Advance Auto Parts Inc.

Advance Auto Parts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a retailer of automotive parts, accessories, and maintenance items to do-it-yourself and do-it-for-me customers in the automotive aftermarket industry. The company operates in two segments, Advance Auto Parts (AAP), and AI. The AAP segment operates stores, which offer filters, alternators, transmissions, windshield wipers, radiators, batteries, clutches, windshield washer fluid, brake pads, shock absorbers, electronic ignition components, floor mats, belts and hoses, struts, engines, steering wheel covers, radiator hoses, suspension parts, oil and transmission fluid, lighting, starters, spark plugs, antifreeze, and wash and waxes. As of January 3, 2009, this segment operated 3,243 AAP stores in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; and 3,215 stores in the northeastern, southeastern, and Midwestern regions of the United States under the Advance Auto Parts and Advance Discount Auto Parts trade names, as well as operated 28 stores under the Western Auto and Advance Auto Parts trade names. The AI segment operates stores that provide replacement parts for domestic and imported cars, and light trucks to the commercial market, as well as to warehouse distributors and jobbers in North America. As of January 3, 2009, this segment operated 125 stores under the Autopart International trade name in the United States. The company was founded in 1929 and is based in Roanoke, Virginia.