AI Visibility Index: Industrial Fasteners in Washington

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

78 of 88

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.

10 named at least once
78 never named

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Cell average: 0.57of 15
Across all 88 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 6.7of 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 Washington

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial Fasteners companies in Washington, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Fastco Inc 5 employeesTacoma, Washington	Tacoma, Washington	11 of 15 answers
2	Beawest Fasteners, Inc. 9 employeesKent, Washington 2 name variants Beawest Fastenersmost common7 Beawest Fasteners, Inc.3	Kent, Washington	10 of 15 answers
3	Tacoma Screw Products, Inc. 8 employeesWenatchee, Washington 2 name variants Tacoma Screw Productsmost common8 Tacoma Screw Products, Inc.1	Wenatchee, Washington	9 of 15 answers
4	Northwest Fasteners Washington	Washington	7 of 15 answers
5	Valley Nut & Bolt Washington	Washington	7 of 15 answers
6	Fastenal 50 employeesSpokane Valley, Washington	Spokane Valley, Washington	6 of 15 answers
7	Seattle Nut & Bolt Washington	Washington	6 of 15 answers
8	Weaver Distributing 14 employeesUnion Gap, Washington	Union Gap, Washington	5 of 15 answers
9	Hi Strength Bolt 10 employeesKent, Washington 3 name variants Hi‑Strength Bolt Company / HiStrengthmost common2 Hi-Strength Bolt Company1 HiStrength1	Kent, Washington	4 of 15 answers
10	Applied Industrial Technologies 25 employeesLongview, Washington	Longview, Washington	2 of 15 answers

12 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 Washington. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
ProFast Supply	Florida	8 of 15
OneMonroe (Monroe Engineering)	Indiana	2 of 15
Albany County Fasteners	New Jersey	1 of 15
Bossard America	Massachusetts	1 of 15
DB Roberts	Texas	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 Washington”
2“Who supplies high-strength corrosion-resistant bolts and nuts in Washington”
3“I need a Washington fastener supplier for a recurring OEM assembly production run, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial fastener suppliers in Washington for manufacturing and MRO buyers”
5“Which Washington industrial fastener suppliers can provide certified traceable fasteners to ASTM and ISO standards”
6“List 20 industrial fasteners companies in Washington 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
7 companies
histrength.com
3 companies
tacomascrew.com
2 companies
beawest.com
2 companies
profast.supply
2 companies
fastcoinc.com
1 company
fastenal.com
1 company
albanycountyfasteners.com
1 company
americas.bossard.com
1 company
ancofastenersales.com
1 company
championbolt.com
1 company
empirebolt.com
1 company

35 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 26 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Washington in context

Washington ranks 17th 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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