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MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Metal Cutting Tools in New Jersey
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a metal cutting tools supplier in New Jersey, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 263 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
255 of 263
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
- 255 never named
- Cell average
- 0.12of 15
Across all 263 tracked companies.
- Top ten average
- 3.9of 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 New Jersey
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when New Jersey buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tool-Krib Supply Co 13 employeesWest Caldwell, New Jersey 2 name variants
| West Caldwell, New Jersey | 9 of 15 answers |
| 2 | Wayne Tool & Supply Co Inc 48 employeesKearny, New Jersey 2 name variants
| Kearny, New Jersey | 9 of 15 answers |
| 3 | Triple T Cutting Tools Inc 12 employeesWest Berlin, New Jersey | West Berlin, New Jersey | 6 of 15 answers |
| 4 | Niko Trade – Nikcole, Inc. New Jersey | New Jersey | 4 of 15 answers |
| 5 | William T Hutchinson Co 13 employeesUnion, New Jersey 2 name variants
| Union, New Jersey | 3 of 15 answers |
| 6 | ISCAR Metals Inc. – NJ Sales Office New Jersey | New Jersey | 2 of 15 answers |
| 7 | MICRO – Precision Tooling New Jersey 2 name variants
| New Jersey | 2 of 15 answers |
| 8 | NG Tooling Solutions New Jersey | New Jersey | 2 of 15 answers |
| 9 | Grainger Industrial Supply 40 employeesElizabeth, New Jersey | Elizabeth, New Jersey | 1 of 15 answers |
| 10 | L & Z Tool & Engineering Inc 30 employeesWatchung, New Jersey | Watchung, New Jersey | 1 of 15 answers |
9 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 New Jersey. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| A&M Industrial | Michigan | 3 of 15 |
| B & B Tool Supply Corp. | California | 3 of 15 |
| Travers Tool | South Carolina | 3 of 15 |
| Centurion Tools LLC | Virginia | 2 of 15 |
| Kennametal | Pennsylvania | 2 of 15 |
| MAPAL Inc. | Michigan | 2 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 New Jersey”
- 2“Who supplies carbide indexable metal cutting inserts in New Jersey”
- 3“I need a New Jersey metal cutting tool partner for a high-volume CNC machining program, who should I talk to”
- 4“Top metal cutting tool suppliers in New Jersey for precision machining buyers”
- 5“Which New Jersey metal cutting tool specialists can support custom geometries for hard turning applications”
- 6“List 20 metal cutting tool companies in New Jersey 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.comDirectory8 companies
- en.wikipedia.orgDirectory4 companies
- toolkrib.com3 companies
- micro-co.com3 companies
- abtoolsinc.com2 companies
- hssblanks.com2 companies
- irp.cdn-website.com2 companies
- waynetool.com2 companies
- acomee.com.mx1 company
- bbtoolsupply.com1 company
- buyyestools.com1 company
- carbidegrinding.com1 company
38 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 30 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.
New Jersey in context
New Jersey ranks 23rd 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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