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MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Metal Cutting Tools in Missouri
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a metal cutting tools supplier in Missouri, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 173 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
164 of 173
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.
- 9 named at least once
- 164 never named
- Cell average
- 0.19of 15
Across all 173 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 Missouri
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Missouri buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Missouri Tools Company 7 employeesFenton, Missouri 3 name variants
| Fenton, Missouri | 10 of 15 answers |
| 2 | Missouri Carbide Missouri 2 name variants
| Missouri | 10 of 15 answers |
| 3 | Lee Horneyer Co 7 employeesMaryland Heights, Missouri 2 name variants
| Maryland Heights, Missouri | 8 of 15 answers |
| 4 | Hannibal Carbide Tool Inc 107 employeesHannibal, Missouri 2 name variants
| Hannibal, Missouri | 6 of 15 answers |
| 5 | EZ Sharp Carbide Tools Missouri | Missouri | 6 of 15 answers |
| 6 | EZ Sharp Tools Direct Missouri | Missouri | 5 of 15 answers |
| 7 | AKC Supply Missouri | Missouri | 3 of 15 answers |
| 8 | Gateway Metals Inc 29 employeesSt. Louis, Missouri | St. Louis, Missouri | 2 of 15 answers |
| 9 | Johnston Companies 13 employeesSpringfield, Missouri | Springfield, Missouri | 2 of 15 answers |
| 10 | Precision Cutter and Tool 18 employeesLebanon, Missouri | Lebanon, Missouri | 2 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 Missouri. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| US Tool Group | Illinois | 10 of 15 |
| Southwest Grinding | California | 8 of 15 |
| J.C. Industrial Supply | Ohio | 2 of 15 |
| Advanced Tooling Group – Hydromat | Wisconsin | 1 of 15 |
| Performance Carbide | Iowa | 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 Missouri”
- 2“Who supplies carbide indexable metal cutting inserts in Missouri”
- 3“I need a Missouri metal cutting tool partner for a high-volume CNC machining program, who should I talk to”
- 4“Top metal cutting tool suppliers in Missouri for precision machining buyers”
- 5“Which Missouri metal cutting tool specialists can support custom geometries for hard turning applications”
- 6“List 20 metal cutting tool 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.
- missouritool.com4 companies
- hydromat.com3 companies
- ezsharptoolsdirect.com3 companies
- hannibalcarbide.com2 companies
- missouricarbide.com2 companies
- abtoolsinc.com2 companies
- horneyer.com2 companies
- ustg.net1 company
- akcsupply.com1 company
- dansdiscounttools.com1 company
- essigmfg.com1 company
- everwear.com1 company
31 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 22 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 12th 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%.
- Iowa14%
- Alabama13%
- Arizona13%
- Washington13%
- Kentucky11%
- South Carolina11%
- Maryland10%
- Colorado9%
- Virginia9%
- North Carolina8%
- Oregon7%
- Missouri5%
- Wisconsin5%
- Florida5%
- Massachusetts5%
- Georgia4%
- Connecticut4%
- Minnesota4%
- Texas4%
- Indiana4%
- New York4%
- Ohio3%
- New Jersey3%
- Tennessee3%
- Illinois3%
- Michigan2%
- Pennsylvania2%
- California1%
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