AI Visibility Index: Jigs, Fixtures & Custom Tooling in Missouri

When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a jigs, fixtures & custom tooling supplier in Missouri, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

67 of 75

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.

8 named at least once
67 never named

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Cell average: 0.23of 15
Across all 75 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 Missouri

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Jigs, Fixtures & Custom Tooling companies in Missouri, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Essig MFG Missouri	Missouri	13 of 15 answers
2	Carr Lane Manufacturing Missouri 2 name variants Carr Lane Manufacturingmost common9 Carr Lane Manufacturing Co.1	Missouri	10 of 15 answers
3	Bull Moose Engineering & Manufacturing Missouri 2 name variants Bull Moose Engineering & Manufacturingmost common5 Bull Moose Engineering & Manufacturing LLC2	Missouri	7 of 15 answers
4	3D Infinity Prints Missouri	Missouri	6 of 15 answers
5	Midwest Sheet Metal – Machine Shop Missouri	Missouri	6 of 15 answers
6	Parallel Tool & Die Inc 8 employeesUnion, Missouri	Union, Missouri	5 of 15 answers
7	Patterson Mold & Tool 70 employeesSt Charles, Missouri	St Charles, Missouri	5 of 15 answers
8	Associated Machinists Missouri	Missouri	5 of 15 answers
9	GH Tool & Mold - A Tooling Tech Group Company 99 employeesWashington, Missouri	Washington, Missouri	2 of 15 answers
10	Brunson Custom Missouri	Missouri	2 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 Missouri. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Die Tech Machine, LLC	Ohio	9 of 15
H.M.E. Tool	Ontario	2 of 15
Kaskaskia Tool & Machine	Illinois	2 of 15
United Tool & Engineering	Indiana	2 of 15
BrewerMade	Wisconsin	1 of 15
Creative Machine (Creative Machining Solutions)	North Carolina	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 jigs, fixtures and custom tooling in Missouri”
2“Who supplies custom quick-change machining fixtures in Missouri”
3“I need a Missouri partner to design and build production jigs and fixtures for a new assembly line, who should I talk to”
4“Top jigs, fixtures and custom tooling suppliers in Missouri for manufacturing engineering buyers”
5“Which Missouri jig, fixture and custom tooling specialists can design and build fully modular CNC workholding systems”
6“List 20 jigs, fixtures and custom tooling companies in Missouri 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
hme-tool.com
2 companies
bullmooseengmfg.com
2 companies
carrlane.com
2 companies
hydromat.com
2 companies
mahutatool.com
2 companies
msmfab.com
2 companies
toolingtechgroup.com
1 company
pattersonmold.com
1 company
3dinfinityprints.com
1 company
associatedmachinists.com
1 company
brewermade.com
1 company

38 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 33 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Missouri in context

Missouri ranks 7th of 17 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 9%.

Missouri (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (9%)

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