AI Visibility Index · Cell report
MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Metal Fabrication Services in Oregon
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a metal fabrication services supplier in Oregon, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 191 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
165 of 191
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.
- 26 named at least once
- 165 never named
- Cell average
- 0.3of 15
Across all 191 tracked companies.
- Top ten average
- 3.5of 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 Oregon
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Oregon buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miller Engineering & Manufacturing Oregon 2 name variants
| Oregon | 5 of 15 answers |
| 2 | American Metal Specialties 26 employeesMilwaukie, Oregon 4 name variants
| Milwaukie, Oregon | 4 of 15 answers |
| 3 | Oregon Precision Manufacturing Inc. 13 employeesSherwood, Oregon 2 name variants
| Sherwood, Oregon | 4 of 15 answers |
| 4 | P & A Metal Fab Inc 85 employeesClackamas, Oregon 3 name variants
| Clackamas, Oregon | 4 of 15 answers |
| 5 | A & B Sheet Metal Works 9 employeesPortland, Oregon | Portland, Oregon | 3 of 15 answers |
| 6 | Evans Metal Fabricators Inc 45 employeesPortland, Oregon 2 name variants
| Portland, Oregon | 3 of 15 answers |
| 7 | Marks 59 employeesClackamas, Oregon 2 name variants
| Clackamas, Oregon | 3 of 15 answers |
| 8 | Meta Fab, Inc. 12 employeesHillsboro, Oregon | Hillsboro, Oregon | 3 of 15 answers |
| 9 | Mohawk Metal Company 50 employeesEugene, Oregon | Eugene, Oregon | 3 of 15 answers |
| 10 | Montavilla Sheet Metal 6 employeesMilwaukie, Oregon | Milwaukie, Oregon | 3 of 15 answers |
38 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 Oregon. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Hanset Metal Fabricators | New York | 4 of 15 |
| Ryan Industries, Inc. | Michigan | 3 of 15 |
| Swan Island Sheet Metal | North Carolina | 2 of 15 |
| Hanset Metal Fabrication | New York | 1 of 15 |
| Integrated Mechanical & Industrial (IMI) | Colorado | 1 of 15 |
| Maysteel Industries | Wisconsin | 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 Oregon”
- 2“Who supplies custom fabricated stainless steel frames in Oregon”
- 3“I need a Oregon metal fabrication partner for a 2,000 unit industrial enclosure run, who should I talk to”
- 4“Top metal fabrication services suppliers in Oregon for OEM manufacturing buyers”
- 5“Which Oregon metal fabricators can handle laser cutting, forming, and welding of 1 inch plate”
- 6“List 20 metal fabrication services companies in Oregon 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.
- apiams.com4 companies
- thomasnet.comDirectory4 companies
- pametal.com3 companies
- nqindustries.com2 companies
- apsm.com2 companies
- evansmetalfab.com2 companies
- hansetcorp.com2 companies
- madfab.com2 companies
- marksmetal.com2 companies
- millerem.com2 companies
- noramark.com2 companies
- oregonprecisionmfg.com2 companies
53 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.
Oregon in context
Oregon ranks 9th 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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