AI Visibility Index: Contract Machining & Machine Shops in Colorado

When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a contract machining & machine shops supplier in Colorado, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.

123 companies tracked
Last measured September 30, 2026
Next measurement October 30, 2026

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

115 of 123

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.

8 named at least once
115 never named

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Cell average: 0.08of 15
Across all 123 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 5.4of 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 Colorado

These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Colorado buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.

Top 10 most AI-visible Contract Machining & Machine Shops companies in Colorado, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Mountain CNC Colorado	Colorado	13 of 15 answers
2	Cutter Innovations Colorado	Colorado	6 of 15 answers
3	Summit CNC Colorado	Colorado	6 of 15 answers
4	Axis Manufacturing Co. Colorado	Colorado	5 of 15 answers
5	DMAC Machining Colorado	Colorado	5 of 15 answers
6	Focused on Machining Colorado	Colorado	5 of 15 answers
7	Denver Precision Products Colorado	Colorado	4 of 15 answers
8	New Ideas MFG Co. Colorado	Colorado	4 of 15 answers
9	Accudyne Corporation Colorado	Colorado	3 of 15 answers
10	Check Zero Machine & Manufacturing Colorado	Colorado	3 of 15 answers

27 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 Colorado. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Metalcraft Industries	Wisconsin	10 of 15
Precision Machined Products (PMP)	Michigan	3 of 15
First Article, Inc.	Pennsylvania	2 of 15
Advanced Precision Machining	Idaho	1 of 15
Custom Machining Corporation (CMC)	Texas	1 of 15
Quality Components LLC	Ohio	1 of 15

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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 Colorado”
2“Who supplies precision CNC milled and turned components on contract in Colorado”
3“I need a Colorado 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 Colorado for industrial OEM buyers”
5“Which Colorado 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 Colorado 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.

thomasnet.comDirectory
2 companies
globalspec.comDirectory
2 companies
pmpmach.com
2 companies
metalcraftind.com
1 company
summitcnc.com
1 company
accudynecorp.com
1 company
coyotecutters.com
1 company
cutterinnovations.com
1 company
hppi.com
1 company
svmcolorado.com
1 company
acuteccnc.com
1 company
advancedprecisionmachine.com
1 company

56 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 43 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Colorado in context

Colorado ranks 26th 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%.

Colorado (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (7%)

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