AI Visibility Index: Industrial Fasteners in North Carolina

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

92 of 104

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.

12 named at least once
92 never named

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Cell average: 0.38of 15
Across all 104 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 6.8of 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 North Carolina

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial Fasteners companies in North Carolina, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Cardinal AmericaEvery answer North Carolina	North Carolina	15 of 15 answers
2	QFAS Inc. North Carolina	North Carolina	10 of 15 answers
3	Fastener Supply Co 7 employeesGreensboro, North Carolina	Greensboro, North Carolina	9 of 15 answers
4	Automotive Fasteners Inc 6 employeesHigh Point, North Carolina · 2 locations 2 name variants Automotive Fasteners, Inc.most common7 Automotive Fasteners1	High Point, North Carolina2 locations	8 of 15 answers
5	HEICO Bolting Technologies North Carolina	North Carolina	6 of 15 answers
6	Charlotte Bolt-Foundations 7 employeesPineville, North Carolina 3 name variants Charlotte Bolt & Foundation, LLCmost common2 Charlotte Bolt & Foundation2 Charlotte Bolt & Foundation Products1	Pineville, North Carolina	5 of 15 answers
7	Bruce Watkins Supply North Carolina	North Carolina	5 of 15 answers
8	TR USA – TR Fastenings North Carolina	North Carolina	4 of 15 answers
9	Gulfstream Steel & Supply 16 employeesHolly Ridge, North Carolina	Holly Ridge, North Carolina	3 of 15 answers
10	MSC Industrial Supply Co. 9 employeesCharlotte, North Carolina	Charlotte, North Carolina	3 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 North Carolina. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Southern Fasteners & Supply, Inc.	South Carolina	11 of 15
Fastenal	Washington	4 of 15
Accutite Fasteners	California	2 of 15
Accutite Fasteners and Seals	California	2 of 15
J.O. King, Inc.	Georgia	2 of 15
Triangle Fastener Corporation	Pennsylvania	2 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 North Carolina”
2“Who supplies high-strength corrosion-resistant bolts and nuts in North Carolina”
3“I need a North Carolina fastener supplier for a recurring OEM assembly production run, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial fastener suppliers in North Carolina for manufacturing and MRO buyers”
5“Which North Carolina industrial fastener suppliers can provide certified traceable fasteners to ASTM and ISO standards”
6“List 20 industrial fasteners companies in North Carolina 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
trfastenings.com
4 companies
charbolt.com
3 companies
hfsindustrial.com
3 companies
qfasinc.com
3 companies
en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
2 companies
accutite.com
2 companies
bhamfast.com
2 companies
cdn.thomasnet.com
2 companies
industrial-bolts.net
2 companies
sisnc.com
2 companies
supplier.huntingtoningalls.com
2 companies

37 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 30 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

North Carolina in context

North Carolina ranks 16th 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%.

North Carolina (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (10%)

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