Home Depot (The) vs LKQ Corporation
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World's largest home improvement retailer; $159.5B FY2024 revenue; $18.25B SRS Distribution acquisition expands Pro specialty distribution by $50B TAM; Pro now ~50% of revenues.
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The Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement retailer, founded in 1978 by Bernie Marcus, Arthur Blank, Ron Brill, and Pat Farrah in Atlanta, Georgia, and now headquartered in Atlanta and trading on NYSE (HD). The company operates approximately 2,340 stores across the United States, Canada, and Mexico and generated approximately $159.5 billion in total revenues for fiscal year 2024 (ending January 2025) under CEO Ted Decker. The strategic anchor of 2024 was the completed $18.25 billion acquisition of SRS Distribution—a leading professional roofing, pool, and landscaping products distributor—which dramatically expands Home Depot's reach into the professional contractor market and extends its addressable market by an estimated $50 billion in professional specialty trade distribution.
Nashville alternative auto parts distributor (NASDAQ: LKQ) ~$14B revenue; largest recycled/aftermarket parts provider, Pick Your Part sold Sept 2025 for $118M, Uni-Select integration competing with Copart and OEM dealers.
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LKQ Corporation is a Nashville, Tennessee-based distributor of alternative and specialty automotive parts and accessories — publicly traded on NASDAQ (NASDAQ: LKQ) as an S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary component — operating as the largest provider of recycled, remanufactured, refurbished, and aftermarket vehicle parts and accessories across North America and Europe through approximately 45,000 employees and 1,700+ locations in 28 countries. LKQ serves collision repairers, mechanical repair shops, auto dealers, and retail consumers with alternative auto parts that are priced 25-50% below OEM dealer prices while meeting insurance company repair standards. In 2024, LKQ generated approximately $14 billion in revenue across its three operating segments: North America (wholesale recycled and aftermarket parts to US collision shops), Europe (acquired Uni-Select 2023 and operating as Rhiag/ECP for European aftermarket parts), and Specialty (truck and SUV accessories). A defining 2025 strategic action was the September 30, 2025 completion of the sale of the Self Service segment ("Pick Your Part" consumer self-service salvage yards) for $118 million — a divestiture that sharpens LKQ's focus on wholesale and specialty operations. CEO Justin Jude, who assumed leadership in 2023, has led the portfolio rationalization strategy.
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