AI Visibility Index: Plating & Electroplating Services in Missouri

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

54 of 66

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.

12 named at least once
54 never named

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Cell average: 0.88of 15
Across all 66 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 5.8of 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 Missouri

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Plating & Electroplating Services companies in Missouri, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	M & R Plating Inc 8 employeesWashington, Missouri 2 name variants M&R Platingmost common8 M&R Plating, Inc.5	Washington, Missouri	13 of 15 answers
2	Microfinish 40 employeesTruesdale, Missouri 2 name variants Microfinishmost common7 Microfinish Co.4	Truesdale, Missouri	11 of 15 answers
3	American Plating Co 7 employeesSt. Louis, Missouri	St. Louis, Missouri	7 of 15 answers
4	US Plating & Surface Finishing 8 employeesKansas City, Missouri	Kansas City, Missouri	7 of 15 answers
5	De Tray Plating Works Inc 18 employeesIndependence, Missouri 2 name variants DeTray Plating Works Inc.most common5 DeTray Plating Works1	Independence, Missouri	6 of 15 answers
6	A Square Systems Inc 22 employeesDardenne Prairie, Missouri	Dardenne Prairie, Missouri	3 of 15 answers
7	Theiss Plating 9 employeesSt. Louis, Missouri 2 name variants Theiss Plating Corp.most common2 Theiss Plating Corporation1	St. Louis, Missouri	3 of 15 answers
8	Alexandria Plating Industries Missouri	Missouri	3 of 15 answers
9	InfiniTech Metal Finishing Missouri	Missouri	3 of 15 answers
10	Commercial Plating Co 25 employeesSt. Louis, Missouri 2 name variants Commercial Plating Company, Inc.most common1 Commercial Plating Co.1	St. Louis, Missouri	2 of 15 answers

11 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 Missouri. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Midwest Plating Company, Inc.	Michigan	4 of 15
Sterling Plating, Inc.	Illinois	4 of 15
INCERTEC	Minnesota	2 of 15
Advanced Plating Technologies	Wisconsin	1 of 15
Electro-Spec, Inc.	California	1 of 15
Paulo	California	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 Missouri”
2“Who supplies precision gold electroplating services for electronic contacts in Missouri”
3“I need a Missouri 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 Missouri for industrial OEM buyers”
5“Which Missouri plating shops can handle rack and barrel electroplating on high-volume small parts”
6“List 20 plating and electroplating services companies in Missouri 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
microfinishco.com
3 companies
mandrplating.com
2 companies
detray-plating.com
2 companies
americanplatingcompany.com
1 company
aerospacemetalsllc.com
1 company
kcplater.com
1 company
mwplating.com
1 company
acmebrassplating.com
1 company
advancedplatingtech.com
1 company
alexandriaplating.com
1 company
asquaresys.com
1 company

45 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 32 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Missouri in context

Missouri ranks 2nd 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%.

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

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