AI Visibility Index: Industrial Fasteners in Indiana

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

115 of 134

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.

19 named at least once
115 never named

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Cell average: 0.38of 15
Across all 134 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 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 Indiana

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial Fasteners companies in Indiana, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Certified Fastener & Industrial Supply Indiana	Indiana	10 of 15 answers
2	ECS Fasteners Elkhart, Indiana	Elkhart, Indiana	10 of 15 answers
3	Fastenal 10 employeesMichigan City, Indiana	Michigan City, Indiana	7 of 15 answers
4	Haggard & Stocking Associates 61 employeesBeech Grove, Indiana 2 name variants Haggard & Stockingmost common6 Haggard & Stocking Associates1	Beech Grove, Indiana	7 of 15 answers
5	AMPG 40 employeesIndianapolis, Indiana 2 name variants AMPGmost common4 AMPG (Accurate Manufactured Products Group)1	Indianapolis, Indiana	5 of 15 answers
6	Key Fasteners Corporation 80 employeesBerne, Indiana	Berne, Indiana	5 of 15 answers
7	Indiana Automotive Fasteners 401 employeesGreenfield, Indiana 2 name variants Indiana Automotive Fasteners, Inc.most common3 Indiana Automotive Fasteners1	Greenfield, Indiana	4 of 15 answers
8	McCoy Bolt Works, Inc. 65 employeesFort Wayne, Indiana 2 name variants McCoy Boltmost common3 McCoy Bolt Works1	Fort Wayne, Indiana	4 of 15 answers
9	AERiiTools Industrial Supply Indiana	Indiana	4 of 15 answers
10	Rettig’s Industrial Supply Kendallville, Indiana	Kendallville, Indiana	4 of 15 answers

30 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 Indiana. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
J.O. King / King Fastener	Georgia	2 of 15
Albany County Fasteners	New Jersey	1 of 15
American Bolt and Screw Mfg Corp	California	1 of 15
Elite Sales, Inc.	Florida	1 of 15
J.O. King, Inc.	Georgia	1 of 15
King, Inc. (J.O. King Fastener Company)	New York	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 Indiana”
2“Who supplies high-strength corrosion-resistant bolts and nuts in Indiana”
3“I need a Indiana fastener supplier for a recurring OEM assembly production run, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial fastener suppliers in Indiana for manufacturing and MRO buyers”
5“Which Indiana industrial fastener suppliers can provide certified traceable fasteners to ASTM and ISO standards”
6“List 20 industrial fasteners companies in Indiana 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
13 companies
kingfastener.com
4 companies
en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
3 companies
haggardstocking.com
2 companies
hahnsystems.com
2 companies
absfasteners.com
2 companies
aerosmithfastening.com
2 companies
alexanderscrew.com
2 companies
donn-roll.com
2 companies
hfsindustrial.com
2 companies
mccoybolt.com
2 companies
nfda-fastener.org
2 companies

51 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 40 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Indiana in context

Indiana ranks 11th 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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