Cars.com Scraper

Extract structured vehicle data from Cars.com — the #1 US automotive marketplace — using search result URLs or direct listing URLs. This Cars.com scraper returns clean, organized records grouped by vehicle, pricing, dealer, media, features and listing metadata.

Try it free: Paste any Cars.com search URL and run - results ready in minutes.

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What This Scraper Extracts

Each scraped listing returns a clean, structured record with six data groups:

Vehicle Details

• Year, make, model, trim, body style
• Mileage, drivetrain, fuel type, transmission
• Engine specs, MPG, seating capacity
• EV-specific data (range, battery, charge type) for electric vehicles
• Condition (New / Used / Certified Pre-Owned)

Pricing & Market Data

• Listed price and monthly payment estimate
• Price vs. market average (great deal / good deal badges)
• CARFAX history link
• Deal rating flags

Dealer Information

• Dealer name, address, phone number
• Dealer type (franchised, independent, private seller)
• Dealer listing URL
• Private seller personal contact details are masked for privacy compliance

Listing Images

• All listing photo URLs
• Exterior and interior image sets

Features & Options

• Full equipment list: safety, comfort, tech, packages
• Structured feature categories

Listing Metadata

• Listing ID, stock number, listing URL
• Days on market
• Stock type (New / Used / CPO)

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How to Use Scraper

Step 1 - Get your URL Open Cars.com and apply your filters (make, model, ZIP code, price range, mileage, body style, fuel type, etc.). Copy the search URL from your browser.

Step 2 - Paste it in Add up to 20 URLs in the startUrls input. You can mix search result URLs.

Step 3 - Set limits

• maxItemsPerLink - how many listings to pull from each URL (default: 5, max: 10,000)
• maxItemsTotal - total cap across all URLs (default: 20, max: 100,000)

Step 4 - Run Results appear in the Apify dataset in real time.

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Example Input

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.cars.com/shopping/results/?zip=60606&maximum_distance=9999&sort=best_match_desc",
    "https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/c1c9dff3-9eaf-4b75-b7d4-d5362fce38e1/"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerLink": 5,
  "maxItemsTotal": 20
}

You can also pass a single direct listing URL to extract full details for one specific vehicle.

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Scale Guidance

Use Case	Recommended Setup
Quick market sample	1 URL - maxItemsPerLink: 100
Regional market analysis	3-5 URLs by ZIP - maxItemsPerLink: 1,000
National brand inventory	10+ URLs by price band - maxItemsPerLink: 5,000

To exceed 10,000 results in a single market, split into multiple search URLs.

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Use Cases

Car dealers & flippers - Monitor competitor inventory, track price drops, and identify undervalued vehicles using price-vs-market data and deal ratings.

Automotive market researchers - Build datasets across makes, models, ZIP codes, and time periods for pricing analysis, inventory studies, and trend reporting.

Price comparison tools - Power real-time vehicle pricing widgets and apps with structured data.

EV market analysis - Extract electric vehicle listings with battery range, charge type, and pricing in one structured feed - useful for EV market reports and aggregators.

Lead generation for dealerships - Pull dealer contact data from active listings across a region.

Integration with n8n, Make, or Zapier - Trigger this scraper on a schedule and pipe results directly into Google Sheets, Airtable, Supabase, or your CRM via Apify webhooks.

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Privacy

This actor is built with responsible data collection in mind.

• Private seller personal contact details (name, phone, email) are masked in all output records
• Dealer business contact data (name, phone, address) is retained only when publicly displayed
• No login, authentication, or account credentials are required or used
• Only publicly accessible listing pages are scraped — no private or gated content
• Data collected is intended for lawful business purposes such as market research, pricing analysis
• Users are solely responsible for how they use the extracted data in their jurisdiction

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FAQ

Can I scrape a specific vehicle by its listing URL? Yes. Paste the direct listing URL (e.g. https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/...) into startUrls to extract full details for that one vehicle.

Can I scrape multiple cities or ZIP codes in one run? Yes. Set up one search URL per ZIP code or region and add them all to startUrls (up to 20). Each will be scraped independently up to its maxItemsPerLink limit.

Does it work with Cars.com filter URLs? Yes. Apply any filters on Cars.com (make, model, year, price, mileage, body style, fuel type, etc.), copy the URL, and paste it in. The scraper respects your filters.

How do I get more than 10,000 results from one market? Split your search into multiple URLs using different filter buckets - for example, price bands under $20k, $20k-$40k, over $40k - then combine the datasets.