National e-commerce auto parts retailer 1A Auto brings Southeast US distribution operations to Jacksonville

1A Auto, one of the nation’s leading online-only aftermarket auto parts retailers, has selected Jacksonville as the site for its Southeast US distribution operations. The Massachusetts-based company will open an 86,800-square-foot warehouse near JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal in the first quarter of 2021. 

1A Auto's Jacksonville facility will be used to same-day ship imported auto accessories and repair parts—including headlights, mirrors, brake kits, and shocks and struts—from Asia for ecommerce distribution throughout the Southeast US.

“Our new facility’s proximity to JAXPORT, the rail, the airport and the UPS Sort Center, makes Jacksonville an excellent logistics location for retail and ecommerce in particular,” said 1A Auto Head of Logistics Rich Higgins. “We’re able to reach virtually 100 percent of our customers in Florida overnight from Jacksonville, which was a real selling point for us. The port’s service capabilities and professionalism on the sales side were also important because we knew we would have the expertise to assist us for whatever we needed from the logistics perspective.”

1A Auto’s Jacksonville operations will create 30 new jobs initially, and the company hopes to grow to 100 jobs within the first couple of years. 

“We are thrilled to welcome 1A Auto to Jacksonville,” said JAXPORT CEO Eric Green. “JAXPORT’s efficiencies and strategic location continue to attract some of the biggest names in ecommerce. Every time a company opens a new distribution or fulfillment center here, it creates local jobs throughout the supply chain.”

Founded in 1999 by Rick Green out of a family garage, 1A Auto has grown into one of the nation’s largest suppliers of aftermarket auto parts. The company caters to do-it-yourselfers offering thousands of how-to videos to help consumers complete their own auto repairs.