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MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Industrial Fasteners in Missouri
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a industrial fasteners supplier in Missouri, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 95 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
80 of 95
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.
- 15 named at least once
- 80 never named
- Cell average
- 0.77of 15
Across all 95 tracked companies.
- Top ten average
- 7of 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 Missouri
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Missouri buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inventory Sales Company 6 employeesSt. Louis, Missouri 2 name variants
| St. Louis, Missouri | 13 of 15 answers |
| 2 | ISSCO, INC. 18 employeesLee's Summit, Missouri | Lee's Summit, Missouri | 13 of 15 answers |
| 3 | Brauer Supply Co 4 employeesJackson, Missouri | Jackson, Missouri | 8 of 15 answers |
| 4 | All-Pro Fasteners 5 employeesKansas City, Missouri 4 name variants
| Kansas City, Missouri | 7 of 15 answers |
| 5 | R H Fastener Supply Inc 12 employeesRiverside, Missouri 3 name variants
| Riverside, Missouri | 6 of 15 answers |
| 6 | Fastenal 6 employeesCape Girardeau, Missouri | Cape Girardeau, Missouri | 5 of 15 answers |
| 7 | Mo-Kan Fasteners & Supply 6 employeesKansas City, Missouri 2 name variants
| Kansas City, Missouri | 5 of 15 answers |
| 8 | House of Fasteners Missouri | Missouri | 5 of 15 answers |
| 9 | Superior Industrial Supply 33 employeesSt. Louis, Missouri 3 name variants
| St. Louis, Missouri | 4 of 15 answers |
| 10 | P1 Manufacturing Missouri | Missouri | 4 of 15 answers |
15 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 Missouri. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Southwest Distributors | Mississippi | 4 of 15 |
| St. Louis Screw & Bolt | Illinois | 3 of 15 |
| bisco industries | Oregon | 1 of 15 |
| E&A Products | Minnesota | 1 of 15 |
| Grandeur Fasteners | Arkansas | 1 of 15 |
| GT Midwest | Kansas | 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 Missouri”
- 2“Who supplies high-strength corrosion-resistant bolts and nuts in Missouri”
- 3“I need a Missouri fastener supplier for a recurring OEM assembly production run, who should I talk to”
- 4“Top industrial fastener suppliers in Missouri for manufacturing and MRO buyers”
- 5“Which Missouri industrial fastener suppliers can provide certified traceable fasteners to ASTM and ISO standards”
- 6“List 20 industrial fasteners companies in Missouri 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.comDirectory11 companies
- apf.com5 companies
- rhfastener.com3 companies
- sisupply.com3 companies
- inventorysales.com2 companies
- linkmagazine.com2 companies
- mokanfastener.com2 companies
- isscoinc.com1 company
- fastenal.com1 company
- p1mfg.com1 company
- purchasepartners.com1 company
- southwestdist.com1 company
41 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 32 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.
Missouri in context
Missouri ranks 9th 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%.
- Louisiana24%
- Kentucky20%
- Maryland20%
- Virginia19%
- Arizona19%
- Alabama19%
- Colorado18%
- Tennessee16%
- Missouri16%
- South Carolina15%
- Indiana14%
- Oregon13%
- Connecticut13%
- Wisconsin12%
- Georgia12%
- North Carolina12%
- Washington11%
- Michigan11%
- Minnesota10%
- Illinois9%
- Massachusetts9%
- New Jersey9%
- Florida8%
- Texas8%
- New York7%
- Ohio6%
- Pennsylvania6%
- California4%
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