AI Visibility Index: Plating & Electroplating Services in Minnesota

When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a plating & electroplating services supplier in Minnesota, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

64 of 81

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.

17 named at least once
64 never named

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Cell average: 0.89of 15
Across all 81 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 7.4of 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 Minnesota

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Plating & Electroplating Services companies in Minnesota, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Professional Plating, Inc. (ProPlate ) 15 employeesAnoka, Minnesota 2 name variants ProPlate / Professional Plating, Inc.most common7 ProPlate3	Anoka, Minnesota	10 of 15 answers
2	Eco Finishing Company 32 employeesMinneapolis, Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minnesota	9 of 15 answers
3	Spectrum Metal Finishing Inc 17 employeesIsle, Minnesota 2 name variants Spectrum Metal Finishingmost common6 Spectrum Metal Finishing, Inc.3	Isle, Minnesota	9 of 15 answers
4	INCERTEC Minnesota 2 name variants INCERTECmost common8 INCERTEC (Innovative Certified Technical Plating LLC)1	Minnesota	9 of 15 answers
5	Hard Chrome Inc 32 employeesMinneapolis, Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minnesota	8 of 15 answers
6	Albert Lea Electro Plating Inc 20 employeesAlbert Lea, Minnesota	Albert Lea, Minnesota	7 of 15 answers
7	Technical Plating, Inc. 20 employeesBrooklyn Park, Minnesota	Brooklyn Park, Minnesota	7 of 15 answers
8	Twin City Plating Minnesota 2 name variants Twin City Plating (TCP)most common3 Twin City Plating3	Minnesota	6 of 15 answers
9	Midwest Finishing Inc. 21 employeesBrooklyn Park, Minnesota	Brooklyn Park, Minnesota	5 of 15 answers
10	Cooperative Plating Company 10 employeesSt Paul, Minnesota	St Paul, Minnesota	4 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 Minnesota. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Plateco Inc.	Wisconsin	2 of 15
Sterling Plating, Inc.	Illinois	2 of 15
J & J Machine	Michigan	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 Minnesota”
2“Who supplies precision gold electroplating services for electronic contacts in Minnesota”
3“I need a Minnesota 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 Minnesota for industrial OEM buyers”
5“Which Minnesota plating shops can handle rack and barrel electroplating on high-volume small parts”
6“List 20 plating and electroplating services companies in Minnesota 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
5 companies
proplate.com
2 companies
twincityplating.com
2 companies
mfr.io
2 companies
spectrummetalfinishing.com
2 companies
wolkerstorfer.com
2 companies
ecofinishing.com
1 company
incertec.com
1 company
coopplating.com
1 company
hardchromeplating.net
1 company
plateco.net
1 company
thelindgrengroup.com
1 company

50 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 36 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Minnesota in context

Minnesota ranks 1st 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%.

Minnesota (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (11%)

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