AI Visibility Index: Contract Machining & Machine Shops in Louisiana

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

103 of 129

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.

26 named at least once
103 never named

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Cell average: 0.49of 15
Across all 129 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 4.9of 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 Louisiana

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Contract Machining & Machine Shops companies in Louisiana, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Kajan Perfection Inc 20 employeesHouma, Louisiana	Houma, Louisiana	9 of 15 answers
2	Gulf South Machine Inc 64 employeesPonchatoula, Louisiana 2 name variants Gulf South Machine, Inc.most common4 Gulf South Machine2	Ponchatoula, Louisiana	6 of 15 answers
3	Hughes Machine Shop 24 employeesBogalusa, Louisiana	Bogalusa, Louisiana	6 of 15 answers
4	Machine Tech Services 25 employeesBroussard, Louisiana	Broussard, Louisiana	5 of 15 answers
5	USAxys Louisiana	Louisiana	5 of 15 answers
6	Delta Machine & Ironworks 22 employeesBaton Rouge, Louisiana 2 name variants Delta Machine & Ironworksmost common3 Delta Machine & Ironworks, Inc.1	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	4 of 15 answers
7	AGL Machine Works Louisiana	Louisiana	4 of 15 answers
8	Coastal Machine & Supply Louisiana	Louisiana	4 of 15 answers
9	Digital Machining Systems 34 employeesDuson, Louisiana	Duson, Louisiana	3 of 15 answers
10	E & E Machine Shop & Svc LLC 10 employeesHouma, Louisiana	Houma, Louisiana	3 of 15 answers

45 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 Louisiana. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
RAM Tool, Inc.	Wisconsin	3 of 15
RDL Machine Inc.	Washington	3 of 15
Roberson Machine Company	Indiana	3 of 15
Axis Machine Works	Alabama	2 of 15
Portable Machine Works	British Columbia	2 of 15
C&C Machine	Minnesota	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 Louisiana”
2“Who supplies precision CNC milled and turned components on contract in Louisiana”
3“I need a Louisiana 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 Louisiana for industrial OEM buyers”
5“Which Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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
19 companies
fredmach1.com
2 companies
rdlmachine.net
2 companies
axiommfr.com
2 companies
cdn.thomasnet.com
2 companies
partcollc.com
2 companies
pricemachineshop.com
2 companies
hughesmachineshop.com
1 company
axismachineworks.net
1 company
coastalmachinesupply.com
1 company
machinetechservices.com
1 company
mechelenllc.com
1 company

77 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 61 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Louisiana in context

Louisiana ranks 1st 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%.

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

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