AI Visibility Index: Industrial Fasteners in Kentucky

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

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

Look up your company Get your monthly report

The headline numbers

Never named by AI

40 of 50

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.

10 named at least once
40 never named

Not sure whether you are one of them?Check your domain

Cell average: 0.44of 15
Across all 50 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 4.1of 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 Kentucky

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial Fasteners companies in Kentucky, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	TR USA (TR Fastenings) Kentucky 3 name variants TR USA (TR Fastenings)most common8 TR USA (TR Fastenings – Louisville Distribution Center)1 TR USA (Trifast)1	Kentucky	10 of 15 answers
2	Sunrise Fastener & Supply Co 6 employeesLouisville, Kentucky 4 name variants Sunrise Fastener and Supply Companymost common3 Sunrise Fastener and Supply Company, Inc.1 Sunrise Fastener & Supply Co.1 Sunrise Fastener and Supply1	Louisville, Kentucky	6 of 15 answers
3	Würth Snider Bolt & Screw Kentucky	Kentucky	5 of 15 answers
4	Clark & Osborne-Kentucky 9 employeesLouisville, Kentucky	Louisville, Kentucky	3 of 15 answers
5	Fastener Sales & Engineering Inc 60 employeesLouisville, Kentucky 2 name variants Fastener Sales & Engineering Company, Inc.most common2 Fastener Sales & Engineering Co., Inc.1	Louisville, Kentucky	3 of 15 answers
6	Kwik-Set Fasteners Inc 35 employeesLexington, Kentucky 2 name variants Kwik‑Set Fastenersmost common2 Kwik‑Set Fasteners, Inc.1	Lexington, Kentucky	3 of 15 answers
7	Albert L. Crush Co. Kentucky	Kentucky	3 of 15 answers
8	Allied Tools, Inc. Kentucky	Kentucky	3 of 15 answers
9	Parker Industrial Supply Kentucky	Kentucky	3 of 15 answers
10	AAA Fastener Co 3 employeesLexington, Kentucky 2 name variants Triple A Fastener Co., Inc.most common1 Triple A Fastener Company1	Lexington, Kentucky	2 of 15 answers

29 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 Kentucky. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Fastenal	Washington	7 of 15
Essentra Components	Pennsylvania	4 of 15
Albany County Fasteners	New Jersey	2 of 15
Blue Chip Engineered Products	Ohio	2 of 15
Dayton Nut & Bolt	Ohio	2 of 15
Infinity Fasteners	California	2 of 15

One of these yours?

A complete Blue Book listing is one of the sources assistants read in this category. Confirming your details is free.

Get your monthly report

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 Kentucky”
2“Who supplies high-strength corrosion-resistant bolts and nuts in Kentucky”
3“I need a Kentucky fastener supplier for a recurring OEM assembly production run, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial fastener suppliers in Kentucky for manufacturing and MRO buyers”
5“Which Kentucky industrial fastener suppliers can provide certified traceable fasteners to ASTM and ISO standards”
6“List 20 industrial fasteners companies in Kentucky 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
10 companies
bbb.orgDirectory
6 companies
trfastenings.com
6 companies
sunrisefastener.com
4 companies
ykkamericas.com
3 companies
b.assets.dandb.com
2 companies
daytonnutandbolt.com
2 companies
wurthindustry.com
2 companies
yellowpages.comDirectory
2 companies
parkerindustrialsupply.com
1 company
4rfasteners.com
1 company
aeroandautostud.com
1 company

44 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.

Kentucky in context

Kentucky ranks 2nd 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%.

Kentucky (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (10%)

Look up a company

Enter a domain or a company name to see whether it is tracked in this cell, and whether the answers named it. This is a lookup against a measurement already taken, so it is instant.

Try sunrisefastener.com or any other domain

The public Index publishes one measurement per cell. A monthly report covers your own company:

Every question it was named on
Every question it was not
What moved

Your own position is only ever shown to you.