AI Visibility Index: Structural Steel Fabrication in North Carolina

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

58 of 67

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.

9 named at least once
58 never named

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Cell average: 0.72of 15
Across all 67 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 5.7of 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 Structural Steel Fabrication companies in North Carolina, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Apex Steel Corp. 6 employeesRaleigh, North Carolina	Raleigh, North Carolina	14 of 15 answers
2	Steel Technology Inc 17 employeesRocky Mount, North Carolina 3 name variants Steel Technology Inc.most common9 Steel Technology Inc. (Steel Tech NC)3 Steel Technology (Steel Tech NC)1	Rocky Mount, North Carolina	13 of 15 answers
3	Engineered Steel Products Inc 30 employeesSophia, North Carolina 2 name variants Engineered Steel Productsmost common8 Engineered Steel Products, Inc.3	Sophia, North Carolina	11 of 15 answers
4	Phillips Iron Works North Carolina	North Carolina	5 of 15 answers
5	Peak Steel 14 employeesApex, North Carolina 2 name variants Peak Steelmost common2 Peak Steel, Inc.1	Apex, North Carolina	3 of 15 answers
6	METCO Metal Building Supply North Carolina	North Carolina	3 of 15 answers
7	McCombs Steel Co. Inc. 50 employeesStatesville, North Carolina	Statesville, North Carolina	2 of 15 answers
8	North State Steel 15 employeesUS, North Carolina	US, North Carolina	2 of 15 answers
9	Piedmont Metals North Carolina	North Carolina	2 of 15 answers
10	Reid Fabricators Inc. North Carolina	North Carolina	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 North Carolina. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Universal Steel, Inc.	Georgia	11 of 15
Carolina Fab, Inc.	South Carolina	8 of 15
BSI Services	Wyoming	5 of 15
Richards Welding & Metal Fabrication	Alberta	5 of 15
MACO Incorporated	Maryland	3 of 15
Fayetteville Steel	Pennsylvania	2 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 North Carolina”
2“Who supplies custom structural steel building frames in North Carolina”
3“I need a North Carolina structural steel fabrication partner for a mid-rise commercial project, who should I talk to”
4“Top structural steel fabrication suppliers in North Carolina for general contractor buyers”
5“Which North Carolina structural steel fabricators can handle large welded assemblies with certified field erection support”
6“List 20 structural steel fabrication 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.

richardsmetalfabrication.com
3 companies
steeltechnc.com
3 companies
apexsteelcorp.com
2 companies
engineeredsteel.com
2 companies
peaksteel.com
2 companies
southernindustrial.com
2 companies
winstonsteel.com
2 companies
carolinafabinc.com
1 company
aisc.org
1 company
amfsteel.com
1 company
bsiservices.net
1 company
carolinametalfabricators.com
1 company

37 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 29 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 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%.

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

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