AutoZone, Inc. operates as a specialty retailer and distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories. Its stores offer various products primarily to do-it-yourself customers for use in cars, sport utility vehicles, vans, and light trucks, including new and remanufactured automotive hard parts, maintenance items, accessories, and non-automotive products. The company’s automotive hard parts product line includes A/C compressors; batteries and accessories; belts and hoses; carburetors; chassis; clutches; CV axles; engines; fuel pumps; fuses; ignition; lighting; mufflers; starters and alternators; water pumps; radiators; and thermostats. Its maintenance items include antifreeze and windshield washer fluid; brake drums, rotors, shoes, and pads; chemicals, including brake and power; steering fluid, oil, and fuel additives; oil and transmission fluids; oil, air, fuel, and transmission filters; oxygen sensors; paint and accessories; refrigerant and accessories; shock absorbers and struts; spark plugs and wires; and windshield wipers.AutoZones discretionary product line comprises air fresheners; cell phone accessories; drinks and snacks; floor mats and seat covers; mirrors; performance products; protectants and cleaners; sealants and adhesives; steering wheel covers; stereos and radios; tools; and wash and wax products. The company also offers commercial sales program that provides commercial credit, and delivery of parts and other products to local, regional, and national repair garages, dealers, service stations, and public sector accounts. In addition, it sells the ALLDATA brand automotive diagnostic and repair software, as well as automotive hard parts, maintenance items, accessories and non-automotive products on the Web at www.autozone.com. As of August 29, 2009, AutoZone operated 4,229 stores in the United States and Puerto Rico, and 188 stores in Mexico. The company was founded in 1979 and is based in Memphis, Tennessee.

In late 1935, the NAPA member companies decided to form their own company to “re-package” parts manufactured by others. The new company would purchase from various manufacturers and redistribute to NAPA warehouses, thus developing NAPA’s own private purchasing company. The NAPA Board of Directors formed the Balkamp Manufacturing Corporation on March 11, 1936 with an initial investment of less than $50,000. The company took its name from the names of two of its early managers, John Baldwin and his assistant, Bob Leerkamp.Balkamp had humble beginnings. With only three employees, the company operated out of 1,000 square feet on the second floor of a small building on Capital Avenue in Indianapolis. By the end of its first five years, the employee count grew to 18 and the operation grew to 8,000 square feet in size. Balkamp has NAPA product Distribution Centers located in Plainfield, Indiana, Greenwood, Mississippi, and Salt Lake City, Utah. These strategically placed operations serve all NAPA Distribution Centers and UAP in Canada. Balkamp can ship to each NAPA DC in less than 48 hours from order receipt to delivery. In addition, Balkamp ships to 17 DC’s twice a week and handles over 1,500 NAPA Auto Parts Store shipments each month.

With its corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, CARQUEST Auto Parts is the premier supplier of replacement products, accessories, supplies and equipment for virtually all makes of automobiles, as well as light and heavy-duty trucks, off-road equipment,buses, recreational vehicles and agricultural equipment. Additionally, it distributes and sell tools, equipment, chemicals, paint and accessories. Beyond the quality and depth of the product lines, CARQUEST leverages innovative technologies and innovative service solutions to provide a range of unmatched, value-added benefits. Designed to provide customers and partners alike with distinct competitive advantages, these services include everything from world-class technical training in the latest repair and maintenance techniques to Internet-based solutions that make CARQUEST easier to do business with.At CARQUEST, customer service is driven by 18,000 teammates who are passionate about delivering excellence in everything they do. This dedication is enhanced by a sophisticated network of distribution centers and advanced, automated inventory, and delivery management technology. CARQUEST always delivers the right products to the right place at the right time.

Commercial Tire is trying to roll out of Les Schwab's shadow. The company offers tires and other auto services at more than 30 locations in Idaho, Oregon, Utah, and Washington, where Les Schwab holds reign as the largest privately owned tire dealer. Serving fleets as well as individual consumers, Commercial Tire also operates several Bandag retread plants. Among the under-car services Commercial Tire provides are alignment, battery installation, and brake repair. The company also offers custom wheels for cars, trucks, and SUVs. Founded in 1968, Commercial Tire is expanding in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West.

CSK Auto likes people who look under their own hoods. The retailer of automotive parts and accessories sells mainly to do-it-yourselfers but also to auto professionals and commercial installers. CSK Auto operates some 1,340 stores in 20-plus mostly western states under the names Checker Auto Parts, Schuck's Auto Supply, Kragen Auto Parts, and Murray's Discount Auto Stores. Kragen Auto Parts runs more than 500 stores, mostly in California; Checker Auto Parts operates about 490 stores throughout the West and Hawaii; and Schucks' some 220 stores are in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, and California. CSK Auto is now a subsidiary of O'Reilly Automotive, which bought it in 2008 for about $500 million, plus debt.

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