AI Visibility Index: Metal Cutting Tools in Iowa

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

80 of 93

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.

13 named at least once
80 never named

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Cell average: 0.49of 15
Across all 93 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 4.4of 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 Iowa

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Metal Cutting Tools companies in Iowa, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Cline Tool 65 employeesNewton, Iowa	Newton, Iowa	13 of 15 answers
2	Mid Iowa Tools 10 employeesCedar Rapids, Iowa 2 name variants Mid Iowa Toolsmost common5 Mid Iowa Tools / McNeal Tool Company3	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	8 of 15 answers
3	Deco Tool Supply Co 30 employeesDavenport, Iowa 4 name variants DECO Tool Supply (an MSC company)most common3 Deco Tool Supply (MSC Industrial)1 Deco Tool Supply (MSC company)1 DECO Tool Supply Company1	Davenport, Iowa	6 of 15 answers
4	Performance Carbide 18 employeesWaterloo, Iowa 2 name variants Performance Carbidemost common3 Performance Carbide Inc.1	Waterloo, Iowa	4 of 15 answers
5	Jewell Group 50 employeesDavenport, Iowa	Davenport, Iowa	3 of 15 answers
6	American Tool & Engineering 54 employeesGreene, Iowa	Greene, Iowa	2 of 15 answers
7	Art’s Way 140 employeesArmstrong, Iowa	Armstrong, Iowa	2 of 15 answers
8	Clairco Tool Co 7 employeesDavenport, Iowa 2 name variants Clairco Tool Company Inc.most common1 Clairco Tool Company1	Davenport, Iowa	2 of 15 answers
9	Peerless Supply INC 36 employeesDes Moines, Iowa 2 name variants Peerless Supply, Inc.most common1 Peerless Supply1	Des Moines, Iowa	2 of 15 answers
10	Abrasive Innovations Iowa	Iowa	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 Iowa. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
M.A. Ford Manufacturing Co.	Florida	4 of 15
E&R Industrial (a Grainger company)	Michigan	2 of 15
Hawkeye Tool & Die	Michigan	2 of 15
Cutting Edge Tool Supply (CETS)	Colorado	1 of 15
Cutting Edge Tools LLC	Colorado	1 of 15
GL Technologies LLC	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 Iowa”
2“Who supplies carbide indexable metal cutting inserts in Iowa”
3“I need a Iowa metal cutting tool partner for a high-volume CNC machining program, who should I talk to”
4“Top metal cutting tool suppliers in Iowa for precision machining buyers”
5“Which Iowa metal cutting tool specialists can support custom geometries for hard turning applications”
6“List 20 metal cutting tool companies in Iowa 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
14 companies
globalspec.comDirectory
5 companies
carrlane.com
4 companies
maford.com
4 companies
en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
3 companies
jewellgroup.com
2 companies
macraesbluebook.comDirectory
2 companies
midiowatools.com
2 companies
reddit.comDirectory
2 companies
clinetool.com
1 company
abrasiveinnovations.biz
1 company
abtoolsinc.com
1 company

34 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 32 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Iowa in context

Iowa ranks 1st 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%.

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

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