The Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo (AAPEX) is the largest business-to-business event for the $250 billion automotive aftermarket industry. Attendees from North America and around the world attend AAPEX to see the automotive replacement parts, tools and equipment, business service suppliers and more. In 2005 57,000 buyers attended industry week and 12,000 of them were warehouse distributors, jobbers, retailers, program group participants, multiple service chain operators, mass merchandisers and web auto parts catalog providers.