AI Visibility Index: Contract Machining & Machine Shops in Virginia

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

140 of 160

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.

20 named at least once
140 never named

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Cell average: 0.36of 15
Across all 160 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 Virginia

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Contract Machining & Machine Shops companies in Virginia, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Tektonics Design Group 7 employeesRichmond, Virginia	Richmond, Virginia	11 of 15 answers
2	Worley Machine Enterprises Inc 30 employeesWoolwine, Virginia 3 name variants Worley Machine Enterprisesmost common8 Worley Machines Enterprises2 Worley Machine Enterprises, Inc.1	Woolwine, Virginia	11 of 15 answers
3	Tabet Manufacturing Co. Inc. 45 employeesNorfolk, Virginia	Norfolk, Virginia	9 of 15 answers
4	The Williams Company, Inc. 15 employeesBristol, Virginia 2 name variants The Williams Company, Inc.most common3 The Williams Company1	Bristol, Virginia	4 of 15 answers
5	Advanced Machine & Tooling Inc 17 employeesVirginia Beach, Virginia 2 name variants Advanced Machine & Tooling (AMT)most common2 Advanced Machine & Tooling, Inc.1	Virginia Beach, Virginia	3 of 15 answers
6	Mitotec Precision Virginia	Virginia	3 of 15 answers
7	AMG 83 employeesLynchburg, Virginia	Lynchburg, Virginia	2 of 15 answers
8	Commercial Machine, Inc. 21 employeesRichmond, Virginia	Richmond, Virginia	2 of 15 answers
9	Lynchburg Machining 11 employeesLynchburg, Virginia	Lynchburg, Virginia	2 of 15 answers
10	Modern Machine & Tool CO Inc 75 employeesNewport News, Virginia	Newport News, Virginia	2 of 15 answers

32 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 Virginia. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Winslow Automatics	Connecticut	7 of 15
Blanda Inc	Minnesota	2 of 15
Distinctive Manufacturing Group	Michigan	2 of 15
RAM Tool, Inc.	Wisconsin	2 of 15
Accurate Machine Inc.	Wisconsin	1 of 15
ITS Manufacturing, Inc.	Texas	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 Virginia”
2“Who supplies precision CNC milled and turned components on contract in Virginia”
3“I need a Virginia 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 Virginia for industrial OEM buyers”
5“Which Virginia 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 Virginia 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
5 companies
worleymachine.com
3 companies
tektonics.com
2 companies
advanced-machine.com
2 companies
cadenceinc.com
2 companies
fulcrumconceptsllc.com
2 companies
mitotecprecision.com
2 companies
williamsusa.com
2 companies
tabetmfg.com
1 company
accmachine.com
1 company
actiontoolservice.com
1 company
armesprecision.com
1 company

56 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 51 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Virginia in context

Virginia ranks 11th 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%.

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

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