AI Visibility Index: Metal Finishing Services in New York

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

272 of 300

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.

28 named at least once
272 never named

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Cell average: 0.22of 15
Across all 300 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 4.3of 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 New York

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Metal Finishing Services companies in New York, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Vernon Plating Works Inc. 7 employeesQueens, New York 2 name variants Vernon Plating Works, Inc.most common7 Vernon Plating Works3	Queens, New York	10 of 15 answers
2	McAlpin Industries Inc. 175 employeesRochester, New York 2 name variants McAlpin Industriesmost common4 McAlpin Industries – Metal Finishing3	Rochester, New York	7 of 15 answers
3	Keystone Corporation 14 employeesBuffalo, New York 2 name variants Keystone Corporationmost common6 Keystone Corporation – Metal Finishing for NYC1	Buffalo, New York	6 of 15 answers
4	Anoplate Corporation 50 employeesSyracuse, New York 2 name variants Anoplate Corporationmost common4 Anoplate, Inc.1	Syracuse, New York	5 of 15 answers
5	Precious Plate, Inc. Niagara Falls, New York 2 name variants Precious Plate, Inc.most common2 Precious Plate1	Niagara Falls, New York	3 of 15 answers
6	Tompkins Metal Finishing, Inc. 40 employeesBatavia, New York 2 name variants Tompkins Metal Finishingmost common2 Tompkins Metal Finishing, Inc.1	Batavia, New York	3 of 15 answers
7	Wexmar New York 2 name variants Wexmar (Backwell MFG LLC)most common2 Wexmar1	New York	3 of 15 answers
8	accurate components corp 10 employeesWest Babylon, New York	West Babylon, New York	2 of 15 answers
9	Belmet Products 48 employeesBronx, New York	Bronx, New York	2 of 15 answers
10	Coating Technology Inc 30 employeesRochester, New York 2 name variants Coating Technology Inc. (CTI)most common1 Coating Technology, Inc.1	Rochester, New York	2 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 New York. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Industrial Metal Finishing, Inc.	Arkansas	3 of 15
Finish Line Powder Coating	Michigan	2 of 15
Dawson Metal Company (DAWSON)	Hawaii	1 of 15
Difco Manufacturing	Oklahoma	1 of 15
Industrimax	Texas	1 of 15
K&L Plating Company, Inc.	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 finishing services companies in New York”
2“Who supplies precision metal finishing for small stainless steel components in New York”
3“I need a New York metal finishing partner for a 10,000 piece medical device housing run, who should I talk to”
4“Top metal finishing services suppliers in New York for industrial OEM buyers”
5“Which New York metal finishing service providers can handle high-volume automated line finishing with tight cosmetic requirements”
6“List 20 metal finishing services companies in New York 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.

keyfinishing.com
3 companies
anoplate.com
2 companies
vernonplating.com
2 companies
hptinc.com
2 companies
mcalpin-ind.com
2 companies
preciousplate.com
2 companies
wexmar.com
2 companies
finishlinepowder.com
1 company
tompkinsmetalfinishing.com
1 company
accuratecomponentscorp.com
1 company
allegiantbuildingservices.com
1 company
belmetproducts.com
1 company

61 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 54 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

New York in context

New York ranks 20th 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%.

New York (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (11%)

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