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MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Contract Machining & Machine Shops in Kansas
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a contract machining & machine shops supplier in Kansas, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 98 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
82 of 98
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.
- 16 named at least once
- 82 never named
- Cell average
- 0.42of 15
Across all 98 tracked companies.
- Top ten average
- 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 Kansas
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Kansas buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DL Dynamic Kansas | Kansas | 11 of 15 answers |
| 2 | Natoma Manufacturing, LLC 60 employeesNorton, Kansas 2 name variants
| Norton, Kansas | 8 of 15 answers |
| 3 | C&R Manufacturing Kansas 2 name variants
| Kansas | 7 of 15 answers |
| 4 | Titan Industries Inc 7 employeesDodge City, Kansas | Dodge City, Kansas | 6 of 15 answers |
| 5 | Farrar Corporation 7 employeesManhattan, Kansas | Manhattan, Kansas | 5 of 15 answers |
| 6 | Complexx Machining, LLC Kansas 2 name variants
| Kansas | 5 of 15 answers |
| 7 | Edge Machining, LLC Kansas 2 name variants
| Kansas | 5 of 15 answers |
| 8 | Raptor Fabrication / Raptor Manufacturing Kansas | Kansas | 5 of 15 answers |
| 9 | MPM Inc. 62 employeesWichita, Kansas | Wichita, Kansas | 4 of 15 answers |
| 10 | Vista Manufacturing Company 6 employeesKansas City, Kansas 2 name variants
| Kansas City, Kansas | 4 of 15 answers |
30 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 Kansas. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Lindsay Machine Works | Missouri | 7 of 15 |
| Taylor Machine Works LLC | Mississippi | 3 of 15 |
| Integrated Components, Inc. | Florida | 1 of 15 |
| J&J Machine | Michigan | 1 of 15 |
| KCSP Machine | Missouri | 1 of 15 |
| M&R Precision Machining | Illinois | 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 Kansas”
- 2“Who supplies precision CNC milled and turned components on contract in Kansas”
- 3“I need a Kansas 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 Kansas for industrial OEM buyers”
- 5“Which Kansas 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 Kansas 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.comDirectory6 companies
- farrarusa.com3 companies
- lindsaymachineworks.com2 companies
- mcmkck.com2 companies
- complexxmachiningllc.com2 companies
- edgemachining.com2 companies
- natomamanufacturing.com2 companies
- raptorfab.co2 companies
- rlmachining.com2 companies
- vbopco.com2 companies
- vista-mfg.com2 companies
- dldair.com1 company
53 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 42 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.
Kansas in context
Kansas ranks 4th 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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