IAA Data Parser & API

IAA (Insurance Auto Auctions) is one of the two largest US salvage-auction platforms — with ~150K+ live lots and ~7.3M monthly visits — and Carapis extracts its full lot data, including VIN, primary/secondary damage, run-and-drive status, title brand and sale history, through one REST API. Owned by RB Global (Ritchie Bros.), IAA’s insurance-sourced condition and history data is prized by importers and rebuilders, and Carapis delivers it without you maintaining a login-gated scraper.

What is IAA?

IAA (Insurance Auto Auctions), part of RB Global / Ritchie Bros., is a US-headquartered online vehicle-auction company specializing in salvage, total-loss and used vehicles sourced largely from insurers. It runs ~150K+ live lots and sees ~7.3M monthly visits (SimilarWeb, Jun 2025), with operations extending into Canada and the UK. Alongside Copart it forms the duopoly that handles roughly 80% of the US salvage market.

Market Position

IAA is the second pillar of the US salvage-auction duopoly, with ~7.3M visits/mo (SimilarWeb, Jun 2025) and ~150K+ live lots. Its insurance-sourced supply gives its data the same richness profile as Copart’s — VIN, damage detail, title brand and sale history — but as a distinct platform and inventory pool. Running IAA alongside Copart through one Carapis schema gives importers and rebuilders near-complete coverage of US salvage supply.

Data Fields Available

Carapis extracts a complete structured record from each IAA lot:

• Vehicle identity — make, model, model year, VIN
• Condition — mileage, primary and secondary damage type, run-and-drive status, title brand (the standout salvage fields)
• Auction — current bid, sale date, lot number, sale history
• Listing context — branch location, photo set

VIN plus damage type, run-and-drive status, title brand and sale history are what make IAA’s data uniquely valuable: they let importers and rebuilders assess and price a damaged vehicle remotely — structured fields rather than scattered notes.

API Quick Start

import requests
 
resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings",
    params={"source": "iaa", "limit": 20},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
)
for car in resp.json()["results"]:
    print(car["make"], car["model"], car["year"], car["price"])

const res = await fetch(
  "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings?source=iaa&limit=20",
  { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.CARAPIS_API_KEY}` } },
);
const { results } = await res.json();

curl "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings?source=iaa&limit=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CARAPIS_API_KEY"

Get an API key at my.carapis.com  and see the full API reference. Pricing is on the pricing page.

Use Cases

• Import / export — VIN, damage and title data let importers source and vet salvage vehicles for overseas rebuild markets. See import & export.
• Pricing intelligence — sale history and current bids power salvage residual-value and recovery models for dealers.
• Market research — track salvage supply, damage mix and clearing prices. See market research.

Frequently asked questions

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