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Carfax's competitors and similar companies include Cars.com, CarGurus, CDK Global, TrueCar and Cox Auto.
 Carfax Carfax is a company that provides vehicle history information for buyers and sellers of used cars. |  Cars.com Cars.com (also known as Cars Commerce) is a company that provides digital marketplace solutions for the automotive industry. |  CarGurus CarGurus is a company that operates an automotive marketplace platform for new and used cars. |  CDK Global CDK Global (Cobalt, Dealer Services, Kerridge) is a provider of retail technology and SaaS solutions. |  TrueCar TrueCar (formerly known as Zag Sales Strategy) is a company that provides automotive digital marketplace solutions. | ||
Founding Date | Founding Date 1986 | Founding Date 1998 | Founding Date 2006 | Founding Date 1972 | Founding Date 2005 | Founding Date N/A |
Type | Type Subsidiary | Type Public | Type Public | Type Subsidiary | Type Public | Type Private |
Tags | ||||||
Locations | Locations Centreville, US HQ London, CA Columbia, US | Locations Chicago, US HQ | Locations Cambridge, US HQ Dublin, IE | Locations Hoffman Estates, US HQ | Locations Santa Monica, US HQ | Locations South Melbourne, AU HQ |
Employees | Employees 1,482 | Employees 1,7006% increase | Employees 1,3434% decrease | Employees 8,2491% increase | Employees 32427% decrease | Employees N/A |
Valuation ($) | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 1.1 b | Valuation ($) 3.3 b | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 349.9 m | Valuation ($) N/A |
Financial | ||||||
Revenue (est.) | Revenue (est.) N/A | Revenue (est.) $723.2m (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) $907m (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) $1.7b (FY, 2021) | Revenue (est.) $175.6m (FY, 2024) | Revenue (est.) N/A |
Cost of goods | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods $65.5m (FY, 2025) | Cost of goods $875m (FY, 2021) | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods N/A |
Gross profit | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit $841.5m (FY, 2025) | Gross profit $798.2m (FY, 2021) | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit N/A |
Net income | Net income N/A | Net income $20.1m (FY, 2025) | Net income $155.9m (FY, 2025) | Net income $1b (FY, 2021) | Net income ($31m) (FY, 2024) | Net income N/A |
Operating ⚠ | ||||||
Average Monthly Unique Visitors | Average Monthly Unique Visitors N/A | Average Monthly Unique Visitors 27.1 m (Q2, 2022) | Average Monthly Unique Visitors N/A | Average Monthly Unique Visitors N/A | Average Monthly Unique Visitors 7.7 m (Q3, 2017) | Average Monthly Unique Visitors N/A |
Dealers | Dealers N/A | Dealers 19.5 k (Q2, 2022) | Dealers 31.3 k (Q3, 2022) | Dealers N/A | Dealers N/A | Dealers N/A |
Funding | ||||||
Total funding raised | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised $ 1.8m | Total funding raised $ 95m | Total funding raised $ 332.4m | Total funding raised N/A |
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Cars.com
HQ
Chicago, US
Employees
1,700↑ 6% increase
Cars.com (also known as Cars Commerce) is a company that provides digital marketplace solutions for the automotive industry.
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HQ
Cambridge, US
Employees
1,343↓ 4% decrease
CarGurus is a company that operates an automotive marketplace platform for new and used cars.
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HQ
Hoffman Estates, US
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HQ
Santa Monica, US
Employees
324↓ 27% decrease
TrueCar (formerly known as Zag Sales Strategy) is a company that provides automotive digital marketplace solutions.
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