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

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

52 of 72

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.

20 named at least once
52 never named

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Cell average: 0.69of 15
Across all 72 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 5.4of 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 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 Jigs, Fixtures & Custom Tooling companies in Tennessee, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	THR Machinery Tennessee	Tennessee	12 of 15 answers
2	Schmiede Corp. 122 employeesTullahoma, Tennessee	Tullahoma, Tennessee	11 of 15 answers
3	J & J Machine & Tool Inc 25 employeesKnoxville, Tennessee 3 name variants J & J Machine and Tool, Inc.most common4 J&J Machine & Tool2 J & J Machine & Tool Co.1	Knoxville, Tennessee	7 of 15 answers
4	Crowley Tool 50 employeesHendersonville, Tennessee	Hendersonville, Tennessee	6 of 15 answers
5	Willmore Tool & Die Inc 12 employeesGallatin, Tennessee 2 name variants Willmore Tool & Diemost common4 Willmore Tool & Die, Inc.1	Gallatin, Tennessee	5 of 15 answers
6	Lane Machine and Tool Tennessee	Tennessee	4 of 15 answers
7	APTUS DesignWorks Tennessee	Tennessee	3 of 15 answers
8	Foundry Pattern Services Inc. 11 employeesChattanooga, Tennessee	Chattanooga, Tennessee	2 of 15 answers
9	Mitchell and Son, Inc 27 employeesMemphis, Tennessee 2 name variants Mitchell and Son Machine Shopmost common1 Mitchell & Son, Inc.1	Memphis, Tennessee	2 of 15 answers
10	Parris Tool & Die 25 employeesGoodlettsville, Tennessee	Goodlettsville, Tennessee	2 of 15 answers

28 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
Freedom Machine, LLC	Ohio	4 of 15
Alpha Integration – Tooling Tech Group	Michigan	1 of 15
BrewerMade	Wisconsin	1 of 15
Hoffman Engineering LLC	Connecticut	1 of 15
Industrial Tool, Inc.	Minnesota	1 of 15
Mountain View Specialties	British Columbia	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 Tennessee”
2“Who supplies custom quick-change machining fixtures in Tennessee”
3“I need a Tennessee 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 Tennessee for manufacturing engineering buyers”
5“Which Tennessee 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 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
6 companies
toolingtechgroup.com
3 companies
hme-tool.com
2 companies
jjmachinetool.com
2 companies
mitchell-son.com
2 companies
willmoretool.com
2 companies
aptusdesignworks.com
1 company
fpatterns.com
1 company
lanemachineandtool.com
1 company
schmiedecorp.com
1 company
benchmarkfabrications.com
1 company
brewermade.com
1 company

53 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 46 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 2nd 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%.

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

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