South Korea Car Market Data

Carapis provides car-listing data for South Korea’s leading marketplaces — Encar, KB Chachacha and KCar — through one REST API, including the government inspection sheets that make Korean used-car data unusually rich; roughly 1.2 million cars are registered on Encar alone each year. South Korea is one of the world’s most data-rich used-car markets because most listings carry a structured vehicle inspection report, and it is a major export hub feeding buyers across CIS, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

Dominant marketplaces

• Encar (엔카) — the #1 used-car portal, owned by CAR Group (parent of carsales.com.au and Webmotors). Best known for attaching an official vehicle inspection sheet to most listings — a CARFAX-style condition record delivered as structured fields. Around ~7M monthly visits (Q3-2025 estimate; SimilarWeb reports ~4.2M).
• KB Chachacha — owned by KB Capital (KB Financial Group), Korea’s #2 used-car portal with deep dealer and certified inventory.
• KCar — Korea’s largest certified online used-car dealer, holding an estimated ~21% share of the certified segment; it sells inspected, reconditioned cars directly.
• Bobaedream — a long-running community-driven classifieds site, stronger on private-seller and enthusiast listings.

The standout feature of the Korean market is the inspection sheet: a documented panel/repair and accident record that exporters and pricing teams use to vet vehicles remotely.

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