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The top 10 neighbors span six different categories — no single kind dominates, and the spread runs from gas stations to a country musician to a regional bank.
The shape is broad: scores range from 0.81 down to 0.68 across the top 10, with no single neighbor pulling far ahead of the rest. Kent Kwik leads at 0.81, followed by Stripes Convenience Stores at 0.78 and DK at 0.76 — three Convenience & Fuel entities that form the core of the cluster. But the set quickly diversifies: Allsup's (0.72, Convenience Stores) and AMBEST (0.71, Automotive Maintenance and Repair) extend the fuel-and-road-services thread, while IBC Bank (0.70, Banks) and 7 Brew Coffee (0.70, Coffee and Tea) introduce entirely different categories at nearly the same similarity level. George Strait (0.70, Musicians and Bands) is the lone celebrity in the top 10, sitting at the same score as the bank and the coffee chain. Buddy's (0.69, Furniture Stores) and Valero Energy (0.68, Gas Stations) round out the set.
Tallying the subcategories: four of the ten neighbors are Gas Stations or Convenience Stores — ALON's own kind — but the remaining six span Automotive Repair, Banking, Coffee, Furniture, and a musician. That cross-kind spread, with neighbors holding scores tightly bunched between 0.68 and 0.81, points to an audience whose shape is defined less by fuel-retail loyalty than by a broader regional consumer profile that touches multiple everyday categories simultaneously.
