O'Reilly Automotive sustainability score: 35/100
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O'Reilly Automotive sells car parts, tools, supplies, equipment and accessories to do-it-yourself and professional service provider customers, through 6,585 stores in 48 US states, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Canada at 31 December 2025. In 2025 it sold $8,765.6 million to do-it-yourself customers and $8,651.7 million to professional service providers.
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O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. was formed in Missouri in 2010 as the new holding company of the O'Reilly business; its roots go back to 1957, when the business opened a single store in Springfield, Missouri. It had 92,923 Team Members (78,258 full-time and 14,665 part-time) at 31 January 2026 and $17.78 billion sales in 2025.
Founded 2010Head office Springfield, United StatesStaff 92,923 Team Members (78,258 full-time and 14,665 part-time), whole company: stores, distribution centres and offices (31 January 2026)Revenue ~US$17.78B sales (US$17,781,992 thousand, 2025)Website ↗
O'Reilly's footprint was 3,605,121 tCO2e in 2025, the sum of its printed Scope 1, market-based Scope 2 and Scope 3 lines, up from 3,470,930 t in 2024. The figures cover its US operations only and are not externally assured. Scope 1, mostly fuel for more than 20,000 delivery vehicles, is up 10% since 2021, and the company expects it to keep rising in the near term. A supply contract brings renewable power with certificates to nearly 600 stores in Texas. Its targets are self-set, with no SBTi validation, and it calls its 2035 and 2050 goals aspirational. It recycles used oil, batteries and filters at scale but publishes no water data.
O'Reilly Automotive scores 35/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Nobody can pay to change a score, speed it up or hide it. Last verified November 2026.
That places O'Reilly Automotive joint 633rd of 1,118 companies scored, and joint 33rd of 67 in Retail (non-fashion).
What is O'Reilly Automotive doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Carbon Footprint: Operations (8/10, 6/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Water Impact (0/10, 1/10).
Where O'Reilly Automotive lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
What would raise this score
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow its emissions are falling.
- Its effect on waterPublish figures for its water use.
- Its effect on natureAssess its effect on nature and publish a basic environmental policy.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations6/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain5/10Most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions aren't measured.
- Whether its emissions are falling0/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is3/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature2/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste5/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water1/10No figures for its water use.
- Its climate targets4/10Its targets aren't science-based or committed to the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports6/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
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How is O'Reilly Automotive's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is O'Reilly Automotive's score based on?
10 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
30% of them were published by O'Reilly Automotive itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Scope 1 281,138 299,968 305,759 296,903 310,164 10%”
“We contribute to a circular economy, through recycling and remanufacturing”
“the Company owned and operated 6,585 stores in 48 U.S. states, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Canada”
“O'Reilly Auto Parts has agreed to pay nearly $10 million to settle an environmental lawsuit”
“ordered the Missouri-based O’Reilly Auto Parts to pay $9.86 million”
“Penalty : $9,870,000 Year : 2016”
“Docket No. RCRA-07-2021-0047”
“Status: Resolution Withdrawn, Agreement Reached”
“O’Reilly Automotive does not, however, disclose its GHG emissions data.”
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How does O'Reilly Automotive compare with other retail (non-fashion) companies?
Where O'Reilly Automotive sits among retail (non-fashion) peers.
Among the 67 major retail (non-fashion) brands we've scored, O'Reilly Automotive is tied =33rd of 67, with 2 others.
Who scores higher in Retail (non-fashion)?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above O'Reilly Automotive.
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