Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation	12 Months Ended
Dec. 30, 2023
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation	Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation Description of Business Advance Auto Parts, Inc. and subsidiaries is a leading automotive aftermarket parts provider in North America, serving both professional installers (“professional”) and “do-it-yourself” (“DIY”) customers. The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared by us and include the accounts of Advance Auto Parts, Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Advance Stores Company, Incorporated (“Advance Stores”) and Neuse River Insurance Company, Inc., and their subsidiaries (collectively referred to as “Advance,” “we,” “us” or “our”). As of December 30, 2023, we operated a total of 4,786 stores and 321 branches primarily within the United States, with additional locations in Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In addition, as of December 30, 2023, we served 1,245 independently owned Carquest branded stores across the same geographic locations served by our stores and branches in addition to Mexico and various Caribbean islands. Our stores operate primarily under the trade names “Advance Auto Parts” and “Carquest,” and our branches operate under the “Worldpac” trade names. Accounting Period Our fiscal year ends on the Saturday closest to December 31st. All references herein for the years 2023, 2022 and 2021 represent the fiscal years ended December 30, 2023, December 31, 2022 and January 1, 2022, respectively, and consisted of fifty-two weeks. Basis of Presentation The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Advance prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. Revision of Previously Issued Financial Statements for Correction of Immaterial Errors During the forty weeks ended October 7, 2023, we identified errors impacting Cost of sales by $10.2 million and Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses by $17.3 million. These charges were incurred in prior periods but not recorded and primarily related to product returns and vendor credits. During the twelve weeks ended December 30, 2023, we identified additional errors impacting Cost of sales, SG&A expenses and Other income (expense), net, of $52.7 million, $19.3 million and $1.7 million incurred in prior years but not previously recognized. These charges primarily related to product costs and vendor credits. We assessed the materiality of the errors, including the presentation on prior period consolidated financial statements, on a qualitative and quantitative basis in accordance with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99, Materiality, codified in Accounting Standards Codification Topic 250, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections. We concluded that these errors and the related impacts did not result in a material misstatement of our previously issued consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2022 and January 1, 2022 and our previously issued unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements as of and for the sixteen weeks ended April 22, 2023; the twelve and twenty-eight weeks ended July 15, 2023; and the twelve and forty weeks ended October 7, 2023. Correcting the cumulative effect of these errors in the fifty-two weeks ended December 30, 2023 would have had a significant effect on the results of operations for such periods. We have corrected the relevant prior periods of our consolidated financial statements and related footnotes for these and other immaterial errors for comparative purposes and will also correct previously reported financial information for such immaterial errors in future filings, as applicable. A summary of the corrections to the impacted financial statement line items from our previously issued financial statements are presented in Note 18. Immaterial Misstatement of Prior Period Financial Statements.

Advance Auto Parts, Inc. and subsidiaries is a leading automotive aftermarket parts provider in North America, serving both professional installers (“professional”) and “do-it-yourself” (“DIY”) customers. The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared by us and include the accounts of Advance Auto Parts, Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Advance Stores Company, Incorporated (“Advance Stores”) and Neuse River Insurance Company, Inc., and their subsidiaries (collectively referred to as “Advance,” “we,” “us” or “our”).

As of December 30, 2023, we operated a total of 4,786 stores and 321 branches primarily within the United States, with additional locations in Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In addition, as of December 30, 2023, we served 1,245 independently owned Carquest branded stores across the same geographic locations served by our stores and branches in addition to Mexico and various Caribbean islands. Our stores operate primarily under the trade names “Advance Auto Parts” and “Carquest,” and our branches operate under the “Worldpac” trade names.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

During the forty weeks ended October 7, 2023, we identified errors impacting Cost of sales by $10.2 million and Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses by $17.3 million. These charges were incurred in prior periods but not recorded and primarily related to product returns and vendor credits. During the twelve weeks ended December 30, 2023, we identified additional errors impacting Cost of sales, SG&A expenses and Other income (expense), net, of $52.7 million, $19.3 million and $1.7 million incurred in prior years but not previously recognized. These charges primarily related to product costs and vendor credits. We assessed the materiality of the errors, including the presentation on prior period consolidated financial statements, on a qualitative and quantitative basis in accordance with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99, Materiality, codified in Accounting Standards Codification Topic 250, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections. We concluded that these errors and the related impacts did not result in a material misstatement of our previously issued consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2022 and January 1, 2022 and our previously issued unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements as of and for the sixteen weeks ended April 22, 2023; the twelve and twenty-eight weeks ended July 15, 2023; and the twelve and forty weeks ended October 7, 2023. Correcting the cumulative effect of these errors in the fifty-two weeks ended December 30, 2023 would have had a significant effect on the results of operations for such periods.

We have corrected the relevant prior periods of our consolidated financial statements and related footnotes for these and other immaterial errors for comparative purposes and will also correct previously reported financial information for such immaterial errors in future filings, as applicable. A summary of the corrections to the impacted financial statement line items from our previously issued financial statements are presented in Note 18. Immaterial Misstatement of Prior Period Financial Statements.