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O’Reilly Auto Parts

Automotive aftermarket parts retail · United States

O’Reilly is one of North America’s largest auto parts retailers, selling replacement parts, tools and accessories through about 6,600 stores to repair shops and to drivers who fix their own cars, roughly half each.

What makes it different

Repair shops now buy as much as DIY drivers.

$8.7BSales to professionalsFY2025

Half of sales go to professional mechanics, a market O’Reilly has served alongside retail since 1978.

How big it is

How big is O’Reilly Auto Parts?

$17.8BSalesFY2025
6,585Stores2025
93,072Team Members2025
How it makes money FY2025

Half from DIY drivers, half from repair shops.

  • DIY customers49%$8.8B
  • Professional customers49%$8.7B
  • Other sales and adjustments2%$365M
How the business works

One store, two customers, parts on hand.

  1. 1Parts via DCs and hubs
  2. 2DIY drivers at the counter
  3. 3To repair shops within minutes

The same store and inventory serve both a DIY driver and a repair shop, so each store earns from two markets.

Who owns it
  • The Vanguard Group8.5%
  • BlackRock, Inc.6.9%

CEO: Brad Beckham

Who it competes with
AutoZoneAAdvance Auto PartsNNAPAWalmartAmazon
Key moments
  1. 1957O’Reilly Automotive opens in Springfield
  2. 1978Dual market strategy is born
  3. 1993IPO on Nasdaq
  4. 1998Hi/LO acquisition nearly doubles the company
  5. 2008CSK Auto acquisition
Sources

Every number on this page comes from O’Reilly Auto Parts's own reports.

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What O’Reilly Auto Parts tracks19 metrics
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Distribution centers
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
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Margin
Where the money comes from3 regions
United States and Puerto Rico
Mexico
Canada
The full timeline18 moments
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