AI Visibility Index: Contract Machining & Machine Shops in Ohio

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

809 of 846

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.

37 named at least once
809 never named

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Cell average: 0.08of 15
Across all 846 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 4.6of 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 Ohio

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Contract Machining & Machine Shops companies in Ohio, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Ansco Machine Co 45 employeesPeninsula, Ohio 3 name variants Ansco Machine Companymost common4 Ansco Machine3 Ansco Machine Co.1	Peninsula, Ohio	8 of 15 answers
2	Southwest Ohio Swiss Turn Ohio 2 name variants Southwest Ohio Swiss Turn LLCmost common3 Southwest Ohio Swiss Turn3	Ohio	6 of 15 answers
3	Union Enterprises Ohio	Ohio	6 of 15 answers
4	Advance CNC Machining 44 employeesGrove City, Ohio	Grove City, Ohio	5 of 15 answers
5	Ohio Screw Products Ohio	Ohio	5 of 15 answers
6	QP Manufacturing 15 employeesChardon, Ohio 2 name variants QP Manufacturingmost common3 QP Manufacturing Company1	Chardon, Ohio	4 of 15 answers
7	Alco Manufacturing Corporation, LLC 130 employeesElyria, Ohio	Elyria, Ohio	3 of 15 answers
8	Firstar Precision Corporation 32 employeesBrunswick, Ohio 2 name variants Firstar Precisionmost common2 Firstar Precision Corporation1	Brunswick, Ohio	3 of 15 answers
9	Galion LLC 60 employeesGalion, Ohio	Galion, Ohio	3 of 15 answers
10	Millat Industries Corporation 110 employeesDayton, Ohio	Dayton, Ohio	3 of 15 answers

49 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 Ohio. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Best Manufacturing	Arkansas	5 of 15
Bruck Manufacturing	Missouri	4 of 15
Midwest Precision	Oklahoma	3 of 15
Tool Tech	Louisiana	2 of 15
D&G Machine Products	Maine	1 of 15
Foranne Manufacturing	Pennsylvania	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 Ohio”
2“Who supplies precision CNC milled and turned components on contract in Ohio”
3“I need a Ohio 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 Ohio for industrial OEM buyers”
5“Which Ohio 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 Ohio 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.

anscomachine.com
3 companies
bruckmfg.com
2 companies
ntma.org
2 companies
swoswissturn.com
2 companies
wagnermachine.com
2 companies
bestmmi.com
2 companies
bonezonepub.com
2 companies
firstarcnc.com
2 companies
mitotecprecision.com
2 companies
qpmfg.com
2 companies
tooltech.com
2 companies
alco.com
1 company

75 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 68 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Ohio in context

Ohio ranks 33rd 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%.

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

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