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MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Metal Service Centers & Distributors in Ohio
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a metal service centers & distributors supplier in Ohio, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 322 companies tracked
- Last measured September 23, 2026
- Next measurement October 23, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
289 of 322
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.
- 33 named at least once
- 289 never named
- Cell average
- 0.24of 15
Across all 322 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 Ohio
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Ohio buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olympic Steel, Inc. 16 employeesBedford, Ohio 4 name variants
| Bedford, Ohio | 9 of 15 answers |
| 2 | Ici Metals 10 employeesStrongsville, Ohio | Strongsville, Ohio | 7 of 15 answers |
| 3 | H & D Steel 50 employeesNorth Royalton, Ohio 2 name variants
| North Royalton, Ohio | 6 of 15 answers |
| 4 | Benjamin Steel Co. 36 employeesMansfield, Ohio 4 name variants
| Mansfield, Ohio | 5 of 15 answers |
| 5 | Fay Industries 59 employeesStrongsville, Ohio 2 name variants
| Strongsville, Ohio | 5 of 15 answers |
| 6 | Metalmark Inc 9 employeesCleveland, Ohio | Cleveland, Ohio | 5 of 15 answers |
| 7 | Rapid Metal Ohio | Ohio | 5 of 15 answers |
| 8 | David Hirschberg Steel & Recycling Center 21 employeesCincinnati, Ohio 2 name variants
| Cincinnati, Ohio | 4 of 15 answers |
| 9 | Alro Steel, Columbus 40 employeesColumbus, Ohio 2 name variants
| Columbus, Ohio | 3 of 15 answers |
| 10 | L&M Processing, LLC 22 employeesMasury, Ohio 2 name variants
| Masury, Ohio | 3 of 15 answers |
45 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 Ohio. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| American Stainless Corporation | New York | 6 of 15 |
| Thompson Metals & Tubing (TMT) | Ontario | 2 of 15 |
| Alro Steel / Alro Metals Outlet – Cleveland | Michigan | 1 of 15 |
| Eddie Kane Steel Products | New Jersey | 1 of 15 |
| Monarch Steel | Alabama | 1 of 15 |
| Pennsylvania Steel – Alliance Division | Pennsylvania | 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 metal service centers and distributors in Ohio”
- 2“Who supplies cut-to-length stainless steel sheet in Ohio”
- 3“I need a Ohio metal service center partner for recurring structural steel beam orders, who should I talk to”
- 4“Top metal service centers and distributors in Ohio for OEM purchasing buyers”
- 5“Which Ohio metal service centers can handle just-in-time delivery and precision sawing of alloy bar stock”
- 6“List 20 metal service centers and distributors in Ohio 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.
- benjaminsteel.com4 companies
- pasteel.com3 companies
- fredericksteel.com3 companies
- integritystainless.com3 companies
- alro.com2 companies
- conklinsteel.com2 companies
- davidhirschbergsteel.com2 companies
- en.wikipedia.orgDirectory2 companies
- olysteel.com2 companies
- fayindustries.com2 companies
- hdsteel.com2 companies
- lmmetalprocessing.com2 companies
68 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 59 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.
Ohio in context
Ohio is the only state measured in this category so far, so there is nothing to compare it with yet.
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