Who We Are

  Larry Pacey, President and CEO, started National Auto Parts Warehouse in 1969, as a carburetor rebuilder. Larry’s participation in NHRA, IHRA and AHRA drag racing led National to become a premier warehouse distributor for speed equipment and performance product lines. Known as National Performance Warehouse or NPW, the company has enjoyed stability and strong growth for over forty years, and now serves all of Florida and South Georgia.

 In the early 1980’s, NPW took advantage of the growing truck accessory business and sourced product lines to service this new market. In the mid 1980’s, traditional OE replacement and engine parts lines and were added to the NPW line card. Today NPW stocks over 430 manufacturer’s lines and is a true Warehouse Distributor, selling only to Automotive Jobbers, Machine Shops, Truck Accessory and Performance Specialists.

 In 2006, National moved into a new 125,000 square foot warehouse facility. With triple deck shelving and pallet racking, the new complex offers more than 350,000 square feet of warehouse shelf space and has ample room for future growth.

 2008 brought greater growth to NPW when they purchased Southern Performance Warehouse (SPW) located in Clearwater Florida. SPW had always been a respected warehouse distributor focusing on the hard core racing and performance markets. The merger of the two companies has allowed National to achieve an even higher level of service to their customers.

 The Clearwater location is 40,000 square feet. It houses four phone salesmen and purchasing offices for the performance and truck accessory product lines. All customers receive overnight delivery from both locations.

 NPW also implemented a new delivery system. This system allows NPW to better serve their customer’s needs and demands. Miami customers in the Dade, Broward and Palm Beach county areas receive deliveries twice daily. Clearwater will soon offer similar service to customers in the Tampa Bay area and surrounding cities. Any order placed by 5:00 PM from either location, will be delivered before noon the next day throughout the remainder of Florida and South Georgia. Full UPS, FedEx, DHL, or truck line service allows NPW to ship to customers anywhere in the world.

 The eleven person multi-lingual phone sales staff allows NPW to offer international service to the Caribbean Islands, as well as Central and South America. NPW’s seven person outside sales force brings the face to face, personal contact that their customers have come to expect from their top supplier.

 Additional customer convenience and service is achieved through the user friendly NPW web site. The web site allows customers to look up parts, search NPW’s inventory, verify pricing and place orders, any time day or night. Customers can also easily review what they have ordered to better control their inventory.

 NPW is a member of the Auto Pride and Truck Pride marketing groups of the Independent Warehouse Distributors, LLC organization. Flying the “Auto Pride” banner offers jobbers benefits such as interior and exterior signage, credit card service, wearables, installer programs, and nationwide product warranties just to mention a few.

 NPW was a founding member of the AAM Parts-Pro and Total Truck Center marketing group. Jobbers who sign up for the Parts Pro or Total Truck Center programs are offered all the sales tools that help make them successful competitors in today’s ever changing marketplace.

 NPW has a unique advantage in the fact that they are a Factory Fee Warehouse for thirty-two major manufacturers such as Corteco Gaskets, Hastings/Baldwin Premium Filters, Melling Engine Parts, Centric Brakes, StopTech Performance Brake Kits, and twenty-seven others. This program creates a winning environment for the manufacturer, the jobber, and NPW. It allows manufacturer’s the flexibility to sell the mega-jobbers in the Southeast on a direct basis, and to deliver smaller orders at a fraction of their normal operating cost. It gives the jobber the increased profits to combat two step, mail order, or internet competitors, who may not have the investment in buildings, inventory, or personnel to adequately represent a product line. It allows NPW the opportunity to offer the unique combination of competitive price, expanded inventory and daily deliveries, along with all the services that only a full line, full service WD can provide. This gives both manufacturers and customers an upper hand in supplying products and controlling inventory investments.

 As you can see, NPW has had the foresight to change and evolve along with the Automotive Aftermarket trends for the past forty years. They look forward to the meeting the challenges of tomorrow, and will continue to offer world class service to their customers. They will continue to partner with premium brand manufacturers to create excitement and demand for new products, while providing the product availability and service needed to succeed.