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Segment Reporting
12 Months Ended
Aug. 29, 2026
Segment Reporting  
Segment Reporting

Note P – Segment Reporting

The Company is a leading retailer and distributor of automotive parts and accessories through the Company’s 8,031 stores in the Americas. The Company adopted ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025.

The Company determines its segments based on how the business is managed and evaluated. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, the Company combined all its previously defined operating segments into a single operating and reportable segment to align with how the Company is currently managed and evaluated. This single operating segment includes all operations which are designed to enable customers to purchase products seamlessly in stores and from our online platforms. We carry an extensive product line for cars, sport utility vehicles, vans and light duty trucks, including new and remanufactured automotive hard parts, maintenance items, accessories and non-automotive products. The Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), the Chief Executive Officer, regularly reviews consolidated net income, as well as significant segment expenses included in the table below, to evaluate performance and allocate resources. The CODM also evaluates consolidated actual results versus forecasts, budgets and prior year results. The measure of segment assets is reported as “Total assets” on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of August 29, 2026, and August 30, 2025. Expenditures for long-lived segment assets are reported as “Capital Expenditures” on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the fiscal years ended 2026, 2025 and 2024. Segment information for previous periods has been recast to conform to the current-period presentation.

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The following table represents significant expenses that are regularly provided to the CODM for the following fiscal years:

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Year Ended

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August 29,

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August 30,

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August 31,

(in thousands)

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2026

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2025

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2024

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Auto Parts Segment

 

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Net sales

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$

20,338,555

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$

18,938,717

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$

18,490,268

Cost of sales, including warehouse and delivery expenses

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9,693,581

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8,972,243

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8,673,216

Gross profit

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10,644,974

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9,966,474

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9,817,052

Less:

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Compensation expense(1)

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4,177,794

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3,858,570

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3,708,476

Rent expense(2)

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522,960

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478,106

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456,862

Depreciation & amortization

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597,509

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544,117

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498,391

Advertising expense

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101,224

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109,531

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102,656

Other segment expenses(3)

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1,522,173

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1,365,994

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1,261,959

Interest expense, net

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472,614

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475,824

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451,578

Income tax expense

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677,923

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636,085

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674,703

Consolidated net income

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$

2,572,777

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$

2,498,247

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$

2,662,427

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Auto Parts Segment Sales by Product Grouping:

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Failure

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$

9,951,983

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$

9,291,584

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$

8,979,152

Maintenance items

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7,420,216

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6,807,347

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6,618,494

Accessories and other

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2,966,356

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2,839,786

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2,892,622

Auto Parts net sales

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$

20,338,555

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$

18,938,717

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$

18,490,268

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(1)Compensation expense includes operating, selling, general and administrative expenses for payroll expense, benefits, related taxes, share-based compensation and other employee costs.
(2)Rent expense includes rent and variable operating lease components, related to insurance and common area maintenance included in selling, general and administrative expenses. Rent expense related to supply chain is included in cost of sales, including warehouse and delivery expenses.
(3)Other segment items include service charges, insurance expense, vehicle expense, real estate taxes, utilities expense and other operating expenses.

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The following table presents the Company’s net sales classified by geography:

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Year Ended

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August 29,

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August 30,

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August 31,

(in thousands)

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2026

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2025

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2024

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In the United States

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$

17,613,832

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$

16,671,606

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$

16,219,570

Outside the United States

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2,724,723

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2,267,111

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2,270,698

Total

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$

20,338,555

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$

18,938,717

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$

18,490,268

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The following table presents the Company’s long-lived assets, consisting primarily of property and equipment, less accumulated depreciation and amortization and operating lease right-of-use assets, classified by geography:

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August 29,

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August 30,

(in thousands)

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2026

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2025

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In the United States

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$

9,543,736

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$

8,847,597

Outside the United States

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1,982,763

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1,409,578

Total

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$

11,526,499

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$

10,257,175

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