AI Visibility Index: Stainless Steel Fabrication in Ohio

When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a stainless steel fabrication supplier in Ohio, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

144 of 161

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
144 never named

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Cell average: 0.27of 15
Across all 161 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 4.8of 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 Ohio

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Stainless Steel Fabrication companies in Ohio, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Northern Manufacturing Co Inc 60 employeesOak Harbor, Ohio	Oak Harbor, Ohio	14 of 15 answers
2	M K Metal Products Inc 32 employeesMansfield, Ohio	Mansfield, Ohio	5 of 15 answers
3	JDub Welding & Fabrication Ohio	Ohio	5 of 15 answers
4	Sanitary Stainless Services Ohio	Ohio	5 of 15 answers
5	Ohio Laser 16 employeesPlain City, Ohio	Plain City, Ohio	4 of 15 answers
6	Arctech Fabricating Inc 20 employeesSpringfield, Ohio	Springfield, Ohio	3 of 15 answers
7	Buckeye Fabricating Company Springboro, Ohio 2 name variants Buckeye Fabricatingmost common2 Buckeye Fabricating Company1	Springboro, Ohio	3 of 15 answers
8	Butz Welding & Fabricating LTD Ohio	Ohio	3 of 15 answers
9	Cramers Sheet Metal LLC Ohio 2 name variants Cramers Sheet Metal LLCmost common2 Cramers Sheet Metal1	Ohio	3 of 15 answers
10	Firelands Metals Ohio	Ohio	3 of 15 answers

40 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 Ohio. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Sterling Process Equipment & Services	Florida	4 of 15
MXD Process / BCast	Indiana	1 of 15
MXD Process / BCast Tanks	Indiana	1 of 15
Rodem	Indiana	1 of 15
ThermalFAB	Alabama	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 stainless steel fabrication companies in Ohio”
2“Who supplies custom stainless steel process tanks with welded fittings in Ohio”
3“I need a Ohio stainless steel fabrication partner for a short-run sanitary equipment build, who should I talk to”
4“Top stainless steel fabrication suppliers in Ohio for food and beverage plant engineering buyers”
5“Which Ohio stainless steel fabricators can handle TIG welding of thin-gauge stainless assemblies”
6“List 20 stainless steel fabrication companies in Ohio 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.

rodem.com
4 companies
mxdprocess.com
3 companies
atwf-inc.com
2 companies
buckeyefabricating.com
2 companies
cramersinc.com
2 companies
en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
2 companies
northernmfg.com
1 company
mkmetalproducts.com
1 company
ohiolaser.com
1 company
aeweldinginc.com
1 company
alroncustomfabrication.com
1 company
arcalloy.com
1 company

56 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 48 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Ohio in context

Ohio ranks 10th of 12 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 15%.

Ohio (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (15%)

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