nasdaq lkq industry auto parts founded 1998 headquarters chicago il revenue us 6.740 billion 2014 1 operating income us 649.8 million 2014 1 net income us 381.5 million 2014 1 number of employees 29 500 2014 1 subsidiaries keystone automotive website www.lkqcorp.com lkq corporation is an american auto parts company . the company is focused on providing wholesale used and refurbished auto parts via its subsidiaries across the united states and the world . 2 as of 2014 it was a fortune 500 corporation . 3 the company also operates facilities selling recycled automotive products . 4 history edit lkq corporation was founded by donald flynn in 1998 with the purchase of triplett automotive recycling in akron oh . flynn remained chairman of the corporation until his death in 2011 . 5 since inception it has greatly expanded primarily through over 200 acquisitions of used and refurbished auto parts suppliers and manufacturers . 1 references edit a b c d e 2014 10 k . sec . retrieved 13 april 2015 . grid business 21 march 2013 . can lkq build an empire out of spare parts . chicago sun times . retrieved 8 april 2015 . lkq corporation . fortune . retrieved 13 april 2015 . company profile lkq corporation . marketline . retrieved 20 may 2015 . lkq founder donald flynn dies . retrieved 8 april 2015 . this article about an automotive industry corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lkq corporation & oldid 743336817 categories companies based in chicagoautomotive part retailers of the united statesautomotive companies of the united statesmotor vehicle company stubsunited states manufacturing company stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 04 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view