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Top 25 Automotive wholesale distributors worldwide
RevenueBase identified 8,196 automotive wholesale distributors worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 268,849 professional contacts across them, including 42,790 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Sao Paulo the largest hub.
This list covers automotive wholesale distributors worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 30, 2026. Country and city lists for automotive wholesale distributors follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest automotive wholesale distributors worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32,450 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “AutoZone is the nation's leading retailer and a leading distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories with more than stores in the US, Mexico, Brazil and Puerto Rico.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 19,754 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Advance Auto Parts, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 18,556 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “O’Reilly Auto Parts started as a single store and has grown into a leading retailer in the automotive aftermarket industry with more than 6,100 locations and counting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 11,151 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Through nearly auto parts stores and over auto care centers in the U.S, NAPA has America's largest network of parts and care.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 6,852 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “LKQ Corporation (Nasdaq: LKQ), a Fortune 500 company, is North America’s largest provider of alternative collision auto parts, and a leading provider of recycled and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 4,462 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over a century, our customers have counted on Pep Boys to keep them moving.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 2,686 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “LKQ Euro Car Parts is the UK’s leading distributor of car and LCV parts, specialising in three key markets – trade, retail and collision.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 2,657 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Carquest Auto Parts is owned and operated by Advance Auto Parts, Inc, the largest automotive aftermarket parts provider in North America, servicing both the do-it-yourself and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 2,610 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 2,495 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Inchcape es el principal distribuidor automotriz multimarca independiente a nivel mundial y opera en más de 40 países con una cartera de las principales marcas de automóviles del…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 2,446 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “ATD is the leading wholesale tire distributor in the U.S, proudly serving our 80K+ customers since 1935.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 2,244 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “FleetPride, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 2,002 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “O Shopping de Autopeças” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 1,912 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Inter Cars is the biggest importer and distributor of automotive spare parts for passenger cars and commercial vehicles in the Middle and Easter Europe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 1,718 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Worldpac was formed in 1995 as a result of several acquisitions of the top tier import companies spanning over 30 years of service in the import aftermarket.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 1,651 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Dorman was founded on the belief that people should have greater freedom to fix motor vehicles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 1,541 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1945, Factory Motor Parts Company is a multi-generational family business based in Eagan, Minnesota.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 1,495 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “With over 100 years in business, SMP is a leading independent manufacturer and distributor of premium automotive replacement parts and a provider of custom-engineered solutions…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 1,392 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Repco is the largest reseller and supplier in the automotive parts and accessories aftermarket in Australia and New Zealand with over 400 stores across both countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 1,390 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “UAP is the Canadian leader in the distribution and merchandising of parts and accessories for cars, trucks and heavy vehicles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 1,305 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “A SK Automotive é uma das principais distribuidoras de autopeças do Brasil.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 1,229 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 1973, The Parts Authority has become one of the largest aftermarket automotive/truck part distributors throughout the country.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 1,067 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Alliance Automotive Group France est un acteur majeur de la distribution indépendante de pièces détachées et de fournitures pour le marché de la réparation automobile et du poids…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 984 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Join Our Team: Our People Make the Difference!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 903 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Quase 60 anos nos tornaram especialistas com mais 40 mil itens em catálogo e incontáveis quilômetros de experiência.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: automotive wholesale distributors. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names automotive wholesale distributors.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of automotive wholesale distributors, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name automotive wholesale distributors. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Automotive wholesale distributors worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 30, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among automotive wholesale distributors, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for automotive wholesale distributors are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “automotive wholesale distributors”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names automotive wholesale distributors), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among automotive wholesale distributors, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 42,790 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 30, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Automotive wholesale distributors by location
27 lists · largest firstEvery Automotive wholesale distributors list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in the United States1,260
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in Brazil1,195
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in Italy679
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in India379
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in France296
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in the United Kingdom259
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in Canada236
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in Germany225
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in Spain213
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in Türkiye195
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in the United Arab Emirates180
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in the Netherlands160
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in Sweden152
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in Australia134
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in Mexico120
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in Argentina114
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in Portugal99
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in Poland85
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in Belgium77
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in Colombia60
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in Chile58
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in South Africa56
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in Ecuador38
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in Romania35
- Automotive wholesale distributors based in Switzerland33
Cities
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names automotive wholesale distributors, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many automotive wholesale distributors are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 8,196 automotive wholesale distributors worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Autozone, headquartered in Memphis, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most automotive wholesale distributors?
The United States leads with 1,260 companies, followed by Brazil (1,195) and Italy (679). Every automotive wholesale distributors list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most automotive wholesale distributors?
Sao Paulo leads with 193 headquartered companies, followed by Dubai (93) and Istanbul (57).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
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How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 30, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.