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United States Car Market Data

Carapis provides car-listing data for the United States’ leading marketplaces — CarGurus, Cars.com, AutoTrader.com, CarMax and Carvana — through one REST API; CarGurus alone draws around 36M monthly visits. The US is the world’s largest car-shopping market by traffic, split across high-traffic listing portals, online-only dealers, and large vehicle auctions like Copart and IAA.

Dominant marketplaces

  • CarGurus — the top US car-shopping portal by traffic (~36M/mo, SimilarWeb Nov 2025), ranking dealer and private listings with its “deal rating” model.
  • Cars.com — a major independent listing portal (~27M/mo), with an estimated ~2M+ active listings.
  • AutoTrader.com — owned by Cox Automotive, one of the oldest US car marketplaces (~26-28M unique visitors/mo, Cox Dec 2025).
  • CarMax and Carvana — the dominant online-only used-car dealers, each holding ~40K+ cars in stock with VIN-level detail and instant pricing.

US listings are valued for VIN, mileage, price and dealer data; auction platforms Copart and IAA add salvage and wholesale inventory used by exporters and remarketers.

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