how many advance auto parts stores are there
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title: Advance Auto Parts text: Advance Auto Parts Advance Auto Parts is a retailer of automotive parts and accessories in the United States headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. AAP was founded in 1932 and had 2017 sales of approximately $9.37 billion. The combined enterprise of AAP (including Carquest branded stores) operates over 5,200 company-owned and 1,300 independently owned stores covering every U.S. state, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Canada with more than 70,000 employees. It is the auto parts company with most stores after acquiring General Parts Incorporated in October 2013. In 2005, Advance Auto Parts purchased AutoPart International, Inc. which operates 202 stores title: Advance Auto Parts text: that once purchased by the customer are displayed on the store windows. Advance Auto Parts Advance Auto Parts is a retailer of automotive parts and accessories in the United States headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. AAP was founded in 1932 and had 2017 sales of approximately $9.37 billion. The combined enterprise of AAP (including Carquest branded stores) operates over 5,200 company-owned and 1,300 independently owned stores covering every U.S. state, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Canada with more than 70,000 employees. It is the auto parts company with most stores after acquiring General Parts Incorporated in October 2013. In title: Advance Auto Parts text: Frito-Lay North America CEO Tom Greco would succeed Jackson as CEO. In the 16 months following Greco's appointment, Advance Auto stock has plummeted (45%). As of 2017 Advance Auto Parts shares are mainly held by institutional investors (The Vanguard Group, Wellington Management Group, BlackRock, State Street Corporation, Lazard and others). Advance Auto Parts is the largest automotive aftermarket retailer in the United States based on sales and store count. The company premiered on the Fortune 500 list of companies in 2003 at No. 466 and has remained on the list since that time. As of June 2014, it was ranked title: Advance Auto Parts text: 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 Discount Auto Parts, Inc., a regional auto parts chain with 671 stores in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Louisiana. Upon completion of this merger, Advance Auto Parts became a publicly traded company, listed as a common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AAP. The year ended with 2,484 stores in 38 states. In July 2002, Advance Auto Parts received bankruptcy court approval to acquire 57 Trak Auto title: Advance Auto Parts text: along the Atlantic Seaboard. As of 2018, Autopart International still operates as a separate division within Advance Auto. In 2013, AAP purchased General Parts Inc. including Carquest, Carquest Canada and WorldPac for $2.04 billion. In April 1932, Arthur Taubman purchased the Advance Stores from Pep Boys, with two stores in Roanoke, Virginia 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.