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MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Plating & Electroplating Services in Connecticut
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a plating & electroplating services supplier in Connecticut, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 77 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
64 of 77
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.
- 13 named at least once
- 64 never named
- Cell average
- 0.71of 15
Across all 77 tracked companies.
- Top ten average
- 6.1of 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 Connecticut
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Connecticut buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metal Finishing Technologies, LLC 15 employeesBristol, Connecticut 4 name variants
| Bristol, Connecticut | 11 of 15 answers |
| 2 | Summit Plating 120 employeesThomaston, Connecticut 2 name variants
| Thomaston, Connecticut | 9 of 15 answers |
| 3 | The Bass Plating Company Connecticut | Connecticut | 9 of 15 answers |
| 4 | Har-Conn Chrome Co 70 employeesWest Hartford, Connecticut 5 name variants
| West Hartford, Connecticut | 7 of 15 answers |
| 5 | Rayco Metal Finishing Inc 18 employeesMiddletown, Connecticut 2 name variants
| Middletown, Connecticut | 6 of 15 answers |
| 6 | Spec Plating Inc 14 employeesBridgeport, Connecticut 2 name variants
| Bridgeport, Connecticut | 5 of 15 answers |
| 7 | New England Chrome Plating Inc 6 employeesEast Hartford, Connecticut 2 name variants
| East Hartford, Connecticut | 4 of 15 answers |
| 8 | American Electro Products Connecticut 2 name variants
| Connecticut | 4 of 15 answers |
| 9 | Accurate Burring Co LLC 9 employeesPlainville, Connecticut 3 name variants
| Plainville, Connecticut | 3 of 15 answers |
| 10 | Reliable Plating & Polishing 35 employeesBridgeport, Connecticut 2 name variants
| Bridgeport, Connecticut | 3 of 15 answers |
15 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 Connecticut. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Circuit Technology Center | Massachusetts | 1 of 15 |
| CZT (Connectors) | Pennsylvania | 1 of 15 |
| Electro‑Shield Plating, Inc. | Kentucky | 1 of 15 |
| G&A Plating (G&A Manufacturing / G&A Metal Finishing) | Rhode Island | 1 of 15 |
| Greystone (Greystone of New England) | New York | 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 plating and electroplating services companies in Connecticut”
- 2“Who supplies precision gold electroplating services for electronic contacts in Connecticut”
- 3“I need a Connecticut plating partner for a 25,000 piece zinc-nickel corrosion-resistant fastener run, who should I talk to”
- 4“Top plating and electroplating services suppliers in Connecticut for industrial OEM buyers”
- 5“Which Connecticut plating shops can handle rack and barrel electroplating on high-volume small parts”
- 6“List 20 plating and electroplating services companies in Connecticut 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.comDirectory8 companies
- har-conn.com6 companies
- mftech.com4 companies
- nemetalworks.com3 companies
- accurateburring.com3 companies
- summitplating.com2 companies
- americanelectro.com2 companies
- reliableplatingct.com2 companies
- specplatingct.com2 companies
- nylometalfinishing.com2 companies
- raycometalfinishing.com2 companies
- finishingandcoating.com1 company
41 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 26 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.
Connecticut in context
Connecticut ranks 4th of 21 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 11%.
- Minnesota21%
- Missouri18%
- Tennessee18%
- Connecticut17%
- Wisconsin16%
- Alabama16%
- Virginia16%
- Maryland13%
- North Carolina13%
- Michigan13%
- Massachusetts12%
- Indiana12%
- Ohio11%
- Pennsylvania10%
- California9%
- Illinois9%
- Texas9%
- New Jersey9%
- Georgia8%
- New York7%
- Florida7%
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More published reports in Connecticut
- Contract Machining & Machine Shops267 tracked
- Metal Fabrication Services209 tracked
- Metal Cutting Tools199 tracked
- Industrial Fasteners150 tracked
- Injection Molded Plastics141 tracked
- Industrial & Process Controls138 tracked
- Metal Stampings131 tracked
- Industrial Wire & Cable129 tracked
- Metal Finishing Services98 tracked
- Wire Forms, Mesh & Fabricated Wire98 tracked
- Electrical & Electronic Enclosures90 tracked
- Industrial Machinery & Equipment Distributors89 tracked