
	Advance Auto Parts, is headquartered in&nbsp;Roanoke,&nbsp;Virginia&nbsp;and is the second-largest retailer of&nbsp;automotive&nbsp;replacement parts and accessories in the&nbsp;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.
