AI Visibility Index · Cell report
MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Contract Machining & Machine Shops in Alabama
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a contract machining & machine shops supplier in Alabama, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 147 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
129 of 147
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.
- 18 named at least once
- 129 never named
- Cell average
- 0.39of 15
Across all 147 tracked companies.
- Top ten average
- 5.5of 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 Alabama
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Alabama buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amtec Solutions Group 30 employeesHuntsville, Alabama 3 name variants
| Huntsville, Alabama | 13 of 15 answers |
| 2 | Tin-Mar Inc 45 employeesHuntsville, Alabama | Huntsville, Alabama | 8 of 15 answers |
| 3 | Mc Allister Tool & Machine 17 employeesHuntsville, Alabama 2 name variants
| Huntsville, Alabama | 7 of 15 answers |
| 4 | K & S Machining Alabama | Alabama | 6 of 15 answers |
| 5 | ECL Dynamics Alabama | Alabama | 5 of 15 answers |
| 6 | B & W Machine & Tool Co Muscle Shoals, Alabama | Muscle Shoals, Alabama | 4 of 15 answers |
| 7 | GMJ Machine Company 40 employeesWilmer, Alabama 2 name variants
| Wilmer, Alabama | 3 of 15 answers |
| 8 | Lee Precision Machine Shop Inc. 30 employeesAthens, Alabama 2 name variants
| Athens, Alabama | 3 of 15 answers |
| 9 | Talladega Castings and Machine Co. 55 employeesTalladega, Alabama 2 name variants
| Talladega, Alabama | 3 of 15 answers |
| 10 | Longleaf Machining LLC Alabama 2 name variants
| Alabama | 3 of 15 answers |
29 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 Alabama. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan Machine Company | Wisconsin | 9 of 15 |
| ALIGN PRECISION | Pennsylvania | 4 of 15 |
| IMS, Inc. | New Jersey | 4 of 15 |
| SEMCO Manufacturing | Indiana | 4 of 15 |
| Mills Machining | Illinois | 2 of 15 |
| Smith & Company LLC | Oregon | 2 of 15 |
One of these yours?
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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 contract machining and machine shop companies in Alabama”
- 2“Who supplies precision CNC milled and turned components on contract in Alabama”
- 3“I need a Alabama contract machining partner for a 2,000-unit stainless steel medical device run, who should I talk to”
- 4“Top contract machining and machine shop suppliers in Alabama for industrial OEM buyers”
- 5“Which Alabama contract machining and machine shop providers can handle 5-axis CNC work with tight tolerance requirements”
- 6“List 20 contract machining and machine shop companies in Alabama 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.
- amtecsolutionsgroup.com3 companies
- semcomanufacturing.com3 companies
- ksmachining.com2 companies
- mcallistertool.com2 companies
- alignprecision.com2 companies
- alspi.com2 companies
- edwardsequipment.com2 companies
- leeprecisionmachine.com2 companies
- tcmco.com2 companies
- apex-al.com2 companies
- gmjmachine.com2 companies
- hirecnc.com2 companies
58 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.
Alabama in context
Alabama ranks 12th of 35 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 7%.
- Louisiana20%
- Kentucky18%
- Utah16%
- Kansas16%
- Oklahoma16%
- West Virginia16%
- Arkansas16%
- New Hampshire14%
- Arizona14%
- South Carolina13%
- Virginia13%
- Alabama12%
- Oregon12%
- Iowa12%
- Maryland11%
- Tennessee10%
- Minnesota10%
- Washington9%
- Georgia9%
- Connecticut9%
- Missouri8%
- Massachusetts7%
- New Jersey7%
- North Carolina7%
- Florida7%
- Colorado7%
- Indiana6%
- Wisconsin6%
- New York5%
- Texas5%
- Illinois5%
- Michigan4%
- Ohio4%
- Pennsylvania3%
- California3%
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