AI Visibility Index: Welding Services in Minnesota

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

118 of 137

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.

19 named at least once
118 never named

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Cell average: 0.24of 15
Across all 137 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 3.9of 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 Minnesota

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Welding Services companies in Minnesota, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	West Central Steel Inc 125 employeesWillmar, Minnesota 3 name variants West Central Steelmost common4 West Central Steel, Inc.2 West Central Steel – Welding Dept.1	Willmar, Minnesota	6 of 15 answers
2	Engineered Welding Minnesota 2 name variants Engineered Weldingmost common4 Engineered Welding Inc.1	Minnesota	5 of 15 answers
3	Uff-Da Welding LLC Minnesota	Minnesota	5 of 15 answers
4	Protofab Engineering 7 employeesCircle Pines, Minnesota	Circle Pines, Minnesota	4 of 15 answers
5	JML Fabrication Minnesota 2 name variants JML Fabrication LLCmost common2 JML Fabrication2	Minnesota	4 of 15 answers
6	Jones Metal, Inc. 135 employeesMankato, Minnesota	Mankato, Minnesota	3 of 15 answers
7	BW Welding Inc. Minnesota	Minnesota	3 of 15 answers
8	GP Welding, LLC Minnesota 2 name variants GP Welding, LLCmost common2 GP Welding1	Minnesota	3 of 15 answers
9	KMH Steel Erectors Minnesota	Minnesota	3 of 15 answers
10	Mec‑Pro Manufacturing Minnesota	Minnesota	3 of 15 answers

62 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 Minnesota. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
R & R Metalworks	Michigan	3 of 15
M&J Ironworks	California	2 of 15
T&S Manufacturing	Texas	2 of 15
Tom’s Welding Service	Kansas	2 of 15
Machine Service Corporation	Wisconsin	1 of 15
S.T. Machining & Welding	West Virginia	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 Minnesota”
2“Who supplies structural steel welding services in Minnesota”
3“I need a Minnesota welding services partner for a short-run custom machinery frame build, who should I talk to”
4“Top welding services suppliers in Minnesota for industrial maintenance buyers”
5“Which Minnesota welding service providers can handle certified AWS D1.1 structural welds”
6“List 20 welding services companies in Minnesota 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.

spanierwelding.com
3 companies
wcsteel.com
3 companies
baldeagleerectors.com
2 companies
engineeredwelding.com
2 companies
geometrixco.com
2 companies
gp-welding.com
2 companies
isccompanies.com
2 companies
jmlfabrication.com
2 companies
plaasinc.com
2 companies
toms-welding.com
2 companies
rrmetalinc.com
1 company
tsmfg-mn.com
1 company

76 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 74 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Minnesota in context

Minnesota ranks 6th 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%.

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

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