AI Visibility Index: Metal Cutting Tools in Illinois

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

664 of 683

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.

19 named at least once
664 never named

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Cell average: 0.07of 15
Across all 683 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 5.1of 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 Illinois

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Metal Cutting Tools companies in Illinois, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Ingersoll Cutting Tool Company 280 employeesRockford, Illinois	Rockford, Illinois	10 of 15 answers
2	Ekstrom Carlson Illinois	Illinois	8 of 15 answers
3	A & W Tool Inc. 9 employeesRingwood, Illinois	Ringwood, Illinois	7 of 15 answers
4	TECm 10 employeesRockford, Illinois 3 name variants TECm Toolsmost common2 TECm2 TECm (Tool Engineering & Cutting Materials)1	Rockford, Illinois	5 of 15 answers
5	Colmar Industrial Supplies, Inc. 6 employeesElk Grove Village, Illinois 2 name variants Colmar Industrial Suppliesmost common3 Colmar Industrial Supplies LLC1	Elk Grove Village, Illinois	4 of 15 answers
6	General Cutting Tool Corp. 18 employeesLincolnwood, Illinois	Lincolnwood, Illinois	4 of 15 answers
7	Gl Technology Inc 8 employeesRolling Meadows, Illinois 2 name variants GL Technologies LLCmost common3 GL Technologies1	Rolling Meadows, Illinois	4 of 15 answers
8	Circle Cutting Tools, Inc. 7 employeesRockford, Illinois 2 name variants Circle Cutting Toolsmost common2 Circle Cutting Tools, Inc.1	Rockford, Illinois	3 of 15 answers
9	Fleetwood Industrial Supply 7 employeesAddison, Illinois 2 name variants Fleetwood Industrial Supplymost common2 Fleetwood Industrial Supply Corporation1	Addison, Illinois	3 of 15 answers
10	Regal Cutting Tools 260 employeesRoscoe, Illinois	Roscoe, Illinois	3 of 15 answers

30 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 Illinois. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Cutting Tool Supply	New York	3 of 15
Cutting Tools Inc.	Texas	2 of 15
Custom Cutting Tools Inc.	California	1 of 15
Cutting Edge Tool Supply (CETS)	Colorado	1 of 15
Lee Horneyer Company	Missouri	1 of 15
Rite‑Way Industries	Indiana	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 metal cutting tool companies in Illinois”
2“Who supplies carbide indexable metal cutting inserts in Illinois”
3“I need a Illinois metal cutting tool partner for a high-volume CNC machining program, who should I talk to”
4“Top metal cutting tool suppliers in Illinois for precision machining buyers”
5“Which Illinois metal cutting tool specialists can support custom geometries for hard turning applications”
6“List 20 metal cutting tool companies in Illinois 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.

abtoolsinc.com
5 companies
tecmtools.com
5 companies
thomasnet.comDirectory
3 companies
republicdrill.com
2 companies
circlecuttingtools.com
2 companies
fleetwoodtools.com
2 companies
gltech-llc.com
2 companies
hpproc.com
2 companies
imscnc.com
2 companies
ekstromcarlson.com
1 company
m.cuttingtoolschicago.com
1 company
prosontools.com
1 company

54 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 48 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Illinois in context

Illinois ranks 25th 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 4%.

Illinois (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (4%)

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