Tractor Supply Company announced the grand opening of its newest and largest distribution center, located in Navarre, Ohio. Tractor Supply executives and Team Members, along with local elected officials, community leaders and neighbors, celebrated the occasion at a grand opening event. The Navarre facility will support the company's continued growth and expansion in the U.S., and represents its first distribution center to open since 2018.

Since that time, the company has grown its net sales by more than 70%. In 2022, Tractor Supply achieved several major milestones in its history, surpassing more than 2,100 Tractor Supply stores nationwide and 50,000 Team Members. Tractor Supply ranks 294 on the list of Fortune 500 companies.

In addition to the official pallet-cutting that marked the opening of the facility, Tractor Supply demonstrated its investment in the local community by presenting donations to several local organizations, including Stark County 4-H Youth Development Program, Boys & Girls Club of Massillon and R.G. Drage Career Center FFA. The Navarre distribution center will serve about 250 stores and fill e-commerce orders for online customers in Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota and other parts of the Upper Midwest region. Construction on the 900,000 square-foot building began in May 2021 and was completed in December 2022.

The distribution center is the first Tractor Supply facility built to LEED Gold standards. It features a rooftop solar array system consisting of more than 10,000 solar panels that will produce five megawatts of electricity per year. This is enough to meet the entire building's electricity needs while reducing its carbon footprint by approximately 4,100 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year.

The facility will also utilize electric fork trucks powered by lithium-ion batteries to pick and move inventory. Tractor Supply is working toward achieving net zero emissions across all its operations by 2040. The company's ninth distribution center sits on 117 acres of property and is equidistant from its existing distribution centers in Hagerstown, Maryland and Pendleton, Indiana.

Navarre began receiving product in early December and will begin shipping in February 2023.