AI Visibility Index: Wire Forms, Mesh & Fabricated Wire in Illinois

When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a wire forms, mesh & fabricated wire supplier in Illinois, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

196 of 215

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
196 never named

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Cell average: 0.32of 15
Across all 215 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 7.5of 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 Illinois

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Wire Forms, Mesh & Fabricated Wire companies in Illinois, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Acme Wire Products 20 employeesBroadview, Illinois 2 name variants Acme Wire Productsmost common7 Acme Wire Products LLC6	Broadview, Illinois	13 of 15 answers
2	Illini Wire Works, Inc. Illinois 2 name variants Illini Wire Works, Inc.most common7 Illini Wire Works5	Illinois	12 of 15 answers
3	Better Bilt Products 34 employeesAddison, Illinois 2 name variants Better Bilt Products, Inc.most common6 Better Bilt Products3	Addison, Illinois	9 of 15 answers
4	Master Spring & Wire Form Co. 25 employeesRoselle, Illinois 2 name variants Master Spring & Wire Form Co.most common8 Master Spring & Wire Form1	Roselle, Illinois	9 of 15 answers
5	Rockford Specialties Illinois 2 name variants Rockford Specialtiesmost common7 Rockford Specialties Inc.2	Illinois	9 of 15 answers
6	Lewis Spring and Mfg. Company 30 employeesNiles, Illinois 3 name variants Lewis Spring & Manufacturingmost common4 Lewis Spring & Manufacturing Co.2 Lewis Spring & Manufacturing Company1	Niles, Illinois	7 of 15 answers
7	Apex Wire Products Co Inc 15 employeesFranklin Park, Illinois 2 name variants Apex Wire Products Co., Inc.most common4 Apex Wire Products2	Franklin Park, Illinois	6 of 15 answers
8	Acorn Wire & Iron Works LLC 60 employeesChicago, Illinois	Chicago, Illinois	4 of 15 answers
9	Accurate Wire & Strip Forming 10 employeesAddison, Illinois 2 name variants Accurate Wire & Strip Forming, Inc.most common2 Accurate Wire & Strip Forming1	Addison, Illinois	3 of 15 answers
10	Burnex Corporation 24 employeesRingwood, Illinois	Ringwood, Illinois	3 of 15 answers

22 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 Illinois. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Three M Tool	Michigan	2 of 15
Better Bilt / Stevens Wire (Stevens Wire Products)	Indiana	1 of 15
J & P Wire Products, Inc.	California	1 of 15
Madsen Steel Wire Products	Indiana	1 of 15
Royal Wire Products, Inc.	Ohio	1 of 15
Stevens Wire Products	Indiana	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 suppliers of wire forms, mesh and fabricated wire products in Illinois”
2“Who supplies custom stainless steel wire mesh baskets in Illinois”
3“I need a Illinois fabricated wire products partner for a 10,000-piece run of OEM wire guards, who should I talk to”
4“Top wire forms, mesh and fabricated wire products suppliers in Illinois for industrial equipment buyers”
5“Which Illinois wire fabricators can handle high-volume CNC wire forming and resistance welding”
6“List 20 wire forms, mesh and fabricated wire products companies in Illinois 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.

thomasnet.comDirectory
4 companies
lewisspring.com
3 companies
idot.illinois.gov
3 companies
rswire.com
2 companies
acmewirepro.com
2 companies
bbponline.com
2 companies
illiniwire.com
2 companies
accuratewsf.com
2 companies
apexwireproducts.com
2 companies
archerwire.com
2 companies
patrickspring.com
2 companies
stevenswire.com
2 companies

50 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 41 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Illinois in context

Illinois ranks 14th of 21 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 10%.

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