AI Visibility Index: Contract Machining & Machine Shops in Kentucky

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

111 of 136

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.

25 named at least once
111 never named

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Cell average: 0.41of 15
Across all 136 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 4.8of 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 Kentucky

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Contract Machining & Machine Shops companies in Kentucky, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Carbide Products Inc. 25 employeesGeorgetown, Kentucky	Georgetown, Kentucky	12 of 15 answers
2	Peak Precision Manufacturing Kentucky	Kentucky	7 of 15 answers
3	Clardy Machine Works Kentucky 2 name variants Clardy Machine Works, LLCmost common3 Clardy Machine Works3	Kentucky	6 of 15 answers
4	CGS Machine & Tool Inc 25 employeesBowling Green, Kentucky	Bowling Green, Kentucky	4 of 15 answers
5	Qualex Machining 22 employeesRichmond, Kentucky 2 name variants QuaLex Machining, LLCmost common2 QuaLex Machining2	Richmond, Kentucky	4 of 15 answers
6	Atlas Machine & Supply, Inc. 165 employeesLouisville, Kentucky	Louisville, Kentucky	3 of 15 answers
7	Burdine-Anderson Inc 12 employeesBurlington, Kentucky	Burlington, Kentucky	3 of 15 answers
8	Georgetown Tool & Manufacturing Inc. 20 employeesGeorgetown, Kentucky	Georgetown, Kentucky	3 of 15 answers
9	Limestone Manufacturing 35 employeesSomerset, Kentucky 2 name variants Limestone Manufacturingmost common2 Limestone Manufacturing, LLC1	Somerset, Kentucky	3 of 15 answers
10	Quick Tek Machining LLC 15 employeesParis, Kentucky	Paris, Kentucky	3 of 15 answers

34 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 Kentucky. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Contract Machining & Manufacturing Co.	Missouri	10 of 15
Excel Tool and Die	Massachusetts	3 of 15
A & N Precision Machining	California	2 of 15
American Metal Works	Alabama	2 of 15
Kent Machine	Indiana	2 of 15
Reed Tool & Machine LLC	Connecticut	2 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 Kentucky”
2“Who supplies precision CNC milled and turned components on contract in Kentucky”
3“I need a Kentucky 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 Kentucky for industrial OEM buyers”
5“Which Kentucky 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 Kentucky 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
11 companies
cedky.com
4 companies
limestonemfg.net
3 companies
contract-machining.com
2 companies
industries.winstonind.com
2 companies
sstool.com
2 companies
clardymachineworks.com
2 companies
qualexmachining.com
2 companies
roystersmachine.com
2 companies
simfgservices.com
2 companies
trinklemachine.com
2 companies
winslowautomatics.com
2 companies

55 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 44 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Kentucky in context

Kentucky ranks 2nd 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%.

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

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