AI Visibility Index: Metal Cutting Tools in Texas

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

320 of 333

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
320 never named

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Cell average: 0.14of 15
Across all 333 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 6.7of 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 Texas

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Metal Cutting Tools companies in Texas, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	High Tech Tool Inc 50 employeesHouston, Texas	Houston, Texas	11 of 15 answers
2	Universal Tool Supply 5 employeesPasadena, Texas	Pasadena, Texas	11 of 15 answers
3	Cutting Tools, Inc. -89 employeesHouston, Texas	Houston, Texas	10 of 15 answers
4	Tool Medic LLC Texas 2 name variants Tool Medic LLCmost common9 Tool Medic1	Texas	10 of 15 answers
5	Lone Star Carbide & Tooling Texas	Texas	8 of 15 answers
6	Novelo Technologies Texas	Texas	5 of 15 answers
7	Bass Tool & Supply Inc 54 employeesHouston, Texas	Houston, Texas	3 of 15 answers
8	American National Carbide / AmeriServ Supply Texas	Texas	3 of 15 answers
9	Eagle Cutting Tools Texas	Texas	3 of 15 answers
10	ISCAR USA Texas	Texas	3 of 15 answers

23 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 Texas. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Grinding Technology, LLC	Connecticut	6 of 15
C & C Tool and Supply	Virginia	1 of 15
Carbide Tooling & Industrial Supply (CTIS)	Kentucky	1 of 15
DGI Supply – Dallas	Ohio	1 of 15
Quality Tools & Services (QTS) – Houston Branch	Louisiana	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 Texas”
2“Who supplies carbide indexable metal cutting inserts in Texas”
3“I need a Texas metal cutting tool partner for a high-volume CNC machining program, who should I talk to”
4“Top metal cutting tool suppliers in Texas for precision machining buyers”
5“Which Texas metal cutting tool specialists can support custom geometries for hard turning applications”
6“List 20 metal cutting tool companies in Texas 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.

ctis.biz
5 companies
qtstools.com
3 companies
en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
2 companies
toolmedicllc.com
2 companies
di-tool.com
1 company
technitoolinc.com
1 company
1grindingtechnologyllc.com
1 company
abtoolsinc.com
1 company
allsizesupply.com
1 company
basstool.com
1 company
belnictools.com
1 company
bestindustrialservices.com
1 company

39 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.

Texas in context

Texas ranks 19th 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%.

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

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