AI Visibility Index: Metal Fabrication Services in North Carolina

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

338 of 359

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
338 never named

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Cell average: 0.13of 15
Across all 359 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 3.9of 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 North Carolina

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Metal Fabrication Services companies in North Carolina, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Piedmont Metalworks LLC 4 employeesMebane, North Carolina 2 name variants Piedmont Metalworksmost common4 Piedmont Metalworks LLC2	Mebane, North Carolina	6 of 15 answers
2	Precision Machine Fabrication 65 employeesRaleigh, North Carolina 3 name variants PMF (Precision Machine Fabrication)most common3 Precision Machine Fabrication2 Precision Machine Fabrication (PMF)1	Raleigh, North Carolina	6 of 15 answers
3	Dexco Machining & Fabrication 30 employeesBurlington, North Carolina	Burlington, North Carolina	5 of 15 answers
4	Stainless Steel Fabricators 13 employeesRaleigh, North Carolina	Raleigh, North Carolina	4 of 15 answers
5	Cardinal MetalWorks LLC 48 employeesBurgaw, North Carolina	Burgaw, North Carolina	3 of 15 answers
6	Mid-Atlantic Fabrication 20 employeesKnightdale, North Carolina 2 name variants Mid-Atlantic Fabrication & Finishingmost common2 Mid‑Atlantic Fabrication1	Knightdale, North Carolina	3 of 15 answers
7	Thieman Manufacturing Technologies 60 employeesEllenboro, North Carolina 2 name variants Thieman Manufacturing Technologies (TMT)most common2 TMT – Thieman Manufacturing Technologies1	Ellenboro, North Carolina	3 of 15 answers
8	Keypoint Fabrication North Carolina	North Carolina	3 of 15 answers
9	Miscellaneous Stainless & Steel Works (MSSW) North Carolina	North Carolina	3 of 15 answers
10	Newton Metal Fabrication North Carolina	North Carolina	3 of 15 answers

29 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 North Carolina. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
O’Neal Manufacturing Services – Greensboro	Kentucky	6 of 15
US Fabricated Products	Washington	5 of 15
Edwards Inc.	Quebec	4 of 15
US Metal Crafters	New York	4 of 15
Fayetteville Steel	Pennsylvania	3 of 15
Fulton Technology	Washington	3 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 North Carolina”
2“Who supplies custom fabricated stainless steel frames in North Carolina”
3“I need a North Carolina metal fabrication partner for a 2,000 unit industrial enclosure run, who should I talk to”
4“Top metal fabrication services suppliers in North Carolina for OEM manufacturing buyers”
5“Which North Carolina metal fabricators can handle laser cutting, forming, and welding of 1 inch plate”
6“List 20 metal fabrication services companies in North Carolina 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.

pmfweb.com
4 companies
manufacturednc.com
4 companies
thomasnet.comDirectory
3 companies
cuttingedgefabricationnc.com
2 companies
usfabpro.com
2 companies
amsncinc.com
2 companies
mid-atlanticfab.com
2 companies
tmtfab.com
2 companies
onealmfgservices.com
1 company
cardinalmetalworks.com
1 company
dexcoinc.com
1 company
edwardsinc.com
1 company

69 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.

North Carolina in context

North Carolina ranks 28th 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%.

North Carolina (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (6%)

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