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                                                                      EXHIBIT 22


                          SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY


                                                            Jurisdiction of
Name                                       % Owned          Incorporation
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Balkamp, Inc.                               89.61           Indiana
                                                          
Berry Bearing Company                      100.0            Illinois
                                                          
Bearing Service Company                    100.0            Kentucky
                                                        
Bearings Manufacturing Company             100.0            Illinois
                                                        
Bearings Service Company                   100.0            Illinois
                                                        
Bearings Service Company, Inc.             100.0            Indiana
                                                        
BBC - Berry Bearing Company                100.0            Illinois
                                                        
Berry Bearing Company, Inc.                100.0            Indiana
                                                        
Illinois Bearing Company                   100.0            Illinois
                                                        
Wisconsin Bearing Company                  100.0            Illinois
                                                          
Davis & Wilmar, Inc.                       100.0            Pennsylvania
                                                          
Genuine Parts Holdings, Ltd.               100.0            Province of 
                                                              Alberta, Canada
                                                          
Motion Industries, Inc.                    100.0            Delaware
                                                          
Parts Incorporated, Inc.                   100.0            Alaska
                                                          
S. P. Richards Company                     100.0            Georgia
                                                          
Alamogordo Parts & Supply, Inc.             51.0            Georgia
                                                          
AmLynch, Inc.                              100.0            Georgia
                                                          
Best Auto Parts, Inc.                       51.0            Georgia
                                                          
Blocker Automotive Supply, Inc.             51.0            Georgia
                                                          
Boerner Enterprises, Inc.                   51.0            Georgia
                                                          
Brigham Automotive Supply, Inc.             51.0            Georgia
                                                          
Bulldog Auto Parts, Inc.                    51.0            Georgia
                                                          
                                                   



                                       
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  Bullock Automotive, Inc.                     51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  Clermont-Brown Automotive Supply, Inc.       51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  C & O Auto Parts, Inc.                       51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  First Choice Automotive, Inc.                51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  Franklin County Sypply, Inc.                 51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  Gila Automotive Supply, Inc.                 51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  Greco Auto & Truck Parts, Inc.               51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  Hansens Automotive Supply, Inc.              51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  Jones Parts Company, Inc.                    51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  L & P Automotive Supply, Inc.                51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  Lana Lou Auto Parts, Inc.                    51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  Landry Supply, Inc.                          51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  Luke's Auto Supply, Inc.                     51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  Middletown Parts Unlimited, Inc.             51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  Nelson Enterprises, Inc.                     51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  North Shore Automotive, Inc.                 51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  Oberlin Auto Parts, Inc.                     51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  Parts & Company of Selma, Inc.               51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  Parts of Ringgold, Inc.                      51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  Petoskey Automotive Center, Incorporated     51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  Plymouth-Rock Auto Parts, Inc.               51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  P.M.A. Associates, Inc.                      51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  Port Charlotte Auto Supply, Inc.             51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  Price Automotive Supply, Inc.                51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  Pride City Auto Parts, Inc.                  51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  Rasmussen Auto Supply, Inc.                  51.0             Georgia
                                                                       
  Rome Auto Parts, Inc.                        51.0             Georgia





                                       
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  Rutherford Automotive, Inc.                  51.0         Georgia
                                                        
  Sanchez Truck & Auto Parts, Inc.             51.0         Georgia
                                                        
  Sevier County Auto Parts, Inc.               51.0         Georgia
                                                        
  Slidell Parts Warehouse, Inc.                51.0         Georgia
                                                        
  TNT Supply, Inc.                             51.0         Georgia
                                                        
  Uptergrove Auto Supply, Inc.                 51.0         Georgia
                                                        
  Warren County Automotive, Inc.               51.0         Georgia
                                                        
  Wisota Auto Parts, Inc.                      51.0         Georgia