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The National Automotive Parts Association (NAPA, also known as NAPA Auto Parts), is an American
retailers' cooperative A retailers' cooperative is a type of cooperative which employs economies of scale on behalf of its Retailing, retailer members. Retailers' cooperatives use their purchasing power to acquire discounts from manufacturers and often share marketing e ...
distributing automotive replacement parts, accessories, and service items throughout North America. Established in 1925, NAPA is a division of
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-based Genuine Parts Company.


Company History

NAPA Auto Parts was established in 1925 in
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. Some NAPA Auto Parts stores are owned and operated by GPC, but most are independently owned and operated. In September 2008, NAPA Auto Parts acquired two distributors based in Hawaii, taking control of eight stores and warehouses. In 2012, GPC acquired Quaker City Motor Parts Company, distributor to 271 NAPA Auto Parts stores in the mid-Atlantic region, to become the sole remaining member of the National Automotive Parts Association. NAPA launched its first store in Australia in 2017. In 2024, Genuine Parts Company aired Motor Parts & Equipment Corporation, the largest independent owner of NAPA Auto Parts stores in the U.S. The deal put GPC in control of 181 stores across Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota an,d Wisconsin.


Operations

There are over 6,000 NAPA Auto Parts stores in the United States, approximately 1,500 of which are owned by Genuine Parts Company. The remainder are independently owned. 15,000 NAPA AutoCare repair facilities are in operation which provide vehicle maintenance and repair services. Outside the United States, NAPA operates in Canada through the UAP (United Auto Parts) division of Genuine Parts Company and NAPA Autopro repair facilities in Canada, Mexico and other locations throughout the Caribbean and Latin America. As of 2020, the NAPA brand includes 12 stores operating in Australia. Seven other businesses owned by General Parts Company, including Ashdown-Ingram and Covs, have been rebranded under the NAPA name.


Sponsorships

NAPA has sponsored
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drivers and teams. It sponsored Kelly Moore and Moore Racing during the early 2000s. NAPA began sponsoring
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(initially via Dale Earnhardt, Inc. and later Bill Davis Racing) in 2001, and continued with
Michael Waltrip Racing Michael Waltrip Racing Holdings LLC, doing business as Michael Waltrip Racing ("MWR"), was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed full-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The company was as a 50–50 partnership betwe ...
(MWR) in 2007. In 2010, NAPA sponsored MWR and Ryan Truex for the
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. NAPA ended a three-year agreement with MWR to sponsor Martin Truex Jr.'s No. 56
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in the
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after one season, following a team orders scandal during the 2013 Federated Auto Parts 400. NAPA became an associate sponsor of Ron Capps and Don Schumacher Racing in 2007, and upgraded to primary sponsor status in 2008. The partnership shared 43 wins and championships in 2016 and 2021, and NAPA became a sponsor of Ron Capps Motorsports when Capps became a team owner in late 2021. NAPA began sponsoring
Chase Elliott William Clyde "Chase" Elliott II (born November 28, 1995) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation)#ZL1, Chevrolet ZL1 for Hendrick Mo ...
's No. 9
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and
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in 2014. In 2016, NAPA became the majority sponsor of Elliott and the No. 24 Chevrolet team in the Cup Series with Hendrick, and in 2020, the agreement was extended through the 2022 season. NAPA also began sponsoring Alexander Rossi and cars for Andretti Autosport in the
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in 2016. The company has also sponsored McAnally-Hilgemann Racing. Outside of motorsports, NAPA sponsors the
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and
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. Previously, NAPA was a sponsor of
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via Soccer United Marketing and the
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, starting in 2007. NAPA was the title sponsor of
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's ArenaBowl XXIII in 2010.


See also

*
Advance Auto Parts Advance Auto Parts, Inc. is an American automotive aftermarket parts provider. Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, it serves professional installer and do it yourself (DIY) customers. Company History In April 1932, Arthur Taubman purch ...
* Carquest * O'Reilly Auto Parts * Pep Boys * Certified Automotive Parts Association


References

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