AI Visibility Index · Cell report
MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Metal Fabrication Services in Iowa
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a metal fabrication services supplier in Iowa, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 180 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
159 of 180
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.
- 21 named at least once
- 159 never named
- Cell average
- 0.29of 15
Across all 180 tracked companies.
- Top ten average
- 4.2of 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 Iowa
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Iowa buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beals Sheet Metal 5 employeesWaterloo, Iowa | Waterloo, Iowa | 6 of 15 answers |
| 2 | Engineered Welding, Inc. Iowa | Iowa | 6 of 15 answers |
| 3 | JTV Manufacturing Inc 60 employeesSutherland, Iowa | Sutherland, Iowa | 5 of 15 answers |
| 4 | KPI Concepts 28 employeesWest Burlington, Iowa 2 name variants
| West Burlington, Iowa | 5 of 15 answers |
| 5 | D & S Sheetmetal Inc 25 employeesCedar Rapids, Iowa | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | 4 of 15 answers |
| 6 | Janco Industries 15 employeesSully, Iowa | Sully, Iowa | 4 of 15 answers |
| 7 | Corn States Metal Fabricators 30 employeesWest Des Moines, Iowa | West Des Moines, Iowa | 3 of 15 answers |
| 8 | DAD Manufacturing, Inc. 40 employeesHiawatha, Iowa 2 name variants
| Hiawatha, Iowa | 3 of 15 answers |
| 9 | O'Neal Manufacturing Services 6 employeesCedar Falls, Iowa 2 name variants
| Cedar Falls, Iowa | 3 of 15 answers |
| 10 | TMT Fab Iowa | Iowa | 3 of 15 answers |
40 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 Iowa. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Midwest Metal Products | Indiana | 4 of 15 |
| Seaberg Industries | Illinois | 3 of 15 |
| American Steel | Virginia | 2 of 15 |
| Kloeckner Metals – Paton | Oklahoma | 2 of 15 |
| FabCon Services | Massachusetts | 1 of 15 |
| Kay Manufacturing (Kay Industries) | Indiana | 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 fabrication companies in Iowa”
- 2“Who supplies custom fabricated stainless steel frames in Iowa”
- 3“I need a Iowa metal fabrication partner for a 2,000 unit industrial enclosure run, who should I talk to”
- 4“Top metal fabrication services suppliers in Iowa for OEM manufacturing buyers”
- 5“Which Iowa metal fabricators can handle laser cutting, forming, and welding of 1 inch plate”
- 6“List 20 metal fabrication services companies in Iowa 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.comDirectory3 companies
- kpiconcepts.com2 companies
- siouxcityfoundry.com2 companies
- dadmfg.com2 companies
- iepc.com2 companies
- ifpusa.com2 companies
- westridgemech.com2 companies
- engineeredwelding.com1 company
- jtvmfg.com1 company
- seabergindustries.com1 company
- 442welding.com1 company
- americansteelia.com1 company
63 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 57 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.
Iowa in context
Iowa ranks 12th of 41 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 6%.
- Maine22%
- Idaho19%
- New Hampshire17%
- Kansas16%
- Nebraska16%
- Utah15%
- Mississippi14%
- Maryland14%
- Oregon14%
- Arkansas13%
- Rhode Island12%
- Iowa12%
- Nevada11%
- Connecticut11%
- West Virginia11%
- Arizona10%
- Louisiana10%
- Colorado9%
- Massachusetts9%
- Oklahoma9%
- Washington9%
- Virginia9%
- Minnesota8%
- South Carolina7%
- Kentucky7%
- Alabama7%
- Wisconsin7%
- North Carolina6%
- Missouri5%
- Georgia5%
- Indiana5%
- Tennessee4%
- Pennsylvania4%
- Ohio4%
- New Jersey4%
- Florida3%
- Illinois3%
- Michigan3%
- New York3%
- California3%
- Texas2%
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