AI Visibility Index: Metal Cutting Tools in Washington

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

92 of 106

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.

14 named at least once
92 never named

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Cell average: 0.31of 15
Across all 106 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 4.7of 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 Washington

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Metal Cutting Tools companies in Washington, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Cutting Tool Control Inc 10 employeesSeattle, Washington 2 name variants Cutting Tool Control, Inc.most common9 Cutting Tool Control4	Seattle, Washington	13 of 15 answers
2	Curtis Industrial Supply Washington 2 name variants Curtis Industrial Supplymost common6 Curtis Industrial Supply, Inc.5	Washington	11 of 15 answers
3	Application Specialties / DXP Enterprises Washington	Washington	5 of 15 answers
4	Aronson-Campbell Industrial Supply Bellevue, Washington	Bellevue, Washington	3 of 15 answers
5	Spokane Industrial Supply 25 employeesSpokane, Washington 2 name variants Spokane Industrial Supply, Inc.most common2 Spokane Industrial Supply1	Spokane, Washington	3 of 15 answers
6	Bixby Machine Tool Supply Washington	Washington	3 of 15 answers
7	Olympic Industrial Supply Washington	Washington	3 of 15 answers
8	Horizon Distribution Inc 68 employeesYakima, Washington 2 name variants Horizon Distribution, Inc.most common1 Horizon Distribution1	Yakima, Washington	2 of 15 answers
9	Stellar Industrial Supply Tacoma, Washington	Tacoma, Washington	2 of 15 answers
10	Swift Tool Co. 16 employeesKent, Washington 2 name variants Swift Tool Co.most common1 Swift Tool1	Kent, Washington	2 of 15 answers

18 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 Washington. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
BlackHawk Industrial	Ohio	6 of 15
PT Solutions	Ohio	6 of 15
BDI (Pacific Northwest / Moses Lake)	Illinois	1 of 15
Mega Machine Shop	North Carolina	1 of 15
MK Tooling	Oregon	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 Washington”
2“Who supplies carbide indexable metal cutting inserts in Washington”
3“I need a Washington metal cutting tool partner for a high-volume CNC machining program, who should I talk to”
4“Top metal cutting tool suppliers in Washington for precision machining buyers”
5“Which Washington metal cutting tool specialists can support custom geometries for hard turning applications”
6“List 20 metal cutting tool companies in Washington 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.

abtoolsinc.com
10 companies
curtisindustrialsupply.com
2 companies
cuttingtoolcontrol.com
2 companies
horizondistribution.com
2 companies
spokaneindustrial.com
2 companies
thomasnet.comDirectory
2 companies
olympicindustrialsupply.com
1 company
shop.aronson-campbell.com
1 company
aligncarbide.com
1 company
almartool.com
1 company
alpha101tools.com
1 company
aronson-campbell.com
1 company

33 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 31 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Washington in context

Washington ranks 4th 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%.

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

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