AI Visibility Index · Cell report
MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Metal Service Centers in Texas
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a metal service centers supplier in Texas, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 395 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
366 of 395
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.
- 29 named at least once
- 366 never named
- Cell average
- 0.15of 15
Across all 395 tracked companies.
- Top ten average
- 4.1of 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 Texas
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Texas buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fox Metals & Alloys Inc 28 employeesHouston, Texas | Houston, Texas | 6 of 15 answers |
| 2 | Metals4u Texas | Texas | 6 of 15 answers |
| 3 | Ryerson 40 employeesCarrollton, Texas 4 name variants
| Carrollton, Texas | 5 of 15 answers |
| 4 | Delta Steel Inc 23 employeesHouston, Texas | Houston, Texas | 4 of 15 answers |
| 5 | Precision Flamecutting & Steel, Inc. 60 employeesHouston, Texas 2 name variants
| Houston, Texas | 4 of 15 answers |
| 6 | OSS Metals Texas | Texas | 4 of 15 answers |
| 7 | Cyclone Steel Services Inc 25 employeesHouston, Texas 2 name variants
| Houston, Texas | 3 of 15 answers |
| 8 | Monarch Stainless Inc 11 employeesHouston, Texas | Houston, Texas | 3 of 15 answers |
| 9 | Westbrook Metals - San Antonio 7 employeesSan Antonio, Texas | San Antonio, Texas | 3 of 15 answers |
| 10 | JACQUET Houston Texas | Texas | 3 of 15 answers |
47 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 Texas. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Wieland Metal Services | New Jersey | 4 of 15 |
| Alcoa (Aluminum Co. of America) | Illinois | 1 of 15 |
| ESP Specialty Steel Products | Illinois | 1 of 15 |
| Metal Supermarkets – Fort Worth | Florida | 1 of 15 |
| Morgan Steel | Tennessee | 1 of 15 |
| National Specialty Alloys (Reliance, Inc.) | Indiana | 1 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 Texas”
- 2“Who supplies cut-to-length stainless steel sheet and plate in Texas”
- 3“I need a Texas 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 Texas for OEM purchasing buyers”
- 5“Which Texas metal service centers can handle multi-grade inventory management with saw cutting and plate burning services”
- 6“List 20 metal service centers companies in Texas 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.
- tssi-texas.org6 companies
- ryerson.com5 companies
- wieland-metalservices.com4 companies
- sss-steel.com4 companies
- en.wikipedia.orgDirectory3 companies
- txstl.com3 companies
- pflame.com2 companies
- triple-s-steel.com2 companies
- cyclonesteel.com2 companies
- griffintradegroup.com2 companies
- iqsdirectory.comDirectory2 companies
- rangersteel.com2 companies
61 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 52 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.
Texas in context
Texas ranks 27th 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 Texas
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- Injection Molded Plastics454 tracked
- Industrial & Process Controls379 tracked
- Industrial Machinery & Equipment Distributors376 tracked
- Metal Cutting Tools333 tracked
- Industrial Fasteners316 tracked
- Industrial Pumps291 tracked
- Electrical Equipment Distributors290 tracked
- Metal Finishing Services288 tracked
- Pipe & Tube Fittings277 tracked
- Welding Services276 tracked