AI Visibility Index · Cell report
MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Metal Fabrication Services in Maine
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a metal fabrication services supplier in Maine, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 58 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
45 of 58
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
- 45 never named
- Cell average
- 0.88of 15
Across all 58 tracked companies.
- Top ten average
- 5.8of 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 Maine
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Maine buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England Steel Fabricators Inc 6 employeesAlfred, Maine 2 name variants
| Alfred, Maine | 10 of 15 answers |
| 2 | DSM Metal Fabrication Maine | Maine | 8 of 15 answers |
| 3 | Eagle Industries Inc Hollis, Maine 2 name variants
| Hollis, Maine | 6 of 15 answers |
| 4 | McCann Fabrication 42 employeesNew Gloucester, Maine | New Gloucester, Maine | 6 of 15 answers |
| 5 | Rockport Steel 12 employeesRockport, Maine | Rockport, Maine | 6 of 15 answers |
| 6 | Twin City Sheet Metal 7 employeesBrewer, Maine | Brewer, Maine | 6 of 15 answers |
| 7 | D & G Machine Products Inc. 75 employeesWestbrook, Maine | Westbrook, Maine | 4 of 15 answers |
| 8 | Downeast Machine & Engineering Inc. 35 employeesMechanic Falls, Maine 2 name variants
| Mechanic Falls, Maine | 4 of 15 answers |
| 9 | Maine Source Machining Company Maine 2 name variants
| Maine | 4 of 15 answers |
| 10 | Metal Fabrication Company of Maine Maine | Maine | 4 of 15 answers |
22 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 Maine. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| NEWFAB, Inc. | Ohio | 5 of 15 |
| Davis Brothers Inc. | New York | 3 of 15 |
| Maine Metalcraft | Ontario | 2 of 15 |
| Maysteel Industries | Wisconsin | 1 of 15 |
| Standard Machine Co. | New Mexico | 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 Maine”
- 2“Who supplies custom fabricated stainless steel frames in Maine”
- 3“I need a Maine metal fabrication partner for a 2,000 unit industrial enclosure run, who should I talk to”
- 4“Top metal fabrication services suppliers in Maine for OEM manufacturing buyers”
- 5“Which Maine metal fabricators can handle laser cutting, forming, and welding of 1 inch plate”
- 6“List 20 metal fabrication services companies in Maine 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.comDirectory4 companies
- metalfabricationcompanies.com3 companies
- crosbyswelding.com2 companies
- mainemachining.com2 companies
- troyindustrialsolutions.com2 companies
- downeastmachine.com2 companies
- eagleinds.com2 companies
- newenglandsteelfabricators.com2 companies
- dsmmetalfabrication.com1 company
- dgmachine.com1 company
- mccannfabrication.com1 company
- metalfab.co1 company
47 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 34 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.
Maine in context
Maine ranks 1st 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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