AI Visibility Index: Metal Service Centers in New York

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

226 of 251

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
226 never named

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Cell average: 0.25of 15
Across all 251 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 4.6of 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 Service Centers companies in New York, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Eastern Steel Corporation 18 employeesBrooklyn, New York 2 name variants Eastern Steel Corp.most common4 Eastern Steel Corporation2	Brooklyn, New York	6 of 15 answers
2	Rapid Steel Supply Corporation 8 employeesQueens, New York 3 name variants Rapid Steelmost common3 Rapid Steel Supply Corp.2 Rapid Steel Company1	Queens, New York	6 of 15 answers
3	Hadco Metal Trading Melville, New York	Melville, New York	5 of 15 answers
4	Sims Steel Corporation 12 employeesLindenhurst, New York 2 name variants Sims Steel Corp.most common4 Sims Steel1	Lindenhurst, New York	5 of 15 answers
5	Weitsman Steel Service Center New York	New York	5 of 15 answers
6	Pacemaker Steel & Piping Company 38 employeesUtica, New York 2 name variants Pacemaker Steel & Pipingmost common3 Pacemaker Steel & Piping Co.1	Utica, New York	4 of 15 answers
7	Sterling Aircraft Materials Ltd. 5 employeesIslandia, New York 2 name variants Sterling Aircraft Materialsmost common3 Sterling Aircraft Materials, Ltd.1	Islandia, New York	4 of 15 answers
8	VibeMetal 5 employeesJamaica, New York	Jamaica, New York	4 of 15 answers
9	Weitsman Steel Service Centers New York	New York	4 of 15 answers
10	Alp Steel Corporation 6 employeesBuffalo, New York	Buffalo, New York	3 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
Alliance Materials	Texas	3 of 15
Midland Steel	Michigan	3 of 15
Ryerson	Tennessee	3 of 15
Allied Steel	New Jersey	2 of 15
State Line Supply Co.	Pennsylvania	2 of 15
Yarde Metals	New Jersey	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 service centers companies in New York”
2“Who supplies cut-to-length stainless steel sheet and plate in New York”
3“I need a New York 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 New York for OEM purchasing buyers”
5“Which New York metal service centers can handle multi-grade inventory management with saw cutting and plate burning services”
6“List 20 metal service centers 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.

thomasnet.comDirectory
19 companies
rapidsteel.us
3 companies
yarde.com
3 companies
alro.com
2 companies
easternsteel.com
2 companies
pacemakersteel.com
2 companies
stanleysteel.com
2 companies
weitsmansteel.com
2 companies
bacoent.com
2 companies
comanchestainless.com
2 companies
nuclearalloys.com
2 companies
wwwryerson9-2-cm.azurewebsites.net
2 companies

52 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 41 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 23rd 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%.

New York (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (12%)

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