AI Visibility Index: Structural Steel Fabrication in Kentucky

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

48 of 56

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.

8 named at least once
48 never named

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Cell average: 0.48of 15
Across all 56 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 Kentucky

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Structural Steel Fabrication companies in Kentucky, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Pro-Weld Kentucky 2 name variants Pro-Weldmost common8 Pro-Weld (again, for central KY reach)1	Kentucky	8 of 15 answers
2	Trait LLC Kentucky	Kentucky	8 of 15 answers
3	Darnell Steel & Construction LLC Kentucky	Kentucky	7 of 15 answers
4	Sonne Steel Kentucky	Kentucky	7 of 15 answers
5	Cundiff Steel Fabricators & Erectors Inc 65 employeesLouisville, Kentucky 2 name variants Cundiff Steel Fabricators & Erectors, Inc.most common5 Cundiff Steel Fabricators1	Louisville, Kentucky	6 of 15 answers
6	Modern Welding Company of Kentucky 40 employeesElizabethtown, Kentucky 3 name variants Modern Welding Company of Kentucky, Inc.most common3 Modern Welding Co. of Kentucky, Inc.1 Modern Welding Company of Kentucky1	Elizabethtown, Kentucky	5 of 15 answers
7	Southern Metal Products Co 40 employeesLouisville, Kentucky 4 name variants Southern Metal Products Companymost common2 Southern Metal Products, Inc.1 Southern Metal Products Co.1 Southern Metal Products1	Louisville, Kentucky	5 of 15 answers
8	McDaniel Steel Erection Kentucky	Kentucky	5 of 15 answers
9	Central KY Welding & Fabrication Kentucky	Kentucky	4 of 15 answers
10	Bluegrass Metal Works, Inc. 23 employeesLouisville, Kentucky	Louisville, Kentucky	3 of 15 answers

19 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 Kentucky. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Schuler Manufacturing	Rhode Island	5 of 15
C & M Equipment and Contracting	Florida	2 of 15
Pilot Steel, Inc.	Florida	2 of 15
Pro-Weld LLC	Utah	2 of 15
Metal Works Machine and Maintenance, LLC	Indiana	1 of 15
Rigid Global Buildings	Texas	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 structural steel fabrication companies in Kentucky”
2“Who supplies custom structural steel building frames in Kentucky”
3“I need a Kentucky structural steel fabrication partner for a mid-rise commercial project, who should I talk to”
4“Top structural steel fabrication suppliers in Kentucky for general contractor buyers”
5“Which Kentucky structural steel fabricators can handle large welded assemblies with certified field erection support”
6“List 20 structural steel fabrication companies in Kentucky 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
6 companies
southernmetals.net
4 companies
proweldky.com
3 companies
sla-ent.com
3 companies
modweldco.com
2 companies
augurmetal.com
2 companies
fieldswelding.com
2 companies
candmequip.com
2 companies
mechmaint.com
2 companies
aisc.org
1 company
amfsteel.com
1 company
bbb.orgDirectory
1 company

42 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 34 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Kentucky in context

Kentucky ranks 6th of 19 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%.

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

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