CarGurus Scraper 🚗

Extract vehicle listings from CarGurus.com and CarGurus.ca at scale — fast, clean, and complete. Search by any US ZIP code or Canadian postal code, narrow by make, model, price, year, mileage and deal rating, or paste any CarGurus search URL, and get structured data for every car: price, CarGurus deal rating and deal score, expected price vs. listing price, price drops, days on market, VIN, dealer name/city/phone, and the full photo gallery. Works for used inventory across every make and model.

How it works

✨ Why use this scraper?

• Filters applied by CarGurus, then checked again — make, model, price, year, mileage and deal rating go to CarGurus as search filters, so only matching cars are fetched. Each row is then held to your exact ranges, so you never pay for a $14,748 car in a $15,000–30,000 search.
• US and Canada in one actor — a US ZIP searches cargurus.com, a Canadian postal code searches cargurus.ca, and both can go in the same run. Every row says which country and currency it came from.
• Paste any CarGurus search URL — set filters on cargurus.com or cargurus.ca (body style, color, fuel, anything), copy the URL, and the actor keeps them all.
• Past CarGurus' ~8,700-per-search ceiling — a search bigger than that is split into price bands automatically, each with its own reach. One test run pulled 12,000 unique cars from a single Boston search, still in price order.
• Price drops on every row — originalPrice, priceDropAmount and lastPriceDropAt, plus totalPrice (with dealer fees) and msrp where CarGurus has them.
• Deal rating on every row — CarGurus' signature dealRating (GREAT_PRICE, GOOD_PRICE, FAIR_PRICE, …) plus the numeric dealScore (lower is a better deal), so you can rank the market by value.
• Price analysis built in — expectedPrice and priceDifferential show what CarGurus thinks a car should cost vs. what it's listed for, on every row.
• VIN and stock number — every listing carries the VIN and dealer stock number, ready for cross-referencing with Carfax, autocheck, or your own inventory.
• Dealer contact — dealer name, city, state or province, ZIP or postal code, and phone number on every row, no extra fetches.
• Full photo gallery — the complete carousel (often 20–40 images per car), not just the cover shot.
• No browser, no DataDome wall — reads CarGurus' own mobile-gateway JSON API, so runs are quick (about 1,000 listings in 30 seconds) and don't break when the site redesigns.
• Organic results only by default — paid Featured / Priority / Highlight placements are left out so your sort order holds; switch includeSponsored on to keep them, flagged with isSponsored.
• Re-runnable & schedulable — stable listing IDs make change-tracking across runs easy.

🎯 Use cases

📥 Supported inputs

Not supported: single-listing URLs and CarGurus UK (cargurus.co.uk). A ZIP or postal code CarGurus does not recognise is skipped with a warning in the log rather than silently widened to a nationwide search, and an unknown make or model stops the run before anything is charged, with the valid names in the log.

🔄 How it works

1. You provide US ZIP codes or Canadian postal codes with optional filters, or CarGurus search URLs from either site.
2. Make and model names are matched to CarGurus' own ids; every filter goes to CarGurus with the search.
3. The actor calls CarGurus' mobile-gateway search/preflight endpoint for the first page and the total listing count. A search too big for CarGurus to serve in one go is split into price bands.
4. It fetches the following result pages in parallel (21 cars per page) until maxItems or the end of the results, and writes them in page order so your sort order holds.
5. Listings are de-duplicated by listing id across searches (one row per vehicle); paid placements and any car outside your ranges are dropped and not charged.
6. Download as JSON / CSV / Excel, or pull via the Apify API.

⚙️ Input parameters

Example — single ZIP, 50 miles, best match:

{
  "zips": ["02116"],
  "distance": 50,
  "maxItems": 500
}

Example — great and good deals on recent Camrys and RAV4s under $30,000:

{
  "zips": ["02116"],
  "distance": 100,
  "makes": ["Toyota"],
  "models": ["Camry", "RAV4"],
  "maxPrice": 30000,
  "minYear": 2020,
  "dealRatings": ["GREAT_PRICE", "GOOD_PRICE"],
  "sortType": "BEST_DEAL",
  "maxItems": 500
}

Example — paste searches from cargurus.com:

{
  "searchUrls": [
    "https://www.cargurus.com/search?zip=10001&distance=50&makeModelTrimPaths=m4&sortType=PRICE&sortDirection=ASC",
    "https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/l-Used-Toyota-Camry-d292"
  ],
  "zips": ["10001"],
  "maxItems": 1000
}

Example — Canada: Toyota RAV4 under C$35,000 around Toronto:

{
  "zips": ["M5V 3L9"],
  "makes": ["Toyota"],
  "models": ["RAV4"],
  "maxPrice": 35000,
  "maxItems": 200
}

Example — multi-ZIP sweep, cheapest first:

{
  "zips": ["02116", "10001", "60601", "90001"],
  "distance": 100,
  "sortType": "PRICE_LOWEST",
  "maxItems": 2000,
  "maxConcurrency": 5
}

📊 Output overview

The dataset contains one row per vehicle — no padding rows. Each row is a flat, ready-to-use object with 50+ fields: vehicle identity, pricing, price drops and deal analysis, photos, dealer details, and search context. Fields a particular listing doesn't expose come back as null rather than being dropped, so the shape is consistent across every row.

📦 Output sample

{
  "listingId": 455901436,
  "listingUrl": "https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/inventorylisting/vdp.action?listingId=455901436",
  "title": "2025 Toyota Camry",
  "year": 2025,
  "make": "Toyota",
  "model": "Camry",
  "trim": "LE FWD",
  "makeId": "m7",
  "modelId": "d292",
  "mileage": 50253,
  "mileageUnit": "MILES",
  "price": 22000,
  "currency": "USD",
  "priceString": "$22,000",
  "totalPrice": 22649,
  "msrp": 26589,
  "expectedPrice": 24119,
  "priceDifferential": 2119,
  "priceDifferentialString": "$500",
  "originalPrice": 27898,
  "priceDropAmount": 5898,
  "lastPriceDropAt": "2026-10-21T20:31:30.000Z",
  "dealScore": 0.63655204,
  "dealRating": "GREAT_PRICE",
  "daysOnMarket": 75,
  "vin": "4T1DAACK6SU527615",
  "stockNumber": "SU527615P",
  "engine": "2.5L I4 Hybrid",
  "dealerName": "Parkway Toyota of Boston",
  "dealerId": 1845167,
  "serviceProviderId": 43980,
  "dealerCity": "West Roxbury",
  "dealerState": "MA",
  "dealerPostalCode": "02132",
  "dealerPhone": "(617) 996-7757",
  "dealerPhoneSms": "+18883346545",
  "dealerLogoUrl": "https://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2021/03/24/15/44/parkway_toyota_of_boston-pic-7378117232147401432-200x200.jpeg",
  "isFranchiseDealer": true,
  "shipsNationwide": null,
  "buyingOption": "CONVERT",
  "howToShop": "PICK_UP_ONLY",
  "salesStatus": "PAYING",
  "inclusionType": "DEFAULT",
  "listingType": "STANDARD",
  "isSponsored": false,
  "distanceMiles": 7.5,
  "distanceKm": 12.1,
  "photoUrl": "https://static.cargurus.com/images/forsale/2026/08/18/05/38/2025_toyota_camry-pic-9161416002660190316-1024x768.jpeg",
  "photoCount": 22,
  "photos": [
    "https://static.cargurus.com/images/forsale/2026/08/18/05/38/2025_toyota_camry-pic-9161416002660190316-1024x768.jpeg",
    "https://static.cargurus.com/images/forsale/2026/08/19/08/15/2025_toyota_camry-pic-3794118653049133111-1024x768.jpeg"
  ],
  "country": "US",
  "searchedZip": "02116",
  "searchUrl": null,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-26T20:47:46.196Z"
}

🗂 Key output fields

❓ FAQ

Can I scrape a specific make / model / price range? Yes. Use makes, models, the price / year / mileage ranges and dealRatings, or set any filter on cargurus.com and paste the URL into searchUrls. Filters run on CarGurus' side, so you only pay for matching cars.

Do I get every photo? Yes — the full carousel (often 20–40 images) is returned in photos[], with the cover shot in photoUrl.

Used cars, new cars, or both? The mobile-gateway search path returns used inventory. New-car inventory is not on this path.

How do I get results faster / cheaper? Raise maxConcurrency (up to 20), lower maxItems, or narrow distance. At the default settings a 1,000-listing run takes about 30 seconds; 3,000 listings across three ZIPs at concurrency 10 took under a minute in our tests.

How many listings can one search return? CarGurus stops serving a single search after about 8,700 listings, even when it counts far more. When your maxItems asks for more than that, the actor splits the search into price bands and reads each one, so a big market can be swept in one run. CarGurus also serves somewhat fewer cars than its counter shows (about 87% in our tests), so expect totals a bit under the site's number.

Is there a limit on the free plan? Free-plan runs return up to 100 listings. Paid plans have no cap beyond your own maxItems.

Is the dealer phone number included? Yes — dealerPhone (display format) and dealerPhoneSms (click-to-text) are on every row at no extra cost, straight from the listing tile.

What is dealRating? CarGurus' own value verdict: GREAT_PRICE, GOOD_PRICE, FAIR_PRICE, POOR_PRICE (shown as "High price" on the site), OVERPRICED, or NA / OUTLIER when it has no estimate. It's computed by CarGurus from the car's price vs. similar listings, so you don't have to. dealScore is the numeric version, and lower is better: under 1 is a great price, 1–2 a good price, 2–3 a fair price.

What is expectedPrice? What CarGurus' model thinks the car should sell for. priceDifferential is

expectedPrice - price

Can I search Canada or the UK? Canada yes: put a Canadian postal code in zips (e.g. "M5V 3L9") or paste a cargurus.ca search URL. Prices come back in CAD and mileage in km, and each row has country: "CA". Price and mileage filters for Canadian searches are in CAD and km. The UK site (cargurus.co.uk) is not supported.

💬 Support

Questions, a bug, or a field you need added? Email muhameddidovic@gmail.com or open an issue on the actor's Apify page.

🛠 Additional services

Need a custom scraper, a different car marketplace, or this data delivered to your database / API on a schedule? I build bespoke scraping and data pipelines — get in touch at muhameddidovic@gmail.com.

🔎 Explore more scrapers

Looking for other car marketplaces or directory sites? Check out my other Apify actors — Cars.com, AutoTrader.com, AutoScout24, and more — or request a new target.

🤖 For AI Agents & LLM Apps

Compact reference for AI agents calling this actor via the Apify MCP server or the Apify API (actor: memo23/cargurus-scraper).

Purpose: Extract CarGurus.com (US) and CarGurus.ca (Canada) used-vehicle listings by ZIP or postal code, with price, deal rating, VIN, dealer contact, and the full photo gallery per car.

Minimal input:

{
  "zips": ["02116"],
  "distance": 50,
  "maxItems": 20
}

Output: one row per vehicle — listingId, listingUrl, title, year, make, model, trim, makeId, modelId, mileage, mileageUnit, price, currency, priceString, totalPrice, msrp, expectedPrice, priceDifferential, priceDifferentialString, originalPrice, priceDropAmount, lastPriceDropAt, dealScore, dealRating, daysOnMarket, vin, stockNumber, engine, dealerName, dealerId, serviceProviderId, dealerCity, dealerState, dealerPostalCode, dealerPhone, dealerPhoneSms, dealerLogoUrl, isFranchiseDealer, shipsNationwide, buyingOption, howToShop, salesStatus, inclusionType, listingType, isSponsored, distanceMiles, distanceKm, photoUrl, photoCount, photos [], country, searchedZip, searchUrl, scrapedAt.

Behaviors an agent should know:

• zips is an array of US ZIP codes and/or Canadian postal codes (needed unless searchUrls is set); a ZIP searches cargurus.com, a postal code cargurus.ca. Codes run in parallel and results are deduped by listingId.
• distance (1–500 miles, default 50) is the search radius around each code; Canadian searches convert it to km.
• Canadian rows have country: "CA", currency: "CAD" and mileage in km; price and mileage filters apply in those units.
• maxItems (default 1000) caps total listings across all ZIPs — set it low (≤ 50) for quick, cheap runs.
• maxConcurrency (default 5, max 20) controls API parallelism across all ZIPs.
• sortType orders results: BEST_MATCH (default), BEST_DEAL, PRICE_LOWEST, PRICE_HIGHEST, MILEAGE_LOWEST, MILEAGE_HIGHEST, YEAR_NEWEST, LISTED_NEWEST, LISTED_OLDEST.
• Paid placements are excluded unless includeSponsored: true; then they carry isSponsored: true.
• makes / models / minPrice / maxPrice / minYear / maxYear / minMileage / maxMileage / dealRatings filter on CarGurus' side and are re-checked per row. Unknown make or model names fail the run up front.
• searchUrls takes cargurus.com or cargurus.ca search URLs with their own filters (filter fields are then ignored).
• Searches over ~8,700 listings are split into price bands automatically when maxItems needs more. Unknown ZIPs are skipped.
• dealScore: lower is a better deal. priceDifferential = expectedPrice - price (positive = below expected).
• Free-plan runs return at most 100 listings.
• US and Canada only — no UK (cargurus.co.uk) support.
• Used inventory only; new-car inventory is not on this path.
• No detail-page fetch — every field above comes from the search tile, so cost is one API call per ~21 listings.
• Pay-per-event billing — see the Pricing tab on the actor page.

⚠️ Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by CarGurus, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

The scraper accesses only publicly available vehicle-listing data via CarGurus' mobile-gateway API — no authenticated endpoints, account-only features, or content behind a CarGurus login. Users are responsible for ensuring their use complies with CarGurus' Terms of Service, applicable data-protection law (GDPR, CCPA, etc.), and any contractual obligations of their own organisation.

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