AUTOZONE INC: directors' dealings · United States · SEC (Form 4)

About AUTOZONE INC

AutoZone Inc. (ticker AZO) is a leading specialty distributor and retailer in the United States, listed on the NYSE/NASDAQ, with a business model focused on automotive replacement parts and accessories. Founded in 1979, the company has built a strong position in North America by combining dense store coverage, a broad product assortment, and a highly efficient distribution network. Its corporate headquarters are in Memphis, Tennessee, in the United States. AutoZone operates a large store base across the Americas, with the U.S. as its core market and additional operations in Mexico and Brazil. For fiscal 2025, the company reported 6,627 stores in the United States, 883 in Mexico, and 147 in Brazil. Its stores serve cars, sport utility vehicles, vans, and light-duty trucks, offering new and remanufactured hard parts, maintenance items, accessories, and selected non-automotive products. This breadth of inventory is a key competitive advantage versus other auto-parts chains, quick-service competitors, and increasingly online-only channels. The company also has a meaningful commercial, or B2B, business. In the vast majority of U.S. stores, as well as most locations in Mexico and Brazil, AutoZone provides commercial customers with prompt delivery and commercial credit for local, regional, and national repair garages, dealers, service stations, fleet operators, and other accounts. In parallel, it sells through AutoZone.com and AutoZonePro.com, giving it an omnichannel model that links physical stores with digital purchasing. Beyond retail distribution, AutoZone owns ALLDATA, a software platform focused on automotive diagnostics, repair, collision, and shop management, and it markets Duralast-branded products, which are widely recognized within the auto-parts ecosystem. From a competitive standpoint, AutoZone benefits from a defensive end market supported by the ongoing need to maintain an aging vehicle fleet. Its execution is driven by product availability, customer service, geographic reach, and professional customer retention. Recent reported results pointed to continued commercial momentum, including same-store sales growth and ongoing store expansion. The company’s investor relations updates also show an active reporting calendar in 2026, underscoring its public-market presence on the NYSE/NASDAQ. For international equity investors, AutoZone offers exposure to a high-quality, specialized retail/distribution platform with a durable market position in the United States auto-parts aftermarket.