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Auto repair shop · 14 min

Parts and redo jobs

Every repair is two sales: the work and the parts. The parts are often the easier money, until a car comes back and you do the same job twice for free.

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Ticket 01 · The guess

Who buys O'Reilly's parts?

O'Reilly Auto Parts is one of the biggest US auto parts chains. Some of its customers are drivers fixing their own cars; the rest are professionals, like repair shops. What share of its 2025 sales came from the professionals?

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  • O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (Item 1, Business; Item 7, Management's Discussion and Analysis) · O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing), 2025

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  • 50%sec.gov ·2025 · O'Reilly's share of its 2025 sales that came from professional customers (repair shops, body shops, fleets), as its annual report rounds it: about half.
  • 51.6%sec.gov ·2025 · O'Reilly's gross profit as a share of its sales, 2025.
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Auto repair shop · 14 min

Parts and redo jobs

Every repair is two sales: the work and the parts. The parts are often the easier money, until a car comes back and you do the same job twice for free.

SERVICE
Ticket 01 · The guess

Who buys O'Reilly's parts?

O'Reilly Auto Parts is one of the biggest US auto parts chains. Some of its customers are drivers fixing their own cars; the rest are professionals, like repair shops. What share of its 2025 sales came from the professionals?

20%
0%100%
Words to know

Spot something wrong?

Tell us what looks off. No name or email needed.

What kind of problem?

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  • O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (Item 1, Business; Item 7, Management's Discussion and Analysis) · O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing), 2025

Every number

  • 50%sec.gov ·2025 · O'Reilly's share of its 2025 sales that came from professional customers (repair shops, body shops, fleets), as its annual report rounds it: about half.
  • 51.6%sec.gov ·2025 · O'Reilly's gross profit as a share of its sales, 2025.
  1. Lessons›
  2. Industries›
  3. Auto repair shop
  • ·Before this: Paying your technicians
  • ·Next: Opening the shop
  • ·Free guide: How auto repair shops make money