AI Visibility Index: Metal Service Centers in North Carolina

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

77 of 96

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.

19 named at least once
77 never named

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Cell average: 0.59of 15
Across all 96 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 5.2of 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 North Carolina

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Metal Service Centers companies in North Carolina, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Accro Met Inc 25 employeesMonroe, North Carolina 2 name variants Accro-Metmost common5 Accro-Met, Inc.4	Monroe, North Carolina	9 of 15 answers
2	Gulfstream Steel & Supply 16 employeesHolly Ridge, North Carolina 2 name variants Gulfstream Steel and Supplymost common7 Gulfstream Steel & Supply – Holly Ridge, NC1	Holly Ridge, North Carolina	8 of 15 answers
3	Kloeckner Metals 20 employeesCharlotte, North Carolina 3 name variants Kloeckner Metals – Charlotte, NCmost common3 Kloeckner Metals – Charlotte3 Kloeckner Metals Corporation1	Charlotte, North Carolina	7 of 15 answers
4	Ryerson 50 employeesCharlotte, North Carolina 4 name variants Ryerson – Greensboromost common3 Ryerson2 Ryerson – Greensboro, NC1 Ryerson – Charlotte, NC1	Charlotte, North Carolina	7 of 15 answers
5	Queensboro Metal Supply North Carolina	North Carolina	6 of 15 answers
6	Carolina Specialty Metals Inc 10 employeesCharlotte, North Carolina	Charlotte, North Carolina	4 of 15 answers
7	Alro Steel, Charlotte, NC 50 employeesCharlotte, North Carolina 3 name variants Alro Steel – Charlotte, NCmost common1 Alro Steel – Greensboro1 Alro Steel1	Charlotte, North Carolina	3 of 15 answers
8	O'Neal Steel 50 employeesGreensboro, North Carolina	Greensboro, North Carolina	3 of 15 answers
9	Stock Car Steel & Aluminum Inc 8 employeesMooresville, North Carolina	Mooresville, North Carolina	3 of 15 answers
10	Benco Steel Inc 42 employeesHickory, North Carolina 2 name variants Benco Steel, Inc.most common1 Benco Steel1	Hickory, North Carolina	2 of 15 answers

26 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 North Carolina. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Phoenix Metals	Maryland	4 of 15
McNICHOLS Company	Florida	3 of 15
Metal Supermarkets Charlotte	Illinois	3 of 15
Three D Metals	Ohio	3 of 15
BMG Metals	Virginia	2 of 15
State Line Supply	Pennsylvania	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 North Carolina”
2“Who supplies cut-to-length stainless steel sheet and plate in North Carolina”
3“I need a North Carolina 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 North Carolina for OEM purchasing buyers”
5“Which North Carolina metal service centers can handle multi-grade inventory management with saw cutting and plate burning services”
6“List 20 metal service centers companies in North Carolina 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
28 companies
macraesbluebook.comDirectory
4 companies
alro.com
3 companies
wwwryerson9-2-cm.azurewebsites.net
3 companies
pasteel.com
3 companies
steelspider.com
3 companies
gulfstreamsteel.com
2 companies
metalsupermarkets.com
2 companies
statelinesupply.com
2 companies
steelservicesinc.com
2 companies
coilplus.com
2 companies
kloecknermetals.com
2 companies

50 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 34 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

North Carolina in context

North Carolina ranks 6th 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%.

North Carolina (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (12%)

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