AI Visibility Index · Cell report
MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Welding Services in North Carolina
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a welding services supplier in North Carolina, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 115 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
104 of 115
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.
- 11 named at least once
- 104 never named
- Cell average
- 0.15of 15
Across all 115 tracked companies.
- Top ten average
- 5.2of 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.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah’s ArC Welding North Carolina | North Carolina | 8 of 15 answers |
| 2 | Weld Services LLC North Carolina | North Carolina | 7 of 15 answers |
| 3 | Hoey Built LLC North Carolina | North Carolina | 6 of 15 answers |
| 4 | Lassiter Welding North Carolina | North Carolina | 6 of 15 answers |
| 5 | Purser’s Welding & Fabrication LLC North Carolina 2 name variants
| North Carolina | 6 of 15 answers |
| 6 | Fabricat Welding & Fabrication Madison, North Carolina | Madison, North Carolina | 5 of 15 answers |
| 7 | Kings Mobile Welding Newport, North Carolina | Newport, North Carolina | 4 of 15 answers |
| 8 | Mebane Welding Corp North Carolina | North Carolina | 4 of 15 answers |
| 9 | Steel Technology Inc 17 employeesRocky Mount, North Carolina 3 name variants
| Rocky Mount, North Carolina | 3 of 15 answers |
| 10 | 4M Welding, LLC North Carolina | North Carolina | 3 of 15 answers |
44 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Richards Welding & Metal Fabrication | Alberta | 7 of 15 |
| Fabricat LLC | California | 3 of 15 |
| Carolina Fab Inc. | South Carolina | 1 of 15 |
| Engineered Steel | Maryland | 1 of 15 |
| Protodyne Manufacturing | Ontario | 1 of 15 |
| Quality Machine & Fabrication | Missouri | 1 of 15 |
One of these yours?
A complete Blue Book listing is one of the sources assistants read in this category. Confirming your details is free.
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 North Carolina”
- 2“Who supplies structural steel welding services in North Carolina”
- 3“I need a North Carolina welding services partner for a short-run custom machinery frame build, who should I talk to”
- 4“Top welding services suppliers in North Carolina for industrial maintenance buyers”
- 5“Which North Carolina welding service providers can handle certified AWS D1.1 structural welds”
- 6“List 20 welding services 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.
- purserswelding.com3 companies
- fabricatweld.com3 companies
- steeltechnc.com3 companies
- coldsteelweldingandfab.com2 companies
- engineeredsteel.com2 companies
- imacontractors.com2 companies
- richardsmetalfabrication.com2 companies
- unlimitedweld.com2 companies
- kingsmobilewelding.com1 company
- oakridgemw.com1 company
- 4mwelding.com1 company
- 704diesel.com1 company
64 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 58 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 14th 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%.
- Iowa24%
- Louisiana16%
- Kentucky14%
- Alabama14%
- Washington14%
- Minnesota14%
- South Carolina14%
- Connecticut13%
- Oklahoma13%
- Virginia12%
- Wisconsin11%
- Massachusetts11%
- Tennessee10%
- North Carolina10%
- Illinois9%
- New Jersey7%
- Pennsylvania6%
- Ohio6%
- Michigan6%
- Georgia5%
- New York5%
- Florida4%
- Indiana4%
- Missouri4%
- Texas3%
- California2%
Look up a company
Enter a domain or a company name to see whether it is tracked in this cell, and whether the answers named it. This is a lookup against a measurement already taken, so it is instant.
Try steeltechnc.com or any other domain
Get your monthly AI Visibility Report
The public Index publishes one measurement per cell. A monthly report covers your own company:
- Every question it was named on
- Every question it was not
- What moved
Your own position is only ever shown to you.
More published reports in North Carolina
- Metal Fabrication Services359 tracked
- Contract Machining & Machine Shops246 tracked
- Industrial & Process Controls214 tracked
- Industrial Machinery & Equipment Distributors193 tracked
- Injection Molded Plastics187 tracked
- Metal Cutting Tools186 tracked
- Plastic Extrusion & Thermoforming136 tracked
- Electrical Equipment Distributors126 tracked
- Conveyors & Material Handling Equipment121 tracked
- Metal Finishing Services107 tracked
- Electrical Terminals & Connectors104 tracked
- Industrial Fasteners104 tracked