Advance Auto Parts, Inc. and its subsidiaries operate in the automotive aftermarket industry in the United States. It offers replacement parts, accessories, maintenance items, batteries, and automotive chemicals for cars and light trucks that include pickup trucks, vans, minivans, sport utility vehicles. The company also offers automotive filters, starters, CV shafts, suspension parts, radiators, alternators, spark splugs, engines, brake pads, batteries, transmission parts, transmissions, fan belts, shock absorbers, clutches, radiator hoses, struts, and electronic ignition components. It also provides automotive tires and service. As of September 07, 2005, it operated 3,000 stores in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands. The company was founded by Arthur Taubman in 1929 and is based in Roanoke, Virginia.