AI Visibility Index: Metal Cutting Tools in Minnesota

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

193 of 201

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
193 never named

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Cell average: 0.25of 15
Across all 201 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 6.8of 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 Minnesota

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Metal Cutting Tools companies in Minnesota, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Carbide Tool Services Inc 170 employeesAnoka, Minnesota	Anoka, Minnesota	12 of 15 answers
2	NTM Inc. 40 employeesMinneapolis, Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minnesota	10 of 15 answers
3	Martin Sales Inc 5 employeesNew Brighton, Minnesota 2 name variants Martin Salesmost common8 Martin Sales Inc.1	New Brighton, Minnesota	9 of 15 answers
4	Midwest Industrial Tool Grinding, Inc. 13 employeesHutchinson, Minnesota 4 name variants Midwest Industrial Tool Grinding (MITGI)most common4 MITGI – Midwest Industrial Tool Grinding, Inc.2 MITGI – Minnesota Industrial Tool & Grinding, Inc.1 Minnesota Industrial Tool & Grinding (MITGI)1	Hutchinson, Minnesota	8 of 15 answers
5	West Central Tool Minnesota 2 name variants West Central Toolmost common5 West Central Tool, Inc.2	Minnesota	7 of 15 answers
6	Centennial Carbide Minnesota	Minnesota	5 of 15 answers
7	Class C Components Minnesota	Minnesota	5 of 15 answers
8	Norseman Drill 60 employeesSt Paul, Minnesota	St Paul, Minnesota	4 of 15 answers
9	Quality & Services Machine Tool 9 employeesMinneapolis, Minnesota 2 name variants Q & S Machine Toolmost common3 Q & S Machine Tool, Inc.1	Minneapolis, Minnesota	4 of 15 answers
10	Berkness Company Minnesota	Minnesota	4 of 15 answers

11 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 Minnesota. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Mars Supply	Florida	12 of 15
Service Grinding & Sharpening (SGSI)	South Carolina	2 of 15
All Industry Supplies	Texas	1 of 15
Clairco Tool Company	Iowa	1 of 15
Technitool, Inc.	New Jersey	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 Minnesota”
2“Who supplies carbide indexable metal cutting inserts in Minnesota”
3“I need a Minnesota metal cutting tool partner for a high-volume CNC machining program, who should I talk to”
4“Top metal cutting tool suppliers in Minnesota for precision machining buyers”
5“Which Minnesota metal cutting tool specialists can support custom geometries for hard turning applications”
6“List 20 metal cutting tool companies in Minnesota 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.

mitgi.us
5 companies
thomasnet.comDirectory
4 companies
westcentraltool.com
3 companies
martinsales.net
2 companies
otm-sales.com
2 companies
qandsmachinetool.com
2 companies
carbidetool.com
1 company
marssupply.com
1 company
classccomponents.com
1 company
a1mindustrialsupply.com
1 company
abtoolsinc.com
1 company
acg-mn.com
1 company

32 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 25 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Minnesota in context

Minnesota ranks 18th 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%.

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

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