AI Visibility Index: Metal Stampings in North Carolina

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

82 of 92

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.

10 named at least once
82 never named

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Cell average: 0.4of 15
Across all 92 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 7.1of 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 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 Stampings companies in North Carolina, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	United Tool & Stamping Co. of North Carolina North Carolina 2 name variants United Tool & Stamping Co. of North Carolinamost common10 United Tool & Stamping Co. of North Carolina, Inc.4	North Carolina	14 of 15 answers
2	Scotland Manufacturing, Inc. North Carolina 2 name variants Scotland Manufacturing, Inc.most common11 Scotland Manufacturing2	North Carolina	13 of 15 answers
3	Allred Metal Stamping Works 50 employeesHigh Point, North Carolina 3 name variants Allred Metal Stamping Worksmost common5 Allred Metal Stamping, Inc.4 Allred Metal Stamping Works, Inc.2	High Point, North Carolina	11 of 15 answers
4	Bishop Metal Stamping and Fabrication, Inc. 5 employeesCharlotte, North Carolina 3 name variants Bishop Metal Stampingmost common5 Bishop Metal Stamping, Inc.3 Bishop Metal Stamping & Fabrication, Inc.2	Charlotte, North Carolina	10 of 15 answers
5	Piedmont Machine & Mfg., Inc. North Carolina	North Carolina	8 of 15 answers
6	Carolina Stamping Company, Inc. 30 employeesSalisbury, North Carolina	Salisbury, North Carolina	6 of 15 answers
7	Royal Development Metal Stamping 300 employeesHigh Point, North Carolina	High Point, North Carolina	3 of 15 answers
8	M-B Industries Inc 200 employeesRosman, North Carolina 2 name variants M‑B Industries / Sunbelt Stampingmost common1 MB Industries1	Rosman, North Carolina	2 of 15 answers
9	HS Metalworks (Hickory Springs Metalworks) North Carolina	North Carolina	2 of 15 answers
10	NN, Inc. North Carolina	North Carolina	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 North Carolina. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
US Metal Crafters	New York	13 of 15
K‑TEK	Minnesota	4 of 15
Spartanburg Steel Products	South Carolina	4 of 15
K‑TEK NC	Minnesota	2 of 15
M‑B Industries (Sunbelt Stamping & Mitchell‑Bissell)	Ohio	2 of 15
WLS Stamping	Ohio	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 stampings companies in North Carolina”
2“Who supplies custom progressive die metal stampings in North Carolina”
3“I need a North Carolina metal stampings partner for a 100,000 unit appliance bracket run, who should I talk to”
4“Top metal stampings suppliers in North Carolina for automotive OEM buyers”
5“Which North Carolina metal stampings companies can handle high-volume stainless steel progressive die work”
6“List 20 metal stampings 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
14 companies
ktek-net.com
5 companies
manufacturednc.com
4 companies
mb-industries.com
4 companies
en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
3 companies
metal-stamping.bishopmetalstamp.com
2 companies
allredmetal.com
2 companies
hsmetalworks.com
2 companies
piedmontmachine.com
2 companies
uts-nc.com
2 companies
wlsstamping.com
2 companies
wrico-net.com
2 companies

32 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 23 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 9th of 20 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 9%.

North Carolina (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (9%)

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