Raleigh-based Advance Auto Parts to close more than 700 stores, seeks financial rebound
Advance Auto Parts operates 4,781 stores, most in the U.S. It relocated from Roanoke, Virginia, to Raleigh in 2018 after North Carolina and local governments offered the company a combined $12 million in economic incentives. As part of the deal, the maker of aftermarket auto parts pledged to create 435 new jobs at its new corporate home.