Hello, I'm Piper Answers™, an AI assistant that you can ask questions about this study, and the "Look-Alike Index™" that we used to rank the US auto brands.
At Pied Piper, we provide facility evaluation programs that are custom-tailored for each of our clients in the automotive and broader motor vehicle industries as well as other industries. We use in-person evaluators for that service, but we wanted to take advantage of recent advances in AI computer vision to allow us to do much more. The automated evaluation process we created allowed us to measure every single auto dealership in the United States using existing Google satellite and Street View imagery for this first of its kind study. This kind of technology cost billions to develop just a couple years ago, but now Pied Piper can use it for our existing and prospective clients and we are excited to share our findings with you today.
We used the computer vision capabilities of an advanced large language model AI to visually analyze satellite and Street View imagery of every automotive dealership in the United States, with dealership locations provided by Urban Science. This automated process identifies features such as signage, building and road surface condition, landscaping, lot layout, and more, which we then statistically analyze to give each automotive brand a score on the "Look-Alike Index™", which represents how similar a brand's dealerships are to each other.
Facility evaluation clients rely on Pied Piper year after year, because with Pied Piper there are no surprises. Our in-house tools, including A.I.-powered "Computer Vision" analysis and interactive chatbots, bring added precision and insight. If you like what you see in our 2025 Dealership Facility Consistency Study™, you'll love our custom-tailored programs. Here is Lisa Berti, Director of Facility Evaluations, for more:
When it comes to facility evaluation / audit programs, this isn't our first time. Choose Pied Piper when accuracy, reliability, and flexibility matter.