AI Visibility Index: Pipe & Tube Fittings in New York

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

137 of 162

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
137 never named

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Cell average: 0.27of 15
Across all 162 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 3.4of 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 Pipe & Tube Fittings companies in New York, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Mayer Malbin Company New York 4 name variants Mayer Malbin Companymost common3 Mayer Malbin Company, Inc.1 Mayer Malbin Co.1 Mayer Malbin1	New York	6 of 15 answers
2	F.W. Webb Company - Buffalo 29 employeesBuffalo, New York · 2 locations 2 name variants F.W. Webb Companymost common3 F.W. Webb – Maspeth branch1	Buffalo, New York2 locations	4 of 15 answers
3	Steel & O'Brien Manufacturing 56 employeesArcade, New York	Arcade, New York	4 of 15 answers
4	Swagelok Western New York 8 employeesTonawanda, New York	Tonawanda, New York	4 of 15 answers
5	ALRO Products International 1 employeesBrooklyn, New York	Brooklyn, New York	3 of 15 answers
6	Robert-James Sales Inc 20 employeesBuffalo, New York 2 name variants Robert‑James Sales, Inc.most common2 Robert‑James Sales1	Buffalo, New York	3 of 15 answers
7	Sanitube New York	New York	3 of 15 answers
8	Upstate Piping Products New York 2 name variants Upstate Piping Productsmost common2 Upstate Piping Products (UPP)1	New York	3 of 15 answers
9	Global Industrial 500 employeesPort Washington, New York	Port Washington, New York	2 of 15 answers
10	Henry Quentzel Plumbing Supply Co., Inc. 45 employeesBrooklyn, New York	Brooklyn, New York	2 of 15 answers

39 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
Shaw Supply Company	Missouri	11 of 15
Collins Pipe & Supply	Connecticut	1 of 15
Custom Alloy Corporation	Texas	1 of 15
Ferguson	Florida	1 of 15
Hempel Pipe & Supply	Iowa	1 of 15
Ideal Supply Company	Nevada	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 suppliers of pipe and tube fittings in New York”
2“Who supplies stainless steel sanitary tri-clamp fittings in New York”
3“I need a New York pipe and tube fittings partner for a high-pressure chemical process line installation, who should I talk to”
4“Top pipe and tube fittings suppliers in New York for industrial maintenance buyers”
5“Which New York pipe and tube fittings distributors can handle large-diameter, high-pressure alloy specifications”
6“List 20 pipe and tube fittings 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.

en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
5 companies
upstatepp.com
3 companies
mayermalbin.com
3 companies
thomasnet.comDirectory
3 companies
albany.swagelok.com
2 companies
shawsupplyco.com
2 companies
howlandpump.com
2 companies
rjsales.com
2 companies
sanitarysolutions.com
2 companies
static1.squarespace.com
2 companies
crestflousa.com
1 company
acindustrialsuppliesllc.com
1 company

61 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 54 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 10th of 15 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 14%.

New York (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (14%)

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