AI Visibility Index: Welding Services in Indiana

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

184 of 192

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
184 never named

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Cell average: 0.06of 15
Across all 192 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 4.5of 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 Indiana

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Welding Services companies in Indiana, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Steel Theory Welding Indiana	Indiana	9 of 15 answers
2	Starweld Industrial Contractors Indiana	Indiana	7 of 15 answers
3	FullMetalFab Indiana	Indiana	4 of 15 answers
4	L&N Welding LLC Indiana	Indiana	4 of 15 answers
5	Moore’s Welding Service Indiana 2 name variants Moore’s Welding Servicemost common3 Moore’s Welding Service, Inc.1	Indiana	4 of 15 answers
6	RAD Fabrication Indiana	Indiana	4 of 15 answers
7	Sons of Thunder Welding Indiana	Indiana	4 of 15 answers
8	Simko Industrial Fabricators Inc 15 employeesHammond, Indiana	Hammond, Indiana	3 of 15 answers
9	BEST Equipment & Welding Indiana	Indiana	3 of 15 answers
10	DC Industries LLC Indiana	Indiana	3 of 15 answers

38 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 Indiana. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Fields Welding	Kentucky	4 of 15
Parker Manufacturing, LLC	Rhode Island	3 of 15
International Automation Solutions (IAS)	Michigan	2 of 15
J & N Metal Products	Illinois	2 of 15
A & C Welding and Fabrication LLC	Nebraska	1 of 15
IAS (Industrial Automation Specialists)	Michigan	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 welding service companies in Indiana”
2“Who supplies structural steel welding services in Indiana”
3“I need a Indiana welding services partner for a short-run custom machinery frame build, who should I talk to”
4“Top welding services suppliers in Indiana for industrial maintenance buyers”
5“Which Indiana welding service providers can handle certified AWS D1.1 structural welds”
6“List 20 welding services companies in Indiana 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.

mooresweldingservice.com
3 companies
warsaweng.com
2 companies
yardarmfab.com
2 companies
engineeredwelding.com
2 companies
ias-in.com
2 companies
radfabrication.com
1 company
sonsofthunderwelding.com
1 company
steeltheorywelding.com
1 company
aandcwelding.com
1 company
apexag.net
1 company
bewinc.com
1 company
buhrt.com
1 company

60 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 55 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Indiana in context

Indiana ranks 23rd of 26 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 8%.

Indiana (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (8%)

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