Advance Auto Parts , headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia, is the second-largest retailer of automotive replacement parts and accessories in the United States. AAP was founded in 1932 and had 2011 sales of approximately $6.2 billion. AAP operates over 3,800 stores in forty U.S. states and has over 55,000 employees. In 2005, Advance Auto Parts purchased Autopart International, Inc. which operates 202 stores along the Atlantic Seaboard. In 1932 Arthur Taubman opened Advance Stores, LLC., with two stores in Roanoke and one in Lynchburg, Virginia. The first major expansion of Advance Auto Parts was... in 1998 when the company acquired the remaining operations of Western Auto, an auto parts and general store retailer. Most of the Western Auto operations had been taken over by Sears, Roebuck and Co. in 1987. In April 2001, Advance Auto Parts acquired Carport Auto Parts, a regional retail chain with 29 stores in Alabama and Mississippi. On November 28, Advance acquired 671 Discount Auto Parts, Inc., a regional auto parts chain in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Louisiana.
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| NYSE symbol: | AAP |
| Founded: | 1932 |
| Headquarters: | Roanoke, Virginia |
| Annual revenue: | $5,142,260,000 |
| Net income: | $238,040,000 |
| Operating income: | $414,930,000 |
| Market cap: | $3,900,000,000 |
| Industries: | Auto and Home Supply Stores, Retail |