AI Visibility Index: Welding Services in Kentucky

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

77 of 90

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.

13 named at least once
77 never named

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Cell average: 0.31of 15
Across all 90 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 5.6of 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 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 Welding Services companies in Kentucky, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Mechanical Maintenance & Fabrication, Inc. Kentucky	Kentucky	10 of 15 answers
2	Pro‑Weld Kentucky	Kentucky	8 of 15 answers
3	Peden Metal Works Inc 9 employeesGlasgow, Kentucky 2 name variants Peden Metal Works, Inc.most common3 Peden Metal Works3	Glasgow, Kentucky	6 of 15 answers
4	ASB Welding Pros Kentucky	Kentucky	6 of 15 answers
5	Magnum Welding, Inc. Kentucky	Kentucky	6 of 15 answers
6	Darnell Steel & Construction LLC Kentucky	Kentucky	5 of 15 answers
7	Fields Welding, Inc. 3 employeesWalton, Kentucky	Walton, Kentucky	4 of 15 answers
8	Modern Welding Company of Kentucky 40 employeesElizabethtown, Kentucky	Elizabethtown, Kentucky	4 of 15 answers
9	McCarty Fabrication Kentucky	Kentucky	4 of 15 answers
10	Johnson Industrial Maintenance & Fabricating 6 employeesGuthrie, Kentucky	Guthrie, Kentucky	3 of 15 answers

43 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
Apex Mechanical, Inc.	New York	3 of 15
Schuler Manufacturing	Rhode Island	2 of 15
Action Equipment Solutions (AES)	California	1 of 15
C & M Equipment and Contracting	Florida	1 of 15
CVC Fabrication (Central Valley Corp.)	Nebraska	1 of 15
Modern Welding Company	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 welding service companies in Kentucky”
2“Who supplies structural steel welding services in Kentucky”
3“I need a Kentucky welding services partner for a short-run custom machinery frame build, who should I talk to”
4“Top welding services suppliers in Kentucky for industrial maintenance buyers”
5“Which Kentucky welding service providers can handle certified AWS D1.1 structural welds”
6“List 20 welding services 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.

ahs-ky.com
3 companies
toptierindustrial.com
3 companies
apex-mechanical-inc.com
2 companies
modweldco.com
2 companies
mclanes-mobilewelding.com
2 companies
pedenmetalworks.com
2 companies
asbweldingpros.com
1 company
augurmetal.com
1 company
mccartyfabrication.com
1 company
paragonmetalfab.com
1 company
pittmansmobilewelding.com
1 company
proweldky.com
1 company

67 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 57 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 3rd 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%.

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

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