AI Visibility Index: Contract Machining & Machine Shops in Massachusetts

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

307 of 331

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.

24 named at least once
307 never named

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Cell average: 0.22of 15
Across all 331 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 5.6of 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 Massachusetts

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Contract Machining & Machine Shops companies in Massachusetts, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Tool Technology Middleton, Massachusetts 2 name variants Tool Technology, Inc.most common12 Tool Technology1	Middleton, Massachusetts	13 of 15 answers
2	A & A Industries Inc 46 employeesPeabody, Massachusetts	Peabody, Massachusetts	7 of 15 answers
3	D & D Manufacturing 22 employeesIpswich, Massachusetts	Ipswich, Massachusetts	6 of 15 answers
4	Machining Technologies 10 employeesWebster, Massachusetts 2 name variants Machining Technologies, LLCmost common4 Machining Technologies1	Webster, Massachusetts	5 of 15 answers
5	Nortek Inc 15 employeesWest Springfield, Massachusetts	West Springfield, Massachusetts	5 of 15 answers
6	Borg Design Inc 15 employeesHudson, Massachusetts	Hudson, Massachusetts	4 of 15 answers
7	Monalex Manufacturing, Inc. 9 employeesDouglas, Massachusetts	Douglas, Massachusetts	4 of 15 answers
8	Gavin Machine Massachusetts 2 name variants Gavin Machinemost common3 Gavin Machine Co.1	Massachusetts	4 of 15 answers
9	Kontrast4D Massachusetts	Massachusetts	4 of 15 answers
10	Peerless Precision Massachusetts 2 name variants Peerless Precision, Inc.most common2 Peerless Precision2	Massachusetts	4 of 15 answers

31 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 Massachusetts. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
AMI Machining	Idaho	4 of 15
Micron Products, Inc.	Idaho	4 of 15
Brooks Contract Manufacturing and Machining, Inc.	Missouri	3 of 15
Cadrex (DFF facility)	Tennessee	2 of 15
Stone Medical, Inc.	California	2 of 15
D&R Products	California	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 Massachusetts”
2“Who supplies precision CNC milled and turned components on contract in Massachusetts”
3“I need a Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts for industrial OEM buyers”
5“Which Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts 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.

aandaindustries.com
3 companies
cadrex.com
3 companies
peerlessprecision.com
2 companies
tooltechinc.com
2 companies
brooks-mfg.com
2 companies
gavinmachine.com
2 companies
kmsmachine.com
2 companies
machiningtechllc.com
2 companies
amimachining.com
1 company
borgdesign.com
1 company
monalexmfg.com
1 company
accmach.com
1 company

60 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 54 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Massachusetts in context

Massachusetts ranks 22nd 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%.

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

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