AI Visibility Index: Welding Services in Wisconsin

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

165 of 186

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.

21 named at least once
165 never named

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Cell average: 0.19of 15
Across all 186 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 4.3of 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 Wisconsin

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Welding Services companies in Wisconsin, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Universal Welding & Engineering 20 employeesWaukesha, Wisconsin	Waukesha, Wisconsin	8 of 15 answers
2	Wisconsin Metal Parts Wisconsin 2 name variants Wisconsin Metal Parts, Inc.most common4 Wisconsin Metal Parts4	Wisconsin	8 of 15 answers
3	Thornton Enterprise Wisconsin	Wisconsin	5 of 15 answers
4	Absolute Custom Welding Wisconsin	Wisconsin	4 of 15 answers
5	3Up Metal Works 8 employeesMilwaukee, Wisconsin	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	3 of 15 answers
6	A&P Fabricating Solutions Wisconsin	Wisconsin	3 of 15 answers
7	Arinta Engineering Wisconsin	Wisconsin	3 of 15 answers
8	Gareis Welding Wisconsin 2 name variants Gareis Weldingmost common2 Gareis Welding LLC1	Wisconsin	3 of 15 answers
9	Germantown Iron & Steel Wisconsin	Wisconsin	3 of 15 answers
10	LCM Welding LLC Wisconsin	Wisconsin	3 of 15 answers

47 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 Wisconsin. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Performance Fab	California	6 of 15
Valley Custom Welding LLC	Alabama	3 of 15
A&M Industries	Michigan	1 of 15
Chief Manufacturing	Texas	1 of 15
CTC LLC	Maryland	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 Wisconsin”
2“Who supplies structural steel welding services in Wisconsin”
3“I need a Wisconsin welding services partner for a short-run custom machinery frame build, who should I talk to”
4“Top welding services suppliers in Wisconsin for industrial maintenance buyers”
5“Which Wisconsin welding service providers can handle certified AWS D1.1 structural welds”
6“List 20 welding services companies in Wisconsin 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.

enjmobilewelding.com
2 companies
ntmetals.com
2 companies
wisconsinmetalparts.com
2 companies
gareisweldingllc.com
2 companies
iconmetalsllc.com
2 companies
universal-welding.com
1 company
3upmetalworks.com
1 company
apfabsolutions.com
1 company
arintaengineering.com
1 company
metalmeltersmke.com
1 company
performancefabs.com
1 company
skylinesteelwi.com
1 company

73 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 61 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Wisconsin in context

Wisconsin ranks 11th 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%.

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

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