AI Visibility Index: Metal Finishing Services in Oregon

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

56 of 66

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.

10 named at least once
56 never named

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Cell average: 0.52of 15
Across all 66 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 4.5of 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.

Top 10 most AI-visible Metal Finishing Services companies in Oregon, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Apex Anodizing 15 employeesPortland, Oregon 2 name variants Apex Anodizingmost common5 Apex Anodizing – Portland1	Portland, Oregon	6 of 15 answers
2	Electro-Chem Metal Finishing, Inc. 28 employeesPortland, Oregon 2 name variants Electro‑Chem Metal Finishing, Inc.most common4 Electro‑Chem Metal Finishing2	Portland, Oregon	6 of 15 answers
3	TFC – Technical Finishes and Coatings, Inc. Oregon 2 name variants TFC – Technical Finishes and Coatings, Inc.most common4 TFC – Technical Finishes & Coatings2	Oregon	6 of 15 answers
4	Quality Metal Finishing Inc 5 employeesEugene, Oregon 2 name variants Quality Metal Finishingmost common3 Quality Metal Finishing, Inc.2	Eugene, Oregon	5 of 15 answers
5	TFC Plating 16 employeesPortland, Oregon	Portland, Oregon	5 of 15 answers
6	East Side Plating Inc 10 employeesPortland, Oregon 2 name variants East Side Plating, Inc.most common3 East Side Plating1	Portland, Oregon	4 of 15 answers
7	Oregon Powder Coating 5 employeesTangent, Oregon	Tangent, Oregon	4 of 15 answers
8	Anodize Solutions Oregon	Oregon	3 of 15 answers
9	Micron Surface Innovations Oregon	Oregon	3 of 15 answers
10	Tufcoat / ProPowder Oregon	Oregon	3 of 15 answers

13 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
Pioneer Metal Finishing	Wisconsin	8 of 15
Micron Metal Finishing	Illinois	7 of 15
Advanced Coatings	Missouri	3 of 15
Anodizing, Inc.	California	2 of 15
Pioneer Metal Finishing – Portland Division	Wisconsin	2 of 15
Precision Powder Coating	Virginia	2 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 Oregon”
2“Who supplies precision metal finishing for small stainless steel components in Oregon”
3“I need a Oregon metal finishing partner for a 10,000 piece medical device housing run, who should I talk to”
4“Top metal finishing services suppliers in Oregon for industrial OEM buyers”
5“Which Oregon metal finishing service providers can handle high-volume automated line finishing with tight cosmetic requirements”
6“List 20 metal finishing 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.

pioneermetal.com
5 companies
thomasnet.comDirectory
4 companies
tfcplating.com
3 companies
apexanodizing.com
2 companies
qualitymetalfinishing.com
2 companies
msi-pdx.com
2 companies
reddit.comDirectory
2 companies
electrochempdx.com
2 companies
advancedcoatings.biz
1 company
micronfinishing.com
1 company
oregonpowdercoating.com
1 company
americanbrightworks.com
1 company

42 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 28 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 13th 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%.

Oregon (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (11%)

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