AI Visibility Index: Industrial Fasteners in Texas

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

292 of 316

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.

24 named at least once
292 never named

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Cell average: 0.21of 15
Across all 316 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 6.1of 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 Texas

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial Fasteners companies in Texas, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Bayou City Bolt & Supply 15 employeesHouston, Texas	Houston, Texas	10 of 15 answers
2	All-Pro Fasteners 8 employeesLongview, Texas	Longview, Texas	9 of 15 answers
3	AFT Fasteners Texas	Texas	9 of 15 answers
4	Fast Master, Inc. 5 employeesHouston, Texas	Houston, Texas	8 of 15 answers
5	NAPPCO Fastener Company 7 employeesHouston, Texas 2 name variants NAPPCO Fastener Companymost common5 NAPPCO (Nappco Fastener Company)1	Houston, Texas	6 of 15 answers
6	Fastener Connection Inc 12 employeesHouston, Texas	Houston, Texas	4 of 15 answers
7	Gulf Coast Nut & Bolt Supply 11 employeesCorpus Christi, Texas 2 name variants Gulf Coast Nut & Bolt Supplymost common2 Gulf Coast Nut & Bolt LLC2	Corpus Christi, Texas	4 of 15 answers
8	Bolts ’n Nuts Plus Texas	Texas	4 of 15 answers
9	GNS Fasteners Texas	Texas	4 of 15 answers
10	Brazos Fasteners Inc 10 employeesClute, Texas	Clute, Texas	3 of 15 answers

43 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 Texas. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Accutite Fasteners	California	1 of 15
Fastenal	Washington	1 of 15
Ram Products	New Jersey	1 of 15
River City Bolt & Screw	Tennessee	1 of 15
Triangle Fastener Corporation – Texas branches	Pennsylvania	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 Texas”
2“Who supplies high-strength corrosion-resistant bolts and nuts in Texas”
3“I need a Texas fastener supplier for a recurring OEM assembly production run, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial fastener suppliers in Texas for manufacturing and MRO buyers”
5“Which Texas industrial fastener suppliers can provide certified traceable fasteners to ASTM and ISO standards”
6“List 20 industrial fasteners companies in Texas 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.

info.mwcomponents.com
3 companies
aftfasteners.com
2 companies
gcnbolt.com
2 companies
nappco.com
2 companies
trfastenings.com
2 companies
americanbolt.com
1 company
brazosfasteners.com
1 company
gnsfasteners.com
1 company
hmtnow.com
1 company
aalloy.com
1 company
accutite.com
1 company
aeroglen.com
1 company

63 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 58 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Texas in context

Texas ranks 24th 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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