AI Visibility Index: Industrial Fasteners in Alabama

When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a industrial fasteners supplier in Alabama, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

48 of 59

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.

11 named at least once
48 never named

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Cell average: 0.8of 15
Across all 59 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 5.1of 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 Alabama

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial Fasteners companies in Alabama, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Birmingham Fastener Inc.Every answer 150 employeesBirmingham, Alabama 4 name variants Birmingham Fastenermost common11 Birmingham Fastener & Supply, Inc.2 Birmingham Fastener & Supply / Huntsville Fastener1 Birmingham Fastener, Inc.1	Birmingham, Alabama	15 of 15 answers
2	Southeastern Bolt & Screw Inc 85 employeesBirmingham, Alabama	Birmingham, Alabama	8 of 15 answers
3	Gulf Fastener Inc 10 employeesMobile, Alabama	Mobile, Alabama	6 of 15 answers
4	Bay Area Screw & Supply 5 employeesMobile, Alabama 2 name variants Bay Area Screw & Supplymost common3 Bay Area Screw & Supply (BASS)2	Mobile, Alabama	5 of 15 answers
5	Alabama Aerospace 9 employeesHuntsville, Alabama 2 name variants Alabama Aerospacemost common3 Alabama Aerospace (a Birmingham Fastener company)1	Huntsville, Alabama	4 of 15 answers
6	AmeriBolt Alabama	Alabama	4 of 15 answers
7	Omni Industrial Alabama	Alabama	3 of 15 answers
8	Huntsville Fastener 32 employeesHuntsville, Alabama 2 name variants Huntsville Fastener (a Birmingham Fastener branch)most common1 Huntsville Fastener1	Huntsville, Alabama	2 of 15 answers
9	Motion 500 employeesBirmingham, Alabama 2 name variants Motion (Motion Industries)most common1 Motion1	Birmingham, Alabama	2 of 15 answers
10	SEF Distribution 16 employeesMobile, Alabama	Mobile, Alabama	2 of 15 answers

13 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 Alabama. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
American Specialty Products & Machine	New Jersey	12 of 15
Southern Fasteners and Supply	South Carolina	5 of 15
Industrial Fasteners + Supply	Kentucky	3 of 15
Fastenal	Washington	2 of 15
Royal Brass & Hose – Hueytown (formerly Hardline Fasteners)	Illinois	2 of 15
bisco industries	Oregon	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 suppliers of industrial fasteners in Alabama”
2“Who supplies high-strength corrosion-resistant bolts and nuts in Alabama”
3“I need a Alabama fastener supplier for a recurring OEM assembly production run, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial fastener suppliers in Alabama for manufacturing and MRO buyers”
5“Which Alabama industrial fastener suppliers can provide certified traceable fasteners to ASTM and ISO standards”
6“List 20 industrial fasteners companies in Alabama 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
12 companies
bhamfast.com
6 companies
cdn.websites.hibu.com
3 companies
srfinc.com
2 companies
bayareascrew.com
2 companies
goaspm.com
2 companies
sebolt.com
1 company
gulffastener.com
1 company
akama.com
1 company
alabamaindustrial.com
1 company
altechcorp.com
1 company
ameribolt.com
1 company

43 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 33 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Alabama in context

Alabama ranks 6th of 28 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 10%.

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