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Advance Auto Parts Closing 700 Stores: See PA Locations

The auto parts retailer is significantly reducing its footprint across the country.

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PENNSYLVANIA — Advance Auto Parts is closing more than 700 locations nationwide as part of what the company calls "a strategic plan to improve business performance with a focus on core retail improvements."

The company made the announcement Thursday after releasing a lower than anticipated earnings report.

Advance Auto Parts said it is shuttering about 500 corporate-owned stores and another 200 independently operated locations, as well as four distribution centers. All of the closures are expected to occur by mid-2025.

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The company did not immediately provide a list of locations that will be closing.

Advance Auto Parts hardly is alone when it comes to retailers shuttering locations in 2024.

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Major retailers have announced 6,189 store closures thus far this year, according to CNN. That's already more than last year's total of 5,553. Chains are on pace to record the larges number of store closures this year since 2020, when the pandemic wreaked havoc on many businesses.

According to its website, Advance Auto Parts currently has 252 stores in the following locations across Pennsylvania:


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