AI Visibility Index: Industrial Fasteners in Virginia

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

50 of 62

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
50 never named

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Cell average: 0.85of 15
Across all 62 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 7.4of 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 Virginia

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial Fasteners companies in Virginia, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Trio Fasteners Inc 9 employeesAshland, Virginia	Ashland, Virginia	13 of 15 answers
2	ATCO Fasteners Virginia 2 name variants ATCO Fastenersmost common10 ATCO Fasteners Inc.2	Virginia	12 of 15 answers
3	D&T Enterprises 6 employeesCedar Bluff, Virginia 2 name variants D&T Enterprisesmost common10 D & T Enterprises (D&T Fasteners)1	Cedar Bluff, Virginia	11 of 15 answers
4	AmeriSteel Fastener Virginia	Virginia	11 of 15 answers
5	Wurth Revcar Fasteners 30 employeesNorth Chesterfield, Virginia	North Chesterfield, Virginia	7 of 15 answers
6	Bolts & Screws Inc 18 employeesBristol, Virginia	Bristol, Virginia	5 of 15 answers
7	Stronghold Supply Virginia	Virginia	5 of 15 answers
8	J J Fasteners Inc 5 employeesPortsmouth, Virginia	Portsmouth, Virginia	4 of 15 answers
9	Southern Fasteners & Supply Inc. 7 employeesRichmond, Virginia 2 name variants Southern Fasteners and Supply, Inc.most common2 Southern Fasteners and Supply1	Richmond, Virginia	3 of 15 answers
10	Wink Fasteners Inc 8 employeesCharles City, Virginia 2 name variants Wink Fasteners, Inc.most common2 Wink Fasteners1	Charles City, Virginia	3 of 15 answers

11 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 Virginia. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
B & S Bolts Corporation	Washington	7 of 15
U.S. Supply	Pennsylvania	4 of 15
Fastenal	Washington	2 of 15
Nappco Fastener Company	Texas	1 of 15
Swagelok (Richmond Sales & Service Center)	Ohio	1 of 15
Triangle Fastener Corporation – Richmond branch	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 Virginia”
2“Who supplies high-strength corrosion-resistant bolts and nuts in Virginia”
3“I need a Virginia fastener supplier for a recurring OEM assembly production run, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial fastener suppliers in Virginia for manufacturing and MRO buyers”
5“Which Virginia industrial fastener suppliers can provide certified traceable fasteners to ASTM and ISO standards”
6“List 20 industrial fasteners companies in Virginia 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
6 companies
fastenersclearinghouse.com
4 companies
dandtfasteners.com
3 companies
tidewaterfasteners.com
3 companies
atcofasteners.com
2 companies
hfsindustrial.com
2 companies
ameristeelfastener.com
1 company
boltsandscrewsinc.com
1 company
bsbolts.com
1 company
bsboltsgov.com
1 company
cdn.thomasnet.com
1 company
chesterfieldtrading.com
1 company

34 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 28 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Virginia in context

Virginia ranks 4th 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%.

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

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