diff --git a/src/django_autotyping/management/commands/generate_stubs.py b/src/django_autotyping/management/commands/generate_stubs.py
index 5e1b2e4..9d7a60f 100644
--- a/src/django_autotyping/management/commands/generate_stubs.py
+++ b/src/django_autotyping/management/commands/generate_stubs.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 from django.apps import apps
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandParser
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError, CommandParser
 
 from django_autotyping._compat import Unpack
 from django_autotyping.app_settings import AutotypingSettings
@@ -45,8 +45,17 @@ def add_arguments(self, parser: CommandParser) -> None:
         )
 
     def handle(self, *args: Any, **options: Unpack[CommandOptions]) -> None:
-        create_local_django_stubs(options["local_stubs_dir"], stubs_settings.SOURCE_STUBS_DIR)
+        if not (stubs_dir := options["local_stubs_dir"]).is_dir():
+            raise CommandError(f"The local stubs directory {stubs_dir} does not exist or is not a directory")
+
+        if not (stubs_dir / "django-stubs").is_dir():
+            self.stdout.write("Copying the 'django-stubs' package from site packages to the local stubs directory")
+            create_local_django_stubs(options["local_stubs_dir"], stubs_settings.SOURCE_STUBS_DIR)
         codemods = gather_codemods(options["ignore"])
 
         django_context = DjangoStubbingContext(apps, settings)
-        run_codemods(codemods, django_context, stubs_settings)
+        results = run_codemods(codemods, django_context, stubs_settings)
+        for stub_file, content in results.items():
+            self.stdout.write(f"Writing contents to {stub_file}")
+            target_file = options["local_stubs_dir"] / "django-stubs" / stub_file
+            target_file.write_text(content, encoding="utf-8")
diff --git a/src/django_autotyping/stubbing/__init__.py b/src/django_autotyping/stubbing/__init__.py
index 4016e80..3e14c4d 100644
--- a/src/django_autotyping/stubbing/__init__.py
+++ b/src/django_autotyping/stubbing/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import os
 import shutil
 import site
+from collections import defaultdict
+from concurrent.futures import ProcessPoolExecutor, as_completed
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import libcst as cst
@@ -17,23 +20,50 @@ def run_codemods(
     codemods: list[type[StubVisitorBasedCodemod]],
     django_context: DjangoStubbingContext,
     stubs_settings: StubsGenerationSettings,
-) -> None:
+) -> dict[str, str]:
+    """Given a list of codemods, apply them to the related files.
+
+    Returns:
+        A mapping between the stub file name and the new file content.
+    """
     django_stubs_dir = stubs_settings.SOURCE_STUBS_DIR or _get_django_stubs_dir()
 
+    # From 'codemod -> set[files]' to 'file -> list[codemods]'
+    # (different codemods could apply to the same file(s))
+    files_codemods_dct: defaultdict[str, list[type[StubsGenerationSettings]]] = defaultdict(list)
     for codemod in codemods:
         for stub_file in codemod.STUB_FILES:
-            context = CodemodContext(
-                filename=stub_file, scratch={"django_context": django_context, "stubs_settings": stubs_settings}
-            )
-            transformer = codemod(context)
-            source_file = django_stubs_dir / stub_file
-            target_file = stubs_settings.LOCAL_STUBS_DIR / "django-stubs" / stub_file
+            files_codemods_dct[stub_file].append(codemod)
+
+    with ProcessPoolExecutor(min(len(files_codemods_dct), os.cpu_count() or 1)) as executor:
+        futures = {
+            executor.submit(
+                _run_codemods_on_file, codemods, django_context, stubs_settings, django_stubs_dir / stub_file
+            ): stub_file
+            for stub_file, codemods in files_codemods_dct.items()
+        }
+
+        return {futures[future]: future.result() for future in as_completed(futures)}
+
+
+def _run_codemods_on_file(
+    codemods: list[type[StubVisitorBasedCodemod]],
+    django_context: DjangoStubbingContext,
+    stubs_settings: StubsGenerationSettings,
+    source_file: Path,
+) -> str:
+    input_code = source_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    input_module = cst.parse_module(input_code)
+
+    for codemod in codemods:
+        context = CodemodContext(
+            filename=source_file.name, scratch={"django_context": django_context, "stubs_settings": stubs_settings}
+        )
+        transformer = codemod(context)
 
-            input_code = source_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
-            input_module = cst.parse_module(input_code)
-            output_module = transformer.transform_module(input_module)
+        input_module = transformer.transform_module(input_module)
 
-            target_file.write_text(output_module.code, encoding="utf-8")
+    return input_module.code
 
 
 def _get_django_stubs_dir() -> Path:
@@ -49,7 +79,6 @@ def create_local_django_stubs(stubs_dir: Path, source_django_stubs: Path | None
 
     If `source_django_stubs` is not provided, the first entry in site packages will be used.
     """
-    stubs_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
     source_django_stubs = source_django_stubs or _get_django_stubs_dir()
     if not (stubs_dir / "django-stubs").is_dir():
         shutil.copytree(source_django_stubs, stubs_dir / "django-stubs")
diff --git a/tests/stubbing/test_stubs.py b/tests/stubbing/test_stubs.py
index 4b360dc..bd33aaf 100644
--- a/tests/stubbing/test_stubs.py
+++ b/tests/stubbing/test_stubs.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def local_stubs(tmp_path) -> Path:
+    tmp_path.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
     create_local_django_stubs(tmp_path)
     return tmp_path