O’Reilly’s Automotive was founded in 1957 by father-son team Charles F. O’Reilly and Charles H. O’Reilly when they did not agree with their reassignments in the reorganization of their employer, Link Motor Supply.
They began with one store in Springfield, Missouri. Their first-year sales totaled $700,000. By 1961 sales had reached $1.3 million and by 1975 $7 million.
The company went public in 1993, trading on the NASDAQ.
In 1998 O’Reilly’s merged with Hi/LO Auto Supply, which added 190 auto parts stores in Texas and Louisiana to the company and made it one of the top ten auto parts chains in the United States.
In 2001 O’Reilly’s acquired Mid-State Automotive Distributors, which added 85 more stores to the company. In 2012 the acquisition of VIP Parts, Tires, and Service added 56 stores in New England.
O’Reilly stock was down in May 2019, which the company blames on bad weather across the country, while the EEOC sued the company the same month over sexual harassment and retaliation charges.
In March 2019, a former employee of a Texas store killed two store employees during an apparent robbery.
Despite the pandemic, O’Reilly’s is opening new stores in several states, including Texas.
Today O’Reilly’s Automotive has 5,616 stores in 47 U.S. states. The company has nearly 80,000 employees and had revenue of $11.6 billion in 2020.
O’Reilly Auto Parts corporate office is located in Springfield, Missouri.
O’Reilly’s Automotive was founded in 1957 by father-son team Charles F. O’Reilly and Charles H. O’Reilly when they did not agree with their reassignments in the reorganization of their employer, Link Motor Supply.
They began with one store in Springfield, Missouri. Their first-year sales totaled $700,000. By 1961 sales had reached $1.3 million and by 1975 $7 million.
History
The company went public in 1993, trading on the NASDAQ.
In 1998 O’Reilly’s merged with Hi/LO Auto Supply, which added 190 auto parts stores in Texas and Louisiana to the company and made it one of the top ten auto parts chains in the United States.
In 2001 O’Reilly’s acquired Mid-State Automotive Distributors, which added 85 more stores to the company. In 2012 the acquisition of VIP Parts, Tires, and Service added 56 stores in New England.
O’Reilly stock was down in May 2019, which the company blames on bad weather across the country, while the EEOC sued the company the same month over sexual harassment and retaliation charges.
In March 2019, a former employee of a Texas store killed two store employees during an apparent robbery.
Despite the pandemic, O’Reilly’s is opening new stores in several states, including Texas.
Today O’Reilly’s Automotive has 5,616 stores in 47 U.S. states. The company has nearly 80,000 employees and had revenue of $11.6 billion in 2020.
O’Reilly Auto Parts corporate office is located in Springfield, Missouri.
