not published | 22 |
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the ten, one by one
01 · 009 Agency
Leads on. measurement-first GEO, published dataset
Publishes its full method and a 100-audit dataset, measures six engines per engagement, states a two-week re-measurement cadence and a retainer floor. Three industrial audits in 2026 — warehouse robotics, modular edge data centres, factory sourcing — including the only case in its dataset where all four engines put the client first. No manufacturing client on retainer yet, and says so.
scores: evidence 2 · engines 2 · cadence 2 · vertical 1 · pricing 2 · footprint 0 → 82/100 · organic footprint (US, 5 sep 2026): 0 (new domain) · manufacturing-only: no · named industrial work: 3 audits across 6 markets
02 · Cazbah
Leads on. a monthly AI-visibility metric for manufacturers
A Rochester, New York agency for commercial and industrial SMBs that names ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity, tracks AI visibility alongside impressions, RFQs and calls in monthly reporting, and publishes named manufacturing cases with revenue results. Fixed-cost retainers with the number withheld. Cited by ChatGPT in our run via its own page.
scores: evidence 1 · engines 2 · cadence 2 · vertical 2 · pricing 0 · footprint 0 → 65/100 · organic footprint (US, 5 sep 2026): about 90 visits · manufacturing-only: yes · reporting: monthly, incl. AI visibility, by its own account
03 · Focus Digital
Leads on. named clients across 20 industries with closed-loop reporting
A North Carolina search agency that says it has run ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity optimisation in every campaign since 2024 and reports on qualified leads and revenue in a closed loop. Appears on First Page Sage’s manufacturing list as on its legal, fintech, healthcare and ecommerce lists. A generalist with real evidence; manufacturing is one vertical of many.
scores: evidence 1 · engines 2 · cadence 1 · vertical 1 · pricing 0 · footprint 1 → 55/100 · organic footprint (US, 5 sep 2026): about 830 visits · manufacturing-only: no · contracts: month-to-month, by its own account
04 · Windmill Strategy
Leads on. industrial web design with a GEO line and a 90-day roadmap
A Minneapolis B2B industrial web and marketing agency serving manufacturers since 2006, with a GEO and AI-visibility line, a four-week strategy quick-start and a 90-day roadmap, and case figures on paid and organic conversions. Engines are not named on the pages we read. Named by Perplexity in our run through a web-design firm’s roundup.
scores: evidence 1 · engines 0 · cadence 1 · vertical 2 · pricing 0 · footprint 1 → 42/100 · organic footprint (US, 5 sep 2026): about 990 visits · manufacturing-only: yes (industrial) · founded 2006, by its own account
05 · First Page Sage
Leads on. the list the engines cite in every vertical
Publishes a “top manufacturing GEO/AEO agencies” ranking, dated July 2026, that both engines cited in our run, with three named manufacturing clients including two industrial groups. States no engines and no cadence on the pages we read. The same format exists for law firms, fintech, ecommerce and healthcare, and it was on the shelf in all six verticals we measured.
scores: evidence 1 · engines 0 · cadence 0 · vertical 2 · pricing 0 · footprint 2 → 40/100 · organic footprint (US, 5 sep 2026): about 20,500 visits · manufacturing-only: no · the same list format exists for five other verticals
06 · Fuel Online
Leads on. five engines named, no industrial evidence
A Boston agency that frames AI SEO, AEO and GEO as one system across Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot and Gemini and reports on citations through to revenue. No manufacturing or industrial case on the pages we read. Named by ChatGPT in our run through First Page Sage’s list. Good disclosure on engines; nothing yet to show for the vertical.
scores: evidence 0 · engines 2 · cadence 1 · vertical 0 · pricing 0 · footprint 1 → 32/100 · organic footprint (US, 5 sep 2026): about 750 visits · manufacturing-only: no · evidence: generic case count, no industrial example
07 · Gorilla 76
Leads on. the manufacturer-only inbound agency the engines name most
A St. Louis industrial marketing agency that works only with manufacturers, names AI search optimisation among its services and publishes a pipeline case and testimonials, plus a podcast and live webinar series for manufacturing marketers. Engines and cadence are not named on the pages we read. Named by both engines in our run through rankings.
scores: evidence 1 · engines 0 · cadence 0 · vertical 2 · pricing 0 · footprint 0 → 30/100 · organic footprint (US, 5 sep 2026): about 460 visits · manufacturing-only: yes · clients: OEMs, machine builders, robotics integrators, by its own account
08 · TREW Marketing
Leads on. published research on how engineers buy
A technical B2B agency for engineers, integrators and technical buyers, with named clients like Ansys and Silicon Labs and an annual State of Marketing to Engineers report with GlobalSpec. No AI engine, GEO method or cadence on the homepage we read; the research is about buying behaviour, not AI search. Named by both engines in our run through rankings.
scores: evidence 1 · engines 0 · cadence 0 · vertical 2 · pricing 0 · footprint 0 → 30/100 · organic footprint (US, 5 sep 2026): about 260 visits · manufacturing-only: mostly (technical B2B) · evidence: research report, named clients
09 · IndexLifts
Leads on. a composite score with a quotability signal
A New Jersey firm for service and industrial companies that names Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity, monitors rankings, reviews and citations continuously, and scores clients on visibility, authority, conversion and quotability. One manufacturer testimonial. No method, dated series or price. Named by ChatGPT in our run via its own page.
scores: evidence 0 · engines 1 · cadence 1 · vertical 1 · pricing 0 · footprint 0 → 25/100 · organic footprint (US, 5 sep 2026): not measurable · manufacturing-only: no · entry: free score report in 48 hours, by its own account
10 · The ABM Agency
Leads on. enterprise industrial logos with a B2B GEO line
An Atlanta account-based-marketing agency since 2009 with a B2B GEO service and an AEO guide, enterprise industrial logos, and 360-degree account reporting. Engines and re-measurement interval are not named on the pages we read. Its own ranking of B2B AEO and GEO agencies for industrial companies puts it first and was cited by Perplexity in our run.
scores: evidence 0 · engines 0 · cadence 1 · vertical 2 · pricing 0 · footprint 0 → 22/100 · organic footprint (US, 5 sep 2026): about 340 visits · manufacturing-only: no (ABM) · founded 2009, by its own account
what the list actually shows
Three patterns repeat, and they matter more than the order.
The manufacturing shelf is inbound agencies with an AI line. Gorilla 76, Weidert, TREW, Windmill and Cazbah have sold content and HubSpot programs to manufacturers for ten to twenty-five years. Only two of them name the engines they optimise for; only one states a monthly AI-visibility metric. The depth in the vertical is real; the AI-search disclosure is the newest and thinnest part of the offer.
The shortlist the engines build is from trade media, not agencies or vendors. On our live vendor prompt the engines assembled a goods-to-person shortlist from supply-chain research sites, an automated-warehouse trade title and integrator roundups. An agency that can get a manufacturer into those sources is doing the job; one that only rewrites the product pages is doing half of it.
Footprint still does not predict the shelf. Cazbah has about ninety organic visits a month and names four engines with a monthly metric; Weidert has seven thousand and names none. Both were on the shelf. The page that answers the question decided it.
how to use this if you are hiring
Ask any agency on this list, including us, for three things: the prompt panel they would measure you on, the engines they run it against, and the last delta they reported to a client in your vertical. An agency that sells AI visibility and cannot show a dated series has not measured it. Our own answers are on the audit page, the vertical page is manufacturing SEO agency, and the dataset behind our ranking claim is in 100 GEO audits.
before you choose
questions about hiring in this category.
how do I choose a GEO agency for a manufacturer?
Ask what the engines answer when a buyer describes the job with real constraints, and which trade sources they built the shortlist from. In our test the answer came from supply-chain research sites and integrator roundups, not from vendor pages. Then ask which engines the agency measures, how often, and for a dated series from a manufacturer in your category. The inbound agencies on this list know the vertical; ask them the AI question specifically.
which agencies on this list are manufacturing-only?
Four: Gorilla 76, Weidert Group, Cazbah and TREW Marketing, with Windmill Strategy close behind as an industrial web and marketing agency. Focus Digital, Fuel Online, IndexLifts, The ABM Agency, First Page Sage and 009 Agency work across several industries. Industrial depth matters most on the content: engineers can tell when a page was written by someone who has never seen the machine.
how much does GEO for a manufacturer cost?
No agency on this list publishes a number for manufacturing on the pages we read; Cazbah states a fixed monthly fee without the figure and Gorilla 76 points to a process-and-pricing section. Our own: the manual audit that opens every engagement is complimentary, and the full-cycle retainer starts from $3,000 per month, with the final figure set after the audit. Manufacturing SEO clicks are the most expensive in our demand data, which is the usual argument for the retainer; the audit is the way to check it.
can we trust a best-agencies list published by an agency that ranks itself first?
Not blindly, and that includes ours. The engines fill their shelves from self-published rankings; First Page Sage’s manufacturing list was among the first sources both engines cited. What separates a usable list is stated criteria, visible scores and a named weakness. Ours loses on footprint and does not yet have a manufacturing client, and both are in the table.
we are a specialist with a tiny site. is it worth it?
In our audits the specialist with a tiny site is where GEO worked without any program at all: a modular edge-data-centre maker with two and a half organic visits a month was shortlisted by all four engines on a constraint-rich prompt because its forty-one posts actually answered it. What it could not do alone was win the generic category question, which needs placement in the trade media the engines cite. That is the part an agency is for.
the criteria are public, the measurements are dated, and our weakest column is named. judge accordingly.