O'Reilly Auto Parts (fictional)

Expansion
In 1998, O'Reilly Auto Parts purchased all 55 stand-alone locations of the -based Zellers Automotive chain from the, adding locations in , , , and  and distribution centers in  and , Manitoba. This marked O'Reilly's expansion into

In 1999, O'Reilly purchased -based Parts Parts Parts, adding 30 retail locations in Massachusetts,, , and  plus distribution centers in  and. O'Reilly also purchased the 50 locations of it's El Kadsre-based sister chain Parts Supply, marking their expansion into the El Kadsreian Islands.

In 2005, O'Reilly acquired -based Vivapart, adding 50 stores in, 10 in , 5 in and 2 on. O'Reilly also moved it's Canadian head office from Brampton to Gatineau as a result. By now, O'Reilly had 122 stores in Canada.

In 2009, O'Reilly acquired Wickney's auto center division. O'Reilly operates the acquired stores through a store-within-a-store format, allowing O'Reilly to expand internationally. Wickney's auto centers in the United States and Eruowood have since been rebranded under the O'Reilly name. O'Reilly opened an additional 30 "mini-stores" within 30 Wickney stores in the United States in 2014.

In 2010, O'Reilly purchased -based Nova Auto Supplies, adding 20 stores in and 1 in.

In 2013, O'Reilly purchased Canadian retailer The Tire Folks, adding 30 stores and a distribution center in Ontario.

In 2018, O'Reilly purchased Canadian retailer JOECO Auto Supply, a 20-store chain headquartered in, Quebec with stores in Ontario and Manitoba as well and distribution centers in Quebec and Ontario.

By 2020, O'Reilly had 5,400+ stores in the United States, 193 stores in Canada, and 20+ stores in Mexico, plus 120+ mini-stores inside Wickney stores in the United States and Eruowood.

O'Reilly vs. CBC
O'Reilly filed an anti-defamation/libel lawsuit against the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in June 2015 after an April 2015 episode of Marketplace accused the chain's Canadian operations of having the "worst customer service in Canada" in a survey the CBC co-conducted with -based firm. On June 27, 2015, after announcing the lawsuit, O'Reilly conducted a highly publicized point-by-point rebuttal of the episode in a meeting hall of their headquarters in, United States that lasted nearly two hours. An investigation by O'Reilly discovered that the "mystery shopper" refused a refund for a used battery presented as new was in fact a covert executive of rival chain, and that Léger polltakers had fabricated some results of the poll.

The O'Reilly lawsuit led to the resignation of Marketplace producer Jon Ricciulli, and the dismissal of several Léger polltakers and Marketplace production crew members involved in the poll. The Marketplace host involved in the segment, Thomas van der Giessen, was reassigned to the CBC's owned-and-operated station in, CKX-DT, where he was put to work as a reporter for CBC Brandon News.