AI Visibility Index: Plating & Electroplating Services in North Carolina

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

74 of 85

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.

11 named at least once
74 never named

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Cell average: 0.45of 15
Across all 85 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 6.5of 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 Plating & Electroplating Services companies in North Carolina, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Williams Plating Company, Inc. 20 employeesArden, North Carolina 2 name variants Williams Plating Company, Inc.most common10 Williams Plating Company2	Arden, North Carolina	12 of 15 answers
2	Greensboro Industrial Platers North Carolina	North Carolina	9 of 15 answers
3	Parker Metal Finishing North Carolina	North Carolina	9 of 15 answers
4	Surtronics Inc 60 employeesRaleigh, North Carolina	Raleigh, North Carolina	7 of 15 answers
5	C&R Hard Chrome & Electroless Nickel Service, Inc. North Carolina 2 name variants C&R Hard Chrome & Electroless Nickel Service, Inc.most common6 C&R Hard Chrome & Electroless Nickel Service1	North Carolina	7 of 15 answers
6	Piedmont Plating Corporation North Carolina	North Carolina	7 of 15 answers
7	Hi-Tec Plating, Inc. North Carolina Division 10 employeesStatesville, North Carolina 2 name variants Hi-Tec Plating, Inc. – North Carolina Divisionmost common3 Hi‑Tec Plating – North Carolina Division2	Statesville, North Carolina	5 of 15 answers
8	Asheville Metal Finishing Inc. 35 employeesAsheville, North Carolina	Asheville, North Carolina	4 of 15 answers
9	Industrial Electroplating 6 employeesGastonia, North Carolina 2 name variants Industrial Electroplating Company, Inc.most common2 Industrial Electroplating Co., Inc.1	Gastonia, North Carolina	3 of 15 answers
10	Stratford Metal Finishing Inc 40 employeesWinston-Salem, North Carolina	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	2 of 15 answers

13 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
Advanced Material Coatings (AMC)	Montana	1 of 15
Cemcoat	California	1 of 15
Electronic Precision Specialties, Inc.	California	1 of 15
Industraplate Corporation	Delaware	1 of 15
Industrial Metal Finishing, Inc.	Arkansas	1 of 15
VP Finish (Pariso Inc.)	Illinois	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 North Carolina”
2“Who supplies precision gold electroplating services for electronic contacts in North Carolina”
3“I need a North Carolina 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 North Carolina for industrial OEM buyers”
5“Which North Carolina plating shops can handle rack and barrel electroplating on high-volume small parts”
6“List 20 plating and electroplating services 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.

williamsplating.com
2 companies
cr-plating.com
2 companies
electroplate.biz
2 companies
iqsdirectory.comDirectory
2 companies
nninc.com
2 companies
hitecplating.com
2 companies
gboroplaters.com
1 company
surtronics.com
1 company
advancedmaterialcoatings.com
1 company
alliedplatingllc.com
1 company
ashevillemetalfinishing.com
1 company
avmplating.com
1 company

39 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 30 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 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%.

North Carolina (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (11%)

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