Advance Auto Parts joins the growing list of retailers rolling back

 

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A week after JoAnne Fabrics announced it was closing stores; Advance Auto Parts is continuing in its plan to shutter hundreds of stores and four distribution centers in 2025.

The company made the announcement in a mid week earnings call after initially announcing the closures in November 2024.

In releasing its fourth-quarter report Wednesday, the company reiterated its plans to close approximately 500 corporate stores, 200 independent locations and four distribution centers by mid-2025 as part of a "restructuring plan" initially laid out in 2024.

The company said it hopes to improve business performance by focusing on "core retail improvements" with hopes of achieving "consistent profitable growth."

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The plan includes the consolidation of distribution centers to operate 12 large facilities by the end of 2026, the opening of 60 market hub locations by mid-2027, and speeding up the pace of new store openings, according to the news release.

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Advance Auto Parts' stock plummeted by roughly 18% Wednesday afternoon as investors reacted to the company's 2025 sales guidance, The Motley Fool reported.

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How many Advance Auto Parts stores are there? How many are closing?

Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, Advance Auto Parts operates more than 4,700 stores in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. According to its website, the company also serves 1,125 independently owned Carquest-branded stores across these locations, in addition to Mexico and some Caribbean islands.

 

 

In a regulatory filing, the company reported it plans to close 523 corporate stores, leave 204 independent locations, and shut down four distribution centers.

How many Advance Auto Parts stores are in Pennsylvania?

There are 255 Advanced Auto Parts stores in Pennsylvania. Here's a list of Advanced Auto Parts stores and Carquest stores in Bucks County and Eastern Monaco. It is not clear at this time if any of these area locations are closing.

 

Advanced Auto Parts

56 W Lincoln Hwy, Penndel

1971 Street Road, Bensalem

30 W St Road, Feasterville Trevose

403 S Oxford Valley Road, Fairless Hills

197 Kenwood Drive N Ste A, Levittown

833 W Trenton Ave, Morrisville

4939 W Swamp Road, Doylestown

55 S West End Blvd, Quakertown

420 York Road, Warminster

1509 Easton Road, Willow Grove

462 N Easton Road, Glenside

788 PA-113, Souderton

100 N Wales Road, North Wales