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MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Metal Service Centers in Alabama
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a metal service centers supplier in Alabama, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 82 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
67 of 82
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.
- 15 named at least once
- 67 never named
- Cell average
- 0.57of 15
Across all 82 tracked companies.
- Top ten average
- 4.7of 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 Alabama
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Alabama buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O'Neal Steel (Corporate Office) 200 employeesBirmingham, Alabama | Birmingham, Alabama | 10 of 15 answers |
| 2 | Sabel Steel 135 employeesMontgomery, Alabama 2 name variants
| Montgomery, Alabama | 10 of 15 answers |
| 3 | KGS Steel - Birmingham 32 employeesBessemer, Alabama | Bessemer, Alabama | 6 of 15 answers |
| 4 | Chatham Steel 50 employeesBirmingham, Alabama | Birmingham, Alabama | 4 of 15 answers |
| 5 | Bay Steel Corp. 14 employeesMobile, Alabama | Mobile, Alabama | 3 of 15 answers |
| 6 | Central Steel Service Inc. Pelham, Alabama | Pelham, Alabama | 3 of 15 answers |
| 7 | Coilplus Alabama Alabama | Alabama | 3 of 15 answers |
| 8 | LMS Metal Sales Alabama 2 name variants
| Alabama | 3 of 15 answers |
| 9 | Premium Plate Alabama | Alabama | 3 of 15 answers |
| 10 | GH Metal Solutions 35 employeesFort Payne, Alabama 2 name variants
| Fort Payne, Alabama | 2 of 15 answers |
20 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 Alabama. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Metals | Maryland | 9 of 15 |
| Tri-State Metals | New York | 7 of 15 |
| Ryerson | Tennessee | 5 of 15 |
| Jemison Demsey Metals | Ohio | 4 of 15 |
| Kloeckner Metals | Oklahoma | 3 of 15 |
| Olympic Steel | Georgia | 3 of 15 |
One of these yours?
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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 service centers companies in Alabama”
- 2“Who supplies cut-to-length stainless steel sheet and plate in Alabama”
- 3“I need a Alabama metal service center partner for just-in-time steel deliveries to a fabrication plant, who should I talk to”
- 4“Top metal service centers suppliers in Alabama for OEM purchasing buyers”
- 5“Which Alabama metal service centers can handle multi-grade inventory management with saw cutting and plate burning services”
- 6“List 20 metal service centers companies in Alabama 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.comDirectory14 companies
- steelspider.com4 companies
- onealsteel.com3 companies
- sabelsteel.com2 companies
- en.wikipedia.orgDirectory2 companies
- ghmetalsolutions.com2 companies
- lmsmetals.com2 companies
- phoenixmetals.com2 companies
- www-sc10.outokumpu.com2 companies
- kgssteel.com1 company
- tristatemetals.com1 company
- bulletironmetals.com1 company
60 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 35 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.
Alabama in context
Alabama ranks 8th of 29 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 12%.
- South Carolina25%
- Minnesota23%
- Oklahoma20%
- Oregon20%
- Virginia20%
- North Carolina20%
- Colorado19%
- Alabama18%
- Washington18%
- Connecticut18%
- Kentucky17%
- Tennessee16%
- Maryland16%
- Georgia15%
- Missouri15%
- Louisiana15%
- Massachusetts14%
- Wisconsin14%
- Arizona12%
- Florida12%
- New Jersey12%
- Illinois10%
- New York10%
- Michigan9%
- Indiana8%
- Ohio8%
- Texas7%
- Pennsylvania6%
- California5%
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More published reports in Alabama
- Metal Fabrication Services300 tracked
- Contract Machining & Machine Shops147 tracked
- Industrial & Process Controls107 tracked
- Industrial Machinery & Equipment Distributors94 tracked
- Welding Services91 tracked
- Metal Cutting Tools89 tracked
- Conveyors & Material Handling Equipment84 tracked
- Metal Finishing Services84 tracked
- Injection Molded Plastics81 tracked
- Plastic Extrusion & Thermoforming69 tracked
- Industrial Fasteners59 tracked
- Industrial Wire & Cable59 tracked