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MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Plating & Electroplating Services in Wisconsin
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a plating & electroplating services supplier in Wisconsin, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 87 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
73 of 87
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.
- 14 named at least once
- 73 never named
- Cell average
- 0.62of 15
Across all 87 tracked companies.
- Top ten average
- 6of 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 Wisconsin
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Wisconsin buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Advanced Plating Technologies 75 employeesMilwaukee, Wisconsin | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 12 of 15 answers |
| 2 | Wisconsin Plating Works Wisconsin | Wisconsin | 11 of 15 answers |
| 3 | National Plating Company 5 employeesMilwaukee, Wisconsin | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 9 of 15 answers |
| 4 | Milwaukee Plating 48 employeesMilwaukee, Wisconsin | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 7 of 15 answers |
| 5 | Professional Plating Inc 125 employeesBrillion, Wisconsin | Brillion, Wisconsin | 5 of 15 answers |
| 6 | ChromeTech of Wisconsin, Inc. 24 employeesFranklin, Wisconsin | Franklin, Wisconsin | 4 of 15 answers |
| 7 | Plateco Inc 100 employeesReedsburg, Wisconsin | Reedsburg, Wisconsin | 3 of 15 answers |
| 8 | Refinishing & Plating Co 15 employeesMilwaukee, Wisconsin | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 3 of 15 answers |
| 9 | Craft Coating, Inc. Wisconsin | Wisconsin | 3 of 15 answers |
| 10 | Eagle Metal Finishing Wisconsin | Wisconsin | 3 of 15 answers |
17 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 Wisconsin. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Chem Processing Inc. | Illinois | 3 of 15 |
| ProPlate | Minnesota | 2 of 15 |
| Sterling Plating, Inc. | Illinois | 2 of 15 |
| United Metal Finishing | North Carolina | 2 of 15 |
| Artistic Plating Company | Texas | 1 of 15 |
| Electronic Precision Specialties, Inc. (EPSI) | 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 Wisconsin”
- 2“Who supplies precision gold electroplating services for electronic contacts in Wisconsin”
- 3“I need a Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin for industrial OEM buyers”
- 5“Which Wisconsin plating shops can handle rack and barrel electroplating on high-volume small parts”
- 6“List 20 plating and electroplating services companies in Wisconsin 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.
- wisconsinplating.com2 companies
- hydro-platers.com2 companies
- mfr.io2 companies
- whereorg.com2 companies
- nationalplating.net1 company
- advancedplatingtech.com1 company
- proplating.com1 company
- avmplating.com1 company
- azz.com1 company
- barrelplatingservice.com1 company
- chemprocessing.com1 company
- chrometech.net1 company
55 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 42 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.
Wisconsin in context
Wisconsin ranks 5th 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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