About Us

Introduction

GPC Asia Pacific is the largest automotive aftermarket parts supplier in Australia and New Zealand. We resell and distribute automotive replacement parts, accessories and related tools and equipment through a network of 556 stores, 12 advanced distribution centres and a team of more than 6200 dedicated team members. Our scale, buying power and unmatched logistics give us market leading positions across a number of segments, with annual sales of more than A$1.5 billion. 

With a rich history in Australia’s automotive and engineering industries, along with nearly 100 years of operational experience, GPC Asia Pacific’s brands are synonymous with quality and reliability in the automotive aftermarket, and have enormous recognition across our region.

We service our vast trade and retail market by holding more than 80,000 SKUs in our permanent product range, with access to a further 1,000,000 items via our global network of suppliers, supporting more than 36,000 trade customers and countless retail consumers.

Local reputation

GPC Asia Pacific takes pride in being an authentic company that genuinely cares about its people, customers, products and settings. Thanks to our deep connection with Repco, our roots in the industry go back nearly 100 years. With strong historical engineering and supplier connections, we have a fundamental knowledge of the market, and deep exposure to workshops and professionals around the country. Our focus has always been on quality, rather than simply lower costs, which has given us a reputation for excellence backed by superior knowledge and traditional service.

We’re integral to the automotive market for its daily fulfilment and operations. When your vehicle is booked into one of more than 25,000 chain and independent workshops across our region, it’s overwhelmingly likely that our businesses are behind the scenes, offering an unmatched range of products and fast, market-leading, multiple intra-day delivery that keeps workshops operational, efficient and profitable.

Automotive industry context

Australia and New Zealand have one of the most diverse and sophisticated automotive markets in the world, with more than 80 marques. Compare this to the US, which has around 65 marques but more than 10 times our population.

More than 1,000,000 passenger and light commercial vehicles are sold and registered in Australia every year, and the number is growing. However, this fleet continues to get older, with an average age of 10.1 years and a corresponding demand for replacement parts and innovative accessories.

There are sometimes 70,000 parts in a modern vehicle, and manufacturers deliver multiple models over many decades, yielding millions of part permutations and combinations that are simply too complex for an independent operator to track.

This context is our market strength. Thanks to our huge inventory, great data (to quantify and track those millions of permutations), advanced distribution systems and the largest store footprint in the industry, we simply have more products closer to more customers than any other player.