FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
• 1988 •
National Bolts Ltd., a subsidiary of FSI Corporation, purchased Federal-Mogul’s South African operations, including Femo and Huck.
• 1993 •
Ownership passed from FSI Corporation to W&A Investments, including the following companies:
- Hi-Speed Auto (Worcester and Carletonville)
- V&R Group
- Autorite
- Parts Centre
- Spareco (Southspares)
- Northspares
- Elpar Marjon
- Germax
• 1995 •
W&A Investments sold to Federal Mogul, which included 3 Autorite stores and 33 Femo stores.
• 1996 •
Federal Mogul collapsed the following entities under one brand, and AutoZone was launched:
- Elpar Marjon
- Eddies
- Fast Parts
- Femo
- QSV
- Spares Link
• 1997 •
Federal Mogul sold AutoZone to Chariot Holdings Limited, a division of Super Group Limited, and consisted of the following:
- 10 wholesale stores under the Femo Auto Parts banner
- 32 retail stores under the AutoZone banner
• 2010 •
Super Group Limited sold AutoZone to a consortium consisting of RMB Corvest, Zico Capital and Hilton Mer, which by then had grown to:
- 11 “Big Box” wholesale / retail stores under the AutoZone Hyper banner
- 82 retail stores under the AutoZone banner
- 50 franchise / member stores carrying the AutoZone brand
• 2014 •
The RMB Corvest / Zico Capital / Hilton Mer consortium sold AutoZone to Ethos Private Equity, and consisted of:
- 151 Wholesale and retail stores
- 37 Member stores
• 2020 •
AutoZone acquired a 26% share in MOVE Investments.
• 2021 •
8 wholesales stores were rebranded QSV, leaving the retail side of the business to continue trading under the AutoZone banner.
• 2022 •
AutoZone acquired a further 26% share in MOVE Investments, becoming majority Shareholder.
• 2024 •
Ethos Private Equity disposed of AutoZone to Metair Investments Limited. At this time, the company consisted of:
- 180 retail stores, including 10 satellite stores under the AutoZone banner
- 8 wholesale stores under the QSV banner
- 31 franchise / member stores carrying the AutoZone brand
• 2025 •
AutoZone acquired the remaining 49% share in MOVE Investments, which is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of AutoZone Holdings Pty Ltd.
