AI Visibility Index: Industrial Fasteners in Tennessee

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

73 of 87

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.

14 named at least once
73 never named

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Cell average: 0.66of 15
Across all 87 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 Tennessee

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial Fasteners companies in Tennessee, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Eagle Sales 38 employeesMemphis, Tennessee · 2 locations 3 name variants Eagle Salesmost common6 Eagle Sales Co.3 Eagle Sales Company2	Memphis, Tennessee2 locations	11 of 15 answers
2	MID-TENN BOLT 7 employeesClarksville, Tennessee 3 name variants Mid‑Tenn Bolt & Screwmost common7 Mid-Tenn Bolt & Screw Co.1 Mid‑Tenn Bolt1	Clarksville, Tennessee	9 of 15 answers
3	Hercules Bolt & Manufacturing Tennessee	Tennessee	9 of 15 answers
4	Active Bolt & Screw Co 15 employeesMemphis, Tennessee 2 name variants Active Bolt & Screw Co.most common4 Active Bolt & Screw Company3	Memphis, Tennessee	7 of 15 answers
5	Tri-State Bolt LLC 6 employeesJohnson City, Tennessee	Johnson City, Tennessee	7 of 15 answers
6	Stock’d Supply Tennessee 2 name variants Stock’d Supplymost common6 Stock’d Supply (formerly Bolts & Nuts Corp.)1	Tennessee	7 of 15 answers
7	Action Bolt & Screw Corp 14 employeesNashville, Tennessee 2 name variants Action Bolt & Screwmost common5 Action Bolt & Screw Corporation1	Nashville, Tennessee	6 of 15 answers
8	Knoxville Bolt & Screw Inc 20 employeesKnoxville, Tennessee 2 name variants Knoxville Bolt & Screwmost common4 Knoxville Bolt & Screw, Inc.2	Knoxville, Tennessee	6 of 15 answers
9	Titan Fastener & Supply Tennessee	Tennessee	4 of 15 answers
10	Applied Industrial Technologies 7 employeesCleveland, Tennessee 2 name variants Applied Industrial Technologies – Kingsport Branchmost common1 Applied Industrial Technologies1	Cleveland, Tennessee	2 of 15 answers

16 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 Tennessee. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Atlanta Rod & Manufacturing	Georgia	4 of 15
Southern Fasteners & Supply	South Carolina	4 of 15
Ram Products	New Jersey	2 of 15
Albany County Fasteners	New Jersey	1 of 15
Atlanta Rod & Manufacturing – Tennessee Service Area	Georgia	1 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 Tennessee”
2“Who supplies high-strength corrosion-resistant bolts and nuts in Tennessee”
3“I need a Tennessee fastener supplier for a recurring OEM assembly production run, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial fastener suppliers in Tennessee for manufacturing and MRO buyers”
5“Which Tennessee industrial fastener suppliers can provide certified traceable fasteners to ASTM and ISO standards”
6“List 20 industrial fasteners companies in Tennessee 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
4 companies
eaglesales.com
3 companies
midtennbolt.com
3 companies
actionboltandscrew.com
2 companies
dandtfasteners.com
2 companies
activebolt.com
2 companies
atlrod.com
2 companies
knoxvillebolt.com
2 companies
leinarts.com
2 companies
pccfasteners.com
2 companies
stockdsupply.com
2 companies
herculesbolt.com
1 company

40 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.

Tennessee in context

Tennessee ranks 8th 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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