Metro by metro
The leading auto parts store chains in every Kentucky metro area
Tracked auto parts store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. AutoZone leads in 5 metro areas, O'Reilly Auto Parts in 3 metro areas. Against their share in Kentucky as a whole, Advance Auto Parts stands out in 4 metro areas, AutoZone in 1 metro area, and O'Reilly Auto Parts in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Advance Auto Parts
Relative #1 in 4 metro areas
Lexington-Fayette, KY 1.3× · Bowling Green, KY 1.3× · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH (KY part) 1.9× · Elizabethtown, KY 1.5×
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AutoZone
Relative #1 in Owensboro, KY, 1× its share in Kentucky
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O'Reilly Auto Parts
Relative #1 in Paducah, KY-IL (KY part), 1.7× its share in Kentucky
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NAPA Auto Parts
Relative #1 in Louisville, KY (KY part), 2× its share in Kentucky
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KOI Auto Parts
Relative #1 in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN (KY part), 3.7× its share in Kentucky
Not enough tracked stores: Clarksville, TN-KY (KY part)
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AutoZone
#1 in 5 metro areas
Louisville, KY (KY part) · Lexington-Fayette, KY · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN (KY part) · Owensboro, KY · Elizabethtown, KY
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O'Reilly Auto Parts
#1 in 3 metro areas
Bowling Green, KY · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH (KY part) · Paducah, KY-IL (KY part)
Not enough tracked stores: Clarksville, TN-KY (KY part)
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked auto parts store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Kentucky compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Kentucky as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Kentucky and the chains that lead a metro area by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical areas; the rest of Kentucky is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in Kentucky. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked auto parts store chains
Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. KOI Auto Parts and Fisher Auto Parts sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | KOI Auto Parts | - | +11.0% |
| 2 | Fisher Auto Parts | ▲2 | +9.7% |
| 3 | O'Reilly Auto Parts | - | +2.8% |
| 4 | AutoZone | - | -0.8% |
| 5 | Advance Auto Parts | - | -1.8% |
| 6 | Bumper to Bumper | - | -11.7% |
| 7 | Smyth Automotive | ▲2 | -23.7% |
| 8 | Carquest Auto Parts | ▼2 | -72.4% |
| 9 | Gipe Auto Color | ▼2 | -76.3% |
- AutoZone
- O'Reilly Auto Parts
- Advance Auto Parts
- NAPA Auto Parts
- KOI Auto Parts
- Dan Cummins Off Road
- Bumper to Bumper
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
540 tracked store locations in Kentucky. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 389 of the 540 stores (72%); 99 of the 116 tracked chains have a single store here. 13% of the tracked gas & auto stores here are auto parts stores, against 11% across the United States.
- AutoZone (110)
- O'Reilly Auto Parts (111)
- Advance Auto Parts (114)
- NAPA Auto Parts (31)
- KOI Auto Parts (23)
- Dan Cummins Off Road (1)
- Bumper to Bumper (15)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Advance Auto Parts 114
- 2 O'Reilly Auto Parts 111
- 3 AutoZone 110
- 4 NAPA Auto Parts 31
- 5 KOI Auto Parts 23
- 6 Bumper to Bumper 15
- 7 Carquest Auto Parts 7
- 8 FleetPride 5
- 9 Raben Tire & Auto Service 5
- 10 Fisher Auto Parts 4
- 11 Gipe Auto Color 3
- 12 Smyth Automotive 3
- 13 Interstate All Battery Center 2
- 14 TruckPro 2
- 15 RimTyme Custom Wheels and Tires 2
- 16 Frankfort Auto Pro 2
- 17 Bessler's U Pull & Save 2
- 18 Instant Karma Racing 1
- 19 Camargo Salvage 1
- 20 Perry County Tire 1
- 21 BLU Distribution 1
- 22 Kentucky Mustang 1
- 23 Childers Auto and Truck Parts 1
- 24 Dee Jay Auto Parts 1
- 25 Kentucky Auto Parts 1
- 26 All American Muffler and Brake 1
- 27 Blowout Tire 1
- 28 Foreign Auto Salvage 1
- 29 McKee Auto Sales 1
- 30 South Short Auto Parts 1
- 31 Top Shelf Performance 1
- 32 Car Colors Pbe 1
- 33 Miller's Tire & Auto Care 1
- 34 Batteries Unlimited 1
- 35 Louisville Auto Spring 1
- 36 Victory Imported Parts 1
- 37 Expert Exhaust 1
- 38 Victory Battery Company 1
- 39 American Muffler Shop 1
- 40 Fairdale Auto Parts 1
- 41 Miles Enterprises 1
- 42 Wildcat Tire and Auto 1
- 43 Action Auto Parts 1
- 44 Sun Auto Parts 1
- 45 Tri City Auto Parts and Building Supply 1
- 46 Brake & Wheel of Owensboro 1
- 47 Bumper to Bumper - IKT Auto Parts 1
- 48 Battery Terminal Inc 1
- 49 Auto Paint Of Henderson 1
- 50 DNJ Auto Parts 1
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