Encar Scraper — South Korea Used Car Listings, Prices & History

South Korea's used car market in a spreadsheet: make, model, trim, mileage, price in KRW, fuel type, and the inspection and accident-record flags Korean buyers actually price on.

What does the Encar Scraper do?

This Actor collects live listings from Encar.com, by far the largest used car marketplace in South Korea with over 200,000 cars on sale at any moment. Encar's own listing endpoint is read directly, so each row arrives with the fields its search index holds — including the two flags that decide what a Korean used car is worth: whether a formal inspection report exists, and whether the car carries an accident record.

Filters are written in Encar's own query language, which the Actor assembles for you from plain inputs. Pick domestic or imported cars, a make and model, a registration-year range, a price band in manwon and a mileage ceiling, and it pages through 100 cars per request. Prices are published in manwon — the 10,000-won unit every Korean listing uses — so each row carries both the raw figure and the plain KRW value, because a row that reports only manwon reads as a car costing 1,700 won.

Who is it for?

• Car exporters and importers — South Korea is a major source of used vehicles for Central Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
• Dealers and remarketing teams benchmarking trim-level pricing against 200,000 live listings.
• Pricing analysts and residual-value modellers who need mileage, year and price on the same row.
• Marketplace and classifieds operators seeding or benchmarking inventory.
• Researchers tracking the Korean EV and hybrid transition through what is actually on sale.

Use cases

• Build a price curve for a model by registration year and mileage band, then price your own stock against it.
• Filter for cars with an inspection report and no accident record — the export-grade segment.
• Track how quickly EV and hybrid listings are growing as a share of the market.
• Compare domestic Hyundai and Kia pricing against imported BMW and Mercedes at the same age.
• Watch a single model's average asking price week over week to time a purchase.
• Feed an AI agent live Korean listings so it can answer "what does a 2020 Grandeur cost?".

Why use this Encar Scraper?

• Inspection and accident-record flags on every row — the two facts that move Korean used car prices most.
• 200,000+ cars reachable, with 100 returned per request and deep pagination that keeps producing new rows.
• Price in both units — manwon as published, and the plain KRW figure so no one misreads it by four orders of magnitude.
• Encar's query language handled for you — set year, price and mileage as ordinary numbers.
• Keyless and login-free — nothing to register, nothing to rotate.
• Domestic and imported in one Actor, or either on its own.

What data can you extract?

One row per car. Anything the source left blank comes back as null.

Field	Type	Description
carId	string	Encar listing identifier
url	string	Direct link to the listing on Encar
manufacturer	string	Make, in Korean as Encar publishes it
model	string	Model name
badge	string	Trim / grade
badgeDetail	string	Sub-trim detail where the seller gave one
yearMonth	string	Registration year and month, e.g. 2025-08
modelYear	number	Model year
mileageKm	number	Odometer reading in kilometres
priceManwon	number	Price in manwon, the 10,000-won unit Korean listings use
priceKrw	number	The same price in plain KRW
fuelType	string	Fuel type in Korean, e.g. 가솔린 (petrol), 디젤 (diesel), 전기 (electric)
isEcoFriendly	boolean	Registered as an eco-friendly vehicle
sellType	string	Sale type, e.g. 일반 (ordinary sale), 렌트 (rental takeover)
homeServiceVerified	boolean	Home delivery service verified for this car
trustFlags	string	Encar trust programme markers on the listing
region	string	Region the selling office sits in
hasInspection	boolean	A formal inspection report exists
hasAccidentRecord	boolean	An accident or repair record is attached
isOriginalVin	boolean	VIN plate recorded as original, not a copy
conditionFlags	string	Raw condition markers Encar attaches
serviceMarks	string	Encar service programmes on the listing
photoCount	number	Number of photos
imageUrl	string	First listing photo
scrapedAt	string	When this row was collected

Sample output

{
  "carId": "42350404",
  "url": "http://www.encar.com/dc/dc_cardetailview.do?carid=42350404",
  "manufacturer": "벤츠",
  "model": "E-클래스 W213",
  "badge": "E200 아방가르드",
  "badgeDetail": null,
  "yearMonth": "2017-12",
  "modelYear": 2018,
  "mileageKm": 50422,
  "priceManwon": 2000,
  "priceKrw": 20000000,
  "fuelType": "가솔린",
  "isEcoFriendly": false,
  "sellType": "일반",
  "homeServiceVerified": null,
  "trustFlags": null,
  "region": "경기",
  "hasInspection": true,
  "hasAccidentRecord": true,
  "isOriginalVin": true,
  "conditionFlags": "Inspection, Record",
  "serviceMarks": null,
  "photoCount": 4,
  "imageUrl": "https://ci.encar.com/carpicture05/pic4235/42350404_001.jpg",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-15T07:45:12.427Z"
}

How to use the Encar Scraper

Option A — the whole market

Leave make and model empty, choose all, domestic or imported, and set a result limit. Sorted by most recently updated, this gives a rolling picture of what is coming onto the market.

Option B — one make and model

Encar expects Korean names: 현대 (Hyundai), 기아 (Kia), 제네시스 (Genesis), 벤츠 (Mercedes-Benz), BMW, 아우디 (Audi), 테슬라 (Tesla). Add a model such as 그랜저 to narrow further.

Option C — an export-grade segment

Combine a registration-year floor, a mileage ceiling and a price band, then filter the output on hasInspection = true and hasAccidentRecord = false to isolate the cars worth shipping.

Input parameters

Input	Type	Description
carType	string	Domestic Korean brands, imported brands, or both. Default: "all".
manufacturer	string	Optional. Encar expects the Korean name: 현대 (Hyundai), 기아 (Kia), 제네시스 (Genesis), 쉐보레 (Chevrolet), BMW, 벤츠 (Mercedes-Benz), 아우디 (Audi), 폭스바겐 (Volkswagen), 렉서스 (Lexus), 테슬라 (Tesla).
model	string	Optional. Model name as Encar writes it, e.g. 그랜저 or 아반떼. Leave empty for every model of the selected make.
yearFrom	integer	Optional. Earliest registration year, e.g. 2018.
yearTo	integer	Optional. Latest registration year, e.g. 2024.
priceFrom	integer	Optional. Korean listings are priced in manwon: 1500 means 15,000,000 KRW.
priceTo	integer	Optional. 3000 means 30,000,000 KRW.
mileageMax	integer	Optional upper bound on the odometer reading.
fuelType	string	Optional. Encar's Korean labels: 가솔린 (petrol), 디젤 (diesel), LPG, 전기 (electric), 가솔린+전기 (hybrid).
sortBy	string	Order the search results before collecting them. Default: "ModifiedDate".
maxResults	integer	Stop after this many cars. Each request returns 100. Default: 1000.
proxyConfiguration	object	Encar answers Korean exits. Residential proxy pinned to South Korea is used automatically.

Tips for best results

• Prices are in manwon: enter 1500 for 15,000,000 KRW, not 15000000. The output carries both units so the reader is never in doubt.
• Sorting by most recently updated means very deep pages can reshuffle as sellers bump their cars; rows are de-duplicated by listing ID so the dataset stays clean either way.
• For a stable deep crawl, sort by price ascending — the order does not move underneath you.
• badgeDetail is only filled when the seller entered a sub-trim, which is roughly one listing in ten on imported cars.
• sellType is worth reading before you price: a 렌트 listing is a rental contract takeover, not a normal sale.

Integrations

Connect this Actor to Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack, Google Sheets, GitHub, Airtable or any HTTP endpoint through Apify integrations. Every finished run can push its dataset straight into your warehouse, or fire a webhook so a downstream job starts the moment the data lands.

API usage

Run the Actor from your own code with the Apify API. Datasets can be exported as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS or HTML, and every run is available through the Apify API reference.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/logiover~encar-korea-used-car-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input": {"carType": "all", "manufacturer": "현대", "yearFrom": 2019, "sortBy": "ModifiedDate", "maxResults": 1000, "proxyConfiguration": {"useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "KR"}}}'

Python, JavaScript, PHP and CLI clients are documented under Apify API clients.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

This Actor is callable from any MCP-compatible client — Claude, Cursor, VS Code or your own agent — through the Apify MCP server. An agent can call it to answer live questions about Korean used car prices, mileage and accident history instead of guessing from stale training data.

FAQ

Do I need an Encar account or API key?

No. The Actor reads public listing data with no login and no key.

Do I have to write the filters in Korean?

Only make, model and fuel type, because those are the values Encar indexes. Year, price and mileage are ordinary numbers. The input hints list the common Korean names.

How many cars can one run return?

Over 200,000 are listed across domestic and imported stock, and deep pagination keeps returning new rows, so the practical limit is the result cap you set.

What is manwon?

The unit Korean listings quote: 1 manwon = 10,000 KRW. A car at 1550 manwon costs 15,500,000 KRW. Both figures are on every row.

What do hasInspection and hasAccidentRecord mean?

hasInspection means a formal performance-inspection report is attached. hasAccidentRecord means an accident or repair history is on file. Together they are the single biggest driver of price for the same model and mileage.

Why did my run return zero cars?

Usually a make or model spelled in English. Encar indexes them in Korean — try 현대 rather than Hyundai.

Can I get the seller's phone number?

No. Encar keeps dealer contact details behind its own contact flow, and this Actor does not attempt to reach them. The selling office's region is included.

Why are some fields null?

Not every listing carries every marker. Trust flags, sub-trims and home-service verification are optional programmes a dealer opts into.

Can I export to CSV or Excel?

Yes. Every run's dataset exports as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS or HTML from the Storage tab, the API, or automatically through an integration.

How fresh is the data?

Every run reads the site live at that moment, so the data is as fresh as the site itself. Schedule the Actor hourly, daily or weekly to build a time series.

How often is the Actor updated?

It is monitored and fixed when the site changes its markup or its endpoints. Report anything that looks wrong through the Issues tab and it gets picked up.

Is it legal to scrape Encar?

This Actor collects only publicly available information — the same pages any visitor can open without logging in. It does not bypass a login, and it does not touch private or personal accounts. Public data collection is legal in most jurisdictions, but how you use the data is your responsibility: if any record contains personal data, GDPR and comparable laws still apply, and you need a lawful basis for processing it. When in doubt, take legal advice. See Apify's ethical web scraping guide.

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