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AI Visibility Index: Metal Fabrication Services in Louisiana

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

167 of 186

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.

19 named at least once
167 never named

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Cell average: 0.21of 15
Across all 186 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 4.6of 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 Louisiana

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Metal Fabrication Services companies in Louisiana, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Joly’s Metal Works, Inc. Louisiana 2 name variants Joly’s Metal Works, Inc.most common8 Joly’s Metal Works2	Louisiana	10 of 15 answers
2	Deltak Manufacturing Inc. 36 employeesWalker, Louisiana 3 name variants Deltak Manufacturingmost common3 Deltak Manufacturing Inc.2 Deltak Manufacturing – Walker Facility1	Walker, Louisiana	6 of 15 answers
3	Machine Tech Services 25 employeesBroussard, Louisiana	Broussard, Louisiana	6 of 15 answers
4	Metal Fab Guys Louisiana 2 name variants Metal Fab Guysmost common5 Metal Fab Guys, LLC1	Louisiana	6 of 15 answers
5	Hooley Manufacturing 35 employeesNew Orleans, Louisiana 2 name variants Hooley Manufacturingmost common2 Hooley Manufacturing (Hooley, Inc.)1	New Orleans, Louisiana	3 of 15 answers
6	Leading Edge Manufacturing LLC 24 employeesYoungsville, Louisiana 2 name variants Leading Edge Manufacturingmost common2 Leading Edge Manufacturing, LLC1	Youngsville, Louisiana	3 of 15 answers
7	Agrico Sales – Industrial Steel Fabrication Louisiana	Louisiana	3 of 15 answers
8	L.A. Fabrication Louisiana 2 name variants L.A. Fabricationmost common2 L.A. Fabrication, LLC1	Louisiana	3 of 15 answers
9	LA Fabrication Louisiana	Louisiana	3 of 15 answers
10	Mezco Fabrication Louisiana	Louisiana	3 of 15 answers

43 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 Louisiana. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
PALA Fabrication	California	3 of 15
Hayes Manufacturing	Michigan	2 of 15
MetalCraft Manufacturing	Mississippi	1 of 15
Mid South Metals	South Carolina	1 of 15
PALA Group	California	1 of 15

Named, but placed in another state

The AI answers themselves put these companies in a different state, so they were not counted for Louisiana. Whether MacRAE'S lists them elsewhere is not yet known.

Company	State	Mentions
IMWX	Alabama	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 Louisiana”
2“Who supplies custom fabricated stainless steel frames in Louisiana”
3“I need a Louisiana metal fabrication partner for a 2,000 unit industrial enclosure run, who should I talk to”
4“Top metal fabrication services suppliers in Louisiana for OEM manufacturing buyers”
5“Which Louisiana metal fabricators can handle laser cutting, forming, and welding of 1 inch plate”
6“List 20 metal fabrication services companies in Louisiana 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.comDirectory
9 companies
palagroup.com
6 companies
deltakmfg.com
3 companies
fredmach1.com
3 companies
hooleyinc.com
3 companies
lafabrication.com
3 companies
metalfabguys.com
2 companies
bluediamondmfg.com
2 companies
jolys.com
2 companies
kloecknermetals.com
2 companies
nixsheetmetal.com
2 companies
provensteel.com
2 companies

59 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 50 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Louisiana in context

Louisiana ranks 17th 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%.

Louisiana (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (6%)

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