AI Visibility Index: Metal Cutting Tools in New York

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

480 of 498

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.

18 named at least once
480 never named

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Cell average: 0.11of 15
Across all 498 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 New York

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Metal Cutting Tools companies in New York, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Travers Tool Co., Inc. 100 employeesFlushing, New York 3 name variants Travers Tool Co.most common6 Travers Tool5 Travers Tool Co., Inc.1	Flushing, New York	12 of 15 answers
2	Dinosaw Inc 50 employeesHudson, New York	Hudson, New York	9 of 15 answers
3	FACTooling New York 2 name variants FACToolingmost common8 FACTooling LLC1	New York	9 of 15 answers
4	Blanchard Industrial Supplies 7 employeesTroy, New York	Troy, New York	8 of 15 answers
5	Eden Industrial Sales New York 2 name variants Eden Industrial Salesmost common5 Eden Industrial Sales, Inc.2	New York	7 of 15 answers
6	North American Carbide New York 2 name variants North American Carbide (ARCH Cutting Tools – Orchard Park)most common3 North American Carbide3	New York	6 of 15 answers
7	MSC Industrial Supply Co. 300 employeesMelville, New York 2 name variants MSC Industrial Supplymost common4 MSC Industrial Supply Co.1	Melville, New York	5 of 15 answers
8	Blue Point Tool & Supply Co 20 employeesBohemia, New York	Bohemia, New York	4 of 15 answers
9	Five Star Tool Co., Inc. 35 employeesRochester, New York 3 name variants Five Star Toolmost common2 Five Star Tool Co., Inc.1 Five Star Tool Company1	Rochester, New York	4 of 15 answers
10	Boro Park Cutting Tools Corp New York	New York	4 of 15 answers

21 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 York. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
North Shore Industrial Tool	Connecticut	3 of 15
Bass Tool & Supply	Texas	1 of 15
Performance Carbide	Iowa	1 of 15
Tools For Industry Corp.	Minnesota	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 New York”
2“Who supplies carbide indexable metal cutting inserts in New York”
3“I need a New York metal cutting tool partner for a high-volume CNC machining program, who should I talk to”
4“Top metal cutting tool suppliers in New York for precision machining buyers”
5“Which New York metal cutting tool specialists can support custom geometries for hard turning applications”
6“List 20 metal cutting tool companies in New York 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.

en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
4 companies
northamericancarbide.com
3 companies
midwaycorp.com
3 companies
nsitools.com
2 companies
factooling.com
2 companies
fivestartool.com
2 companies
travers.com
2 companies
blanchardindustrial.com
1 company
boroburrs.com
1 company
syracusesupply.com
1 company
abtoolsinc.com
1 company
alouettetool.com
1 company

43 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 35 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

New York in context

New York ranks 21st 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%.

New York (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (4%)

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