AI Visibility Index · Cell report
MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Metal Fabrication Services in Texas
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a metal fabrication services supplier in Texas, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 909 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
890 of 909
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
- 890 never named
- Cell average
- 0.04of 15
Across all 909 tracked companies.
- Top ten average
- 3.2of 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 Texas
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Texas buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anchor Fabrication 30 employeesFort Worth, Texas | Fort Worth, Texas | 4 of 15 answers |
| 2 | Edge Fabrication Texas | Texas | 4 of 15 answers |
| 3 | Fine Line Production 30 employeesEuless, Texas | Euless, Texas | 3 of 15 answers |
| 4 | Stainless Steel Custom Fabricators 20 employeesHouston, Texas 3 name variants
| Houston, Texas | 3 of 15 answers |
| 5 | Thrailkill All Metals Fabricating 48 employeesAllen, Texas | Allen, Texas | 3 of 15 answers |
| 6 | Ameritex Enclosures Texas | Texas | 3 of 15 answers |
| 7 | Apex Fabworks Texas | Texas | 3 of 15 answers |
| 8 | Double D Fabrication Texas | Texas | 3 of 15 answers |
| 9 | Enclosure Fabrication Texas | Texas | 3 of 15 answers |
| 10 | Lee Metal Fabrication Texas | Texas | 3 of 15 answers |
61 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 Texas. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| O’Neal Manufacturing Services – Houston | Kentucky | 3 of 15 |
| AAA Metal Fabrication | Oregon | 2 of 15 |
| Top J Metal Works | Illinois | 2 of 15 |
| Absolute Metal Products (AMP) | Indiana | 1 of 15 |
| Milestone Metals | Virginia | 1 of 15 |
| Precision Metal Services | Pennsylvania | 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 Texas”
- 2“Who supplies custom fabricated stainless steel frames in Texas”
- 3“I need a Texas metal fabrication partner for a 2,000 unit industrial enclosure run, who should I talk to”
- 4“Top metal fabrication services suppliers in Texas for OEM manufacturing buyers”
- 5“Which Texas metal fabricators can handle laser cutting, forming, and welding of 1 inch plate”
- 6“List 20 metal fabrication services companies in Texas 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.
- spmfg.com4 companies
- sscustomfabinc.com3 companies
- tpitexas.com3 companies
- walkupco.com2 companies
- css-mfg.com2 companies
- custatex.com2 companies
- dallasprecisionmachining.com2 companies
- enclosurefabrication.com2 companies
- qmfsteel.com2 companies
- twistedmetalsdfw.com2 companies
- anchorfabrication.com1 company
- onealmfgservices.com1 company
79 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 73 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.
Texas in context
Texas ranks 41st 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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