AI Visibility Index · Cell report
MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Metal Service Centers in Colorado
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a metal service centers supplier in Colorado, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 59 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
48 of 59
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.
- 11 named at least once
- 48 never named
- Cell average
- 0.44of 15
Across all 59 tracked companies.
- Top ten average
- 3.5of 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 Colorado
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Colorado buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metal Distributors 5 employeesFort Collins, Colorado | Fort Collins, Colorado | 6 of 15 answers |
| 2 | Altitude Steel Colorado | Colorado | 6 of 15 answers |
| 3 | Mile High Metal Supply Colorado | Colorado | 4 of 15 answers |
| 4 | Den-Col Supply 55 employeesDenver, Colorado 3 name variants
| Denver, Colorado | 3 of 15 answers |
| 5 | Revelation Steel LLC 7 employeesGreeley, Colorado | Greeley, Colorado | 3 of 15 answers |
| 6 | Ryerson 65 employeesCommerce City, Colorado 2 name variants
| Commerce City, Colorado | 3 of 15 answers |
| 7 | Western Steel Inc 11 employeesColorado Springs, Colorado | Colorado Springs, Colorado | 3 of 15 answers |
| 8 | Calvin Steel Colorado | Colorado | 3 of 15 answers |
| 9 | All Metals Welding & Fab Co 11 employeesGrand Junction, Colorado 2 name variants
| Grand Junction, Colorado | 2 of 15 answers |
| 10 | Atlas Metal Sales 14 employeesDenver, Colorado | Denver, Colorado | 2 of 15 answers |
18 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 Colorado. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Triple-S Steel | Texas | 10 of 15 |
| Metal Supermarkets – Colorado Springs | Florida | 7 of 15 |
| Metal Supermarkets – Denver (Commerce City) | Illinois | 6 of 15 |
| PDM Steel Service Centers | California | 5 of 15 |
| Intsel Steel West | Utah | 4 of 15 |
| H&H Metals | New York | 3 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 service centers companies in Colorado”
- 2“Who supplies cut-to-length stainless steel sheet and plate in Colorado”
- 3“I need a Colorado 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 Colorado for OEM purchasing buyers”
- 5“Which Colorado metal service centers can handle multi-grade inventory management with saw cutting and plate burning services”
- 6“List 20 metal service centers companies in Colorado 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.comDirectory12 companies
- triple-s-steel.com5 companies
- en.wikipedia.orgDirectory3 companies
- milehighmetal.com3 companies
- metalsupermarkets.com2 companies
- mcnichols.com2 companies
- allmetalswelding.com2 companies
- denverintlsteel.com2 companies
- infra-metals.com2 companies
- iqsdirectory.comDirectory2 companies
- materialsplus.com2 companies
- reclametals.com2 companies
40 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 30 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.
Colorado in context
Colorado ranks 7th 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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