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MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Metal Finishing Services in Minnesota
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a metal finishing services supplier in Minnesota, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 124 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
99 of 124
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.
- 25 named at least once
- 99 never named
- Cell average
- 0.56of 15
Across all 124 tracked companies.
- Top ten average
- 5.5of 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 Minnesota
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Minnesota buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INCERTEC Minnesota | Minnesota | 10 of 15 answers |
| 2 | Pioneer Metal Finishing 170 employeesNew Hope, Minnesota 2 name variants
| New Hope, Minnesota | 8 of 15 answers |
| 3 | Ultra Metal Finishing 16 employeesBig Lake, Minnesota 3 name variants
| Big Lake, Minnesota | 8 of 15 answers |
| 4 | Hardcoat Inc 25 employeesSt Louis Park, Minnesota | St Louis Park, Minnesota | 5 of 15 answers |
| 5 | The Lindgren Group (Avtec Finishing & Nico Products) Minnesota 3 name variants
| Minnesota | 5 of 15 answers |
| 6 | Douglas Finishing 16 employeesAlexandria, Minnesota | Alexandria, Minnesota | 4 of 15 answers |
| 7 | Eco Finishing Company 32 employeesMinneapolis, Minnesota 3 name variants
| Minneapolis, Minnesota | 4 of 15 answers |
| 8 | Herold Precision Metals 105 employeesWhite Bear Township, Minnesota | White Bear Township, Minnesota | 4 of 15 answers |
| 9 | Hiawatha Metalcraft Minnesota | Minnesota | 4 of 15 answers |
| 10 | Associated Finishing, Inc. 60 employeesMankato, Minnesota | Mankato, Minnesota | 3 of 15 answers |
33 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 Minnesota. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Metal Finishers Inc. (MFI Coatings) | Ohio | 1 of 15 |
| UMF Corporation | 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 Minnesota”
- 2“Who supplies precision metal finishing for small stainless steel components in Minnesota”
- 3“I need a Minnesota metal finishing partner for a 10,000 piece medical device housing run, who should I talk to”
- 4“Top metal finishing services suppliers in Minnesota for industrial OEM buyers”
- 5“Which Minnesota metal finishing service providers can handle high-volume automated line finishing with tight cosmetic requirements”
- 6“List 20 metal finishing services companies in Minnesota 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.
- umfcorp.com4 companies
- thelindgrengroup.com3 companies
- ecofinishing.com3 companies
- pioneermetal.com2 companies
- twincityplating.com2 companies
- deterscustomfinishing.com2 companies
- rbpaint.com2 companies
- surfacetechnologies.curtisswright.com2 companies
- valmontcoatings.com2 companies
- eaglemasterinc.com1 company
- incertec.com1 company
- midwestfinishinginc.com1 company
54 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 45 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.
Minnesota in context
Minnesota ranks 2nd 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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