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MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Metal Finishing Services in Iowa
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a metal finishing services supplier in Iowa, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 67 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
54 of 67
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
- 54 never named
- Cell average
- 0.45of 15
Across all 67 tracked companies.
- Top ten average
- 3.8of 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 Iowa
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Iowa buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clearline Industries 35 employeesTraer, Iowa 2 name variants
| Traer, Iowa | 8 of 15 answers |
| 2 | Co‑Line Manufacturing Iowa 2 name variants
| Iowa | 8 of 15 answers |
| 3 | Valley Industrial Powder Coat 7 employeesRock Valley, Iowa | Rock Valley, Iowa | 4 of 15 answers |
| 4 | Iowa Aluminum 21 employeesAlbia, Iowa | Albia, Iowa | 3 of 15 answers |
| 5 | Paint Line Inc. 44 employeesFairfield, Iowa | Fairfield, Iowa | 3 of 15 answers |
| 6 | Pries Enterprises Inc 110 employeesIndependence, Iowa 3 name variants
| Independence, Iowa | 3 of 15 answers |
| 7 | Iowa PowderCraft Iowa | Iowa | 3 of 15 answers |
| 8 | DAD Manufacturing, Inc. 40 employeesHiawatha, Iowa | Hiawatha, Iowa | 2 of 15 answers |
| 9 | Acme Vaporhoning Iowa | Iowa | 2 of 15 answers |
| 10 | AMS Micromedical Iowa | Iowa | 2 of 15 answers |
21 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 Iowa. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Midwest Metal Products | Indiana | 5 of 15 |
| Valley Plating | California | 5 of 15 |
| Cemcoat Inc. | California | 2 of 15 |
| VP Finish (Pariso Inc.) | Illinois | 2 of 15 |
| American Bright Works | Minnesota | 1 of 15 |
| Chem Processing Inc. | Illinois | 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 finishing services companies in Iowa”
- 2“Who supplies precision metal finishing for small stainless steel components in Iowa”
- 3“I need a Iowa metal finishing partner for a 10,000 piece medical device housing run, who should I talk to”
- 4“Top metal finishing services suppliers in Iowa for industrial OEM buyers”
- 5“Which Iowa metal finishing service providers can handle high-volume automated line finishing with tight cosmetic requirements”
- 6“List 20 metal finishing services companies in Iowa 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.comDirectory5 companies
- colinemfg.com3 companies
- clearlineindustries.com2 companies
- wernimontwelding.com2 companies
- aotco.com1 company
- mwestmp.com1 company
- valleypowder.com1 company
- 3tsi.com1 company
- acmevaporhoning.com1 company
- aerospacemetalsllc.com1 company
- american-iowa.com1 company
- americanbrightworks.com1 company
45 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 39 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.
Iowa in context
Iowa ranks 4th of 27 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 11%.
- Virginia20%
- Minnesota20%
- Tennessee20%
- Iowa19%
- Missouri19%
- Alabama18%
- North Carolina17%
- Maryland17%
- South Carolina16%
- Oklahoma16%
- Louisiana16%
- Washington15%
- Oregon15%
- Georgia15%
- Connecticut14%
- Indiana13%
- Massachusetts12%
- Michigan11%
- New Jersey10%
- New York9%
- Pennsylvania9%
- Wisconsin8%
- Ohio7%
- Illinois7%
- California7%
- Florida6%
- Texas6%
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