[5] The company moved into its new headquarters building in the Wildwood area of Cobb County, Georgia in June 2016.

[7][8] Genuine Parts Company (GPC) was founded by brothers Carlyle and Malcolm Fraser in Atlanta in 1928.

In 2014, GPC announced plans to relocate its headquarters to Wildwood Office Park, next to an existing operational support facility.

[10] William P. Stengel II is GPC's president and chief executive officer (CEO).

GPC has two primary business segments: Motion, which focuses on industrial products, and the automotive brand NAPA Auto Parts.

GPC's electrical products division, EIS Inc., merged with Motion in 2018,[29] before being sold in October 2019.

[30] GPC acquired UAP Inc. of Canada in 1998 and the Australian car parts supplier Exego Group in 2013.

[36] GPC acquired Kaman Distribution Group (KDG), a provider of industrial solutions such as automation, conveyance, and fluid power, in 2022.