Louisville, Kentucky
No in-city SATS anchor appears in the current locator. Hold small operators pending an approved nearby/GF anchor; larger-chain exceptions remain available.
Client-calibrated parallel trial
Start with the full universe. Narrow it with evidence.
Helix begins with 9,816 named public-source automotive, tire and mechanical-service locations across Sun’s five activated lanes plus a separately labeled Louisville hold queue. The system then consolidates companies, measures selected-anchor road routes, applies critical gates and preserves every disposition before producing the verified Pass pool and top 10%.
Quick reference
Abbreviations and internal terms.
Definitions used throughout this trial page so criteria and anchor language remain clear during review.
- SATS
- Sun Auto Tire & Service; a confirmed existing SATS location may serve as a geographic anchor.
- GF
- Greenfield location; used only when Sun has approved the new-build/de novo location as an anchor. The exact approved list remains pending.
- OTR
- Off-the-road tires and service, generally serving heavy equipment rather than consumer vehicles.
- MSA
- Metropolitan Statistical Area; Sun must confirm when a client-defined trade area should be used instead.
- VPD
- Vehicles per day; a traffic-volume measure tied to a road segment and count period.
- SF / sq ft
- Square feet; used for building-footprint and parking-density criteria.
- PE
- Private equity; PE-owned or PE-controlled operators fail the current ownership gate.
- ID / IDs
- Identifier / identifiers; stable record keys used for anchors, shops and deduplication.
- KY · NC · TN
- Kentucky · North Carolina · Tennessee; state abbreviations used in the territory matrix.
Approved beta territory program
Five lanes approved. Louisville held.
The market clusters, corridor, Nashville anchors and evidence/routing defaults are approved for the trial package. Louisville remains withheld pending an eligible anchor.
Ohio
Central Ohio / Columbus–Licking County: Blacklick, Columbus, Heath, Hilliard, Lewis Center, Marysville, Newark, Pickerington and Westerville.
North Carolina
Piedmont Triad: High Point, Winston-Salem, King, Liberty, Madison, Stokesdale and Summerfield.
Florida East Coast
Northeast Florida through Volusia County: Yulee/Callahan to Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Palm Coast and Ormond Beach, with adjacent interior anchors.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Use the current store at 3886 Hixson Pike as the beta anchor.
Nashville, Tennessee
Use Hendersonville, 111 Indian Lake Blvd., and Murfreesboro, 2560 Rideout Lane; route-test every candidate to the selected anchor.
Strategic anchor rule: singles and small multi-unit operators qualify only after a selected SATS/GF anchor and measured driving route establish approximately 30 road miles or less. The approved 35-location anchor file makes that process executable; no candidate passes from territory membership alone. Larger chains require an explicitly recorded exception.
| Territory | Beta status | Approved market | Anchor treatment | Remaining Sun action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville, KY | Hold small-shop cohort | Louisville city lane | No in-city current-store anchor | Supply approved GF/nearby anchor or authorize chain-only treatment |
| Ohio | Approved for beta package | Central Ohio / Columbus–Licking County | 10 current-store anchors | Approved |
| North Carolina | Approved for beta package | Piedmont Triad | 7 current-store anchors | Approved |
| Florida East Coast | Approved for beta package | Northeast Florida through Volusia | 15 current-store anchors | Approved |
| Chattanooga, TN | Approved for beta package | Chattanooga city lane | 3886 Hixson Pike | Approved |
| Nashville, TN | Approved for beta package | Broader Nashville market | Hendersonville + Murfreesboro | Approved |
Approved activation status: 35 current-store anchors support five beta lanes. Louisville is deliberately withheld rather than filled with an unsupported anchor.
Stage 0 · Public-source discovery
9,816 locations make the starting universe visible.
Overture Maps Places release 2026-06-17.0 supplies the current location-level discovery layer. Every record remains unqualified until company consolidation, road routing, Sun-history matching and critical-gate verification are complete.
Central Ohio
Columbus–Licking County anchor network.
Piedmont Triad
Seven approved North Carolina anchors.
Florida East Coast
Northeast Florida through Volusia County.
Chattanooga
Discovery around the Hixson Pike anchor.
Nashville
Hendersonville and Murfreesboro coverage.
Louisville hold
City-centered discovery only; no approved eligibility anchor.
How to interpret 9,816: these are unique named location records in selected automotive, tire and mechanical-service categories within a 50 km straight-line discovery buffer. The buffer prevents premature omission; it does not establish eligibility. Singles and small multi-units still require a selected approved anchor and measured approximately ≤30-driving-road-mile route. Chain exceptions must be explicitly recorded. Unknown or conflicting evidence remains Watch / Verify.
Sun Auto Fit
Rules before rankings.
Hard GateScored PreferencePending Confirmation
A confirmed hard-gate failure excludes a shop. Unknown or conflicting evidence is classified as “Watch / Verify”—never as a false failure or an unsupported “Pass.”
Sales / mix
$1.8M+ top-line salesHard Gate
Store amount, period, basis and source. A range crossing the threshold remains Watch / Verify.
Minimal commercial, agriculture and OTRPending Confirmation
Direction is confirmed; Sun still needs to define the numerical cap and whether categories combine.
Specialty / fleet sales below 10%Hard Gate
Confirm combined-category treatment and whether exactly 10.0% fails.
No current used-tire salesHard Gate
Confirmed sellers are withheld from recommendations/top 10%. Likely or unknown evidence goes to Watch / Verify.
Tire-forward businessScored Preference
Consumer tire merchandising and revenue identity outrank general repair with weak tire evidence.
Physical / location
About 30 road miles from SATS or approved GF anchorHard Gate
Applies to singles and small multi-unit operators. The anchor must be confirmed first, then an approved routing method must document approximately ≤30 road miles; no inferred pass.
Multi-unit chain exceptionApproved Exception
Larger multi-unit chains—including the referenced examples of roughly 6, 10 or 12 units—may be considered outside the default radius only through an explicitly recorded chain-level exception. The mechanism is approved; no individual chain receives an automatic exception or Pass.
6+ indoor bays; 8+ preferredHard Gate
Outdoor lifts do not count. No outdoor lifts except a documented Florida exception.
6,500+ sq ft building footprintHard Gate
Building footprint—not parcel or lot area—unless Sun approves another definition.
Clean, professional SATS-profile storefrontScored Preference
Require dated imagery and a reviewer note; poor curb appeal informs exclusion calibration.
Parking: “28+/1 or 4 spaces per 1,000 SF”Pending Confirmation
Client wording is ambiguous. It is visibly unresolved and is not silently hard-coded as an executable gate.
Clear road visibility / no major sight-line impairmentScored Preference
Material obstruction is a serious negative; use dated street-level evidence.
Capacity for at least 500 tiresHard Gate
Record capacity as confirmed, estimated or unknown. Estimates remain Watch until confirmed.
Retail trade area and qualifying retail within 1 mileScored Preference
Not industrial; look for grocery, Walmart/discounter, Lowe’s, Home Depot or other approved big-box adjacency.
Paved lotPending Confirmation
Required directionally; Sun still needs to confirm whether unpaved is an absolute gate.
Direct access from fronting streetScored Preference
Direct, safe access is preferred; shared/side access requires practical review.
Demographics
30,000+ households in MSA / trade areaHard Gate
Sun must confirm formal MSA versus client-defined trade-area geography.
5-minute median household income ≥ MSA averageHard Gate
Compare same-year measures; equality currently reads as passing, pending rule lock.
5,000+ households at 5 minutesHard Gate
Use an approved drive-time methodology, not a straight-line radius.
15,000–20,000+ households at 15 minutesPending Confirmation
Proposed treatment: 15,000 minimum and 20,000 preferred. Exact hard threshold awaits final client confirmation.
Positive five-year household growthHard Gate
Historical versus projected basis and treatment of exactly 0% remain to be confirmed.
15,000+ VPDHard Gate
Capture road segment/count station, year and directional or combined basis.
Ownership / history
No PE-owned or PE-controlled operatorHard Gate
Resolve ultimate ownership; uncertainty remains Watch / Verify.
Not already reviewed and rejectedHard Gate
Known history is retained for audit/dedupe and removed from net-new ranking unless Sun explicitly reopens it.
Not an expansion-only small shopHard Gate
Acquisition relevance must be plausible; expansion-only small shops are outside current strategy.
Independent / acquirable ownership profileScored Preference
Verify entity, parent, location count, decision authority and actionable ownership route.
No outdoor lifts outside Florida exceptionHard Gate
A Florida exception must be recorded and approved; no silent assumption.
Qualification funnel
Show every reduction from 9,816 to the top 10%.
The raw universe stays downloadable while each successive stage records why locations are merged, held, excluded, verified or advanced. Only verified Pass records enter formal ranking.
9,816 Raw Locations
Named public-source automotive, tire and service locations across the approved lanes plus Louisville hold.
Companies / Chains
Merge duplicate places and roll locations into parent/operator groups without losing store count.
Anchor Selected
Confirmed SATS or approved GF anchor; Louisville remains held.
Road Eligibility
Frozen driving-road route for singles/small multi-units; recorded chain exceptions only.
Sun History / Dedupe
Known, rejected, acquired, contacted and duplicate records retain visible treatment.
Critical Gates
Ownership, sales mix, used tires, site, facilities, demographics and physical evidence.
Verified Pass Pool
Every critical gate known and passing with adequate confidence.
Top 10% + Other 90%
Decision-ready priority list with the complete remaining work product still downloadable.
No stage-count outcome beyond raw discovery is claimed yet. Company consolidation, route measurement, Sun-history matching and gate review will determine each subsequent count.
Parallel trial
Sun manual vs Helix.
Both teams hunt the same activated territory-and-anchor universe. Comparison begins only after anchors, measured road-mile cohort, source window and review labels are frozen.
| Trial lane | Sun manual hunt | Helix parallel screen | Comparison rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inputs | Normal Sun process in the activated territory/anchor cohort | Same ≤30-road-mile universe, same window, agreed sources and Sun history | Proposed anchors/markets ready; Sun history load pending |
| Candidate list | Sun-reviewed list with dispositions | Gate explanations, Watch queue, Pass pool and top decile | Canonical operator/site matching before overlap count |
| Quality review | Sun labels pursue / verify / reject / known | Helix evidence and rule-level rationale | Sun’s final label controls trial ground truth |
| Timing | Track reviewer effort under normal workflow | Track review effort for the same cohort | Measure elapsed and hands-on review time consistently |
No live results are shown. Any numeric performance claim before identical markets, source data and Sun reviewer outcomes are loaded would be misleading.
Resolved for beta
Defaults approved for the trial package.
- 35-location approved anchor set10 Ohio, 7 North Carolina, 15 Florida East Coast, 1 Chattanooga and 2 Nashville-area current-store anchors, each with stable ID, address, coordinates and public source URL.
- Ohio: Central Ohio / Columbus–Licking CountyUse the mapped Columbus-area and Newark/Heath footprint as the initial statewide-lane cohort.
- North Carolina: Piedmont TriadUse High Point, Winston-Salem, King, Liberty, Madison, Stokesdale and Summerfield. Wilmington remains legacy research, not the beta definition.
- Florida East Coast: Northeast Florida through VolusiaUse the Yulee/Callahan–Jacksonville–St. Augustine–Palm Coast–Ormond Beach corridor, including adjacent interior anchors for route testing.
- City-anchor treatmentChattanooga: 3886 Hixson Pike. Nashville: Hendersonville and Murfreesboro. Louisville: hold small operators until an approved nearby/GF anchor exists.
- Beta status taxonomyPass; Watch / Verify; Exclude; Known / Already Reviewed; Otherwise Qualified — Used Tire Sales.
- Evidence and routing protocolDriving-road miles only, one frozen routing provider per cohort, source hierarchy from Sun/internal records through authoritative public evidence, with unresolved gates remaining Watch / Verify.
Chris feedback applied
Calibration records now carry final dispositions.
These records stay visible so the screen learns from known outcomes, but they are no longer presented as viable recommendations.
Lawson & Son
Former gas station, poor curb appeal, only 3 bays plus 2 outdoor lifts. Fails the physical profile and outdoor-lift rule.
Simpson’s Auto Repair
Hidden behind and below Titan Motoring, not visible from the road, with dead-end access. Fails visibility/access fit.
Wilson Tire & Auto
Already on Sun’s list and previously reviewed but not pursued. Retained as known/gray history—not a net-new target.
Disposition language
Every record has a visible treatment.
Fit score and confidence remain separate from gate status. A score never rescues a confirmed disqualifier.
All critical gates verified passing; eligible for pass-pool ranking.
No confirmed failure, but one or more critical facts are unresolved, conflicting or stale.
Confirmed hard-gate or strategic failure; retained with the reason.
Audit/dedupe record removed from active net-new ranking.
Confirmed current used-tire seller that otherwise fits; visible but withheld from recommendations/top 10%.
Beta operating defaults approved.
Provide Sun history and resolve Louisville/GF treatment; then freeze the approved road-mile universe and run both hunts independently.