AutoTrader.co.uk Scraper

AutoTrader.co.uk Scraper — UK Used Car Listings, Prices, Specs & Dealer Data

Scrape vehicle listings from AutoTrader.co.uk — the UK's largest online car marketplace. Extract prices, full specs (make, model, year, mileage, fuel type, transmission), finance quotes with APR and monthly payments, dealer ratings and contact info, vehicle history checks, and high-res image URLs. Export as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Extract structured vehicle data from AutoTrader.co.uk — paste any search or listing URL and get pricing, full specifications, finance quotes, dealer profiles with phone numbers, vehicle history checks, and media URLs ready for analysis, lead generation, or integration.

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Apify Actor: parsebird/autotrader-scraper — scrapes AutoTrader.co.uk vehicle listings. $0.80/1000 results. Call via ApifyClient: client.actor("parsebird/autotrader-scraper").call(run_input={"startUrls": [{"url": "https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-search?advertising-location=at_cars&make=Volvo&postcode=M60+1NW&sort=relevance"}], "maxItems": 20}). Inputs: startUrls (array of {url} objects, required — AutoTrader.co.uk search or car-details URLs), maxItems (integer, default 100), includeListingDetails (boolean, default true — follow search results to detail pages for full data), maxConcurrency (integer, default 5), maxRequestRetries (integer, default 5), proxyConfiguration (object, default residential proxy). Output: dataset with advertId, make, model, year, registration, mileage, pricing (mainPrice, mainPriceFormatted), specifications (bodyType, fuelType, transmission, doors, seats, exteriorColor, engine), finance (available, quotes with payments/terms/APR), dealer (name, type, segment, rating, location, contact with phone), history, vehicleCheck, features, media, services, scrapedAt. API docs: https://docs.apify.com/api/v2 Token: https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations

What does AutoTrader.co.uk Scraper do?

AutoTrader.co.uk Scraper is an Apify Actor that extracts comprehensive vehicle listing data from AutoTrader.co.uk — the UK's largest digital automotive marketplace with over 500,000 cars listed at any time. It processes both search result pages and individual vehicle listing pages, delivering richly structured data including pricing, full vehicle specifications, finance quotes, dealer profiles, and vehicle history information.

Think of it as an AutoTrader.co.uk API alternative — no public API exists for consumers, but this scraper delivers the same structured vehicle data at scale. It's built for automotive market analysis, dealer lead generation, price benchmarking, fleet sourcing, and inventory monitoring.

• 🔗 Paste any URL — Drop an AutoTrader.co.uk /car-search or /car-details/ URL and the scraper auto-detects the type
• 📊 Rich vehicle data — Prices, specs, finance quotes with APR, dealer info with phone numbers, and vehicle checks
• 📄 Search + detail scraping — Scrape search results for overview data, or follow each listing to its detail page for comprehensive extraction
• ⚡ Concurrent fetching — Adjustable concurrency for faster runs with rate-limit protection
• 🌐 Residential proxy support — Built-in residential proxy configuration for reliable access to AutoTrader.co.uk
• 🔄 Automatic pagination — Follows search result pages until your maxItems limit is reached
• 📦 Export anywhere — JSON, CSV, Excel via the Apify Console, API, or integrations with Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, and more

What data can you extract from AutoTrader.co.uk?

Field	Description
advertId	Unique AutoTrader advertisement identifier
autotraderWebsiteLink	Direct URL to the vehicle listing
make	Vehicle manufacturer (e.g., "Volvo", "BMW", "Ford")
model	Vehicle model name (e.g., "EX40", "3 Series", "Focus")
year	Manufacturing year
registration	UK vehicle registration plate
mileage.value	Odometer reading in miles
pricing.mainPrice	Selling price as a number
pricing.mainPriceFormatted	Formatted price with currency (e.g., "£35,067")
specifications.bodyType	Body style — SUV, Hatchback, Saloon, Estate, etc.
specifications.fuelType	Fuel type — Electric, Petrol, Diesel, Hybrid
specifications.transmission	Automatic or Manual
specifications.doors / seats	Number of doors and seats
specifications.exteriorColor	Vehicle colour
specifications.engine.sizeCC	Engine displacement in cubic centimeters
finance.available	Whether finance options exist
finance.quotes[].type	Finance type — PCP, HP, CS
finance.quotes[].payments.monthlyAmount	Monthly payment amount
finance.quotes[].terms.apr	Annual Percentage Rate
dealer.name	Dealer business name
dealer.type	Trade or Private
dealer.segment	Franchise or Independent
dealer.rating.score	Customer rating (1–5 scale)
dealer.location	Town, county, postcode, region
dealer.contact.phone	Dealer phone number
history.condition	Used or New
history.manufacturerApproved	Manufacturer approved status
vehicleCheck.status	Vehicle check result summary
media.imageCount	Number of images available
media.hasVideo	Whether video content exists
services.homeDeliveryAvailable	Home delivery availability
scrapedAt	ISO timestamp of extraction

How to scrape AutoTrader.co.uk

1. Go to AutoTrader.co.uk Scraper on Apify Store and click Try for free
2. Add your URLs — Paste one or more AutoTrader.co.uk URLs:
   • Search results: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-search?make=Volvo&postcode=M60+1NW&sort=relevance
   • Individual listing: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202504251717568
3. Set the result limit — Start with 20 for a quick test, increase to 100–500 for larger datasets
4. Choose detail level — Enable "Include Full Listing Details" for comprehensive data (finance, dealer contact, specs), or disable for faster search-only scraping
5. Run the scraper — Click Start and wait for results
6. Export your data — Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel, or access via the Apify API

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
startUrls	array	Yes	—	AutoTrader.co.uk search or car-details URLs
maxItems	integer	No	100	Maximum number of vehicle listings to extract
includeListingDetails	boolean	No	true	Follow search results to detail pages for full data
maxConcurrency	integer	No	5	Maximum concurrent HTTP requests (1–20)
maxRequestRetries	integer	No	5	Retry attempts for failed requests (1–30)
proxyConfiguration	object	No	Residential proxy	Proxy settings — residential proxies required

Output example

{
  "advertId": "202504251717568",
  "autotraderWebsiteLink": "https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202504251717568",
  "subtitle": "Twin Motor 82kWh Plus Auto AWD 5dr",
  "advertDisplayType": "USED",
  "make": "Volvo",
  "model": "EX40",
  "year": 2024,
  "registration": "YP24EYX",
  "mileage": {
    "value": 16562,
    "unit": "MILE"
  },
  "pricing": {
    "mainPrice": 35067,
    "mainPriceFormatted": "£35,067",
    "currency": "£",
    "priceOnApplication": false
  },
  "specifications": {
    "bodyType": "SUV",
    "fuelType": "Electric",
    "transmission": "Automatic",
    "doors": 5,
    "seats": 5,
    "exteriorColor": "Blue",
    "engine": { "sizeCC": 0, "sizeLitres": 0 },
    "performance": {}
  },
  "finance": {
    "available": true,
    "provider": "DEALER",
    "quoteSubtype": "PCP",
    "quotes": [
      {
        "type": "PCP",
        "payments": {
          "monthlyAmount": 569.50,
          "firstPaymentAmount": 569.50,
          "finalPaymentAmount": 14144.70,
          "depositAmount": 3507
        },
        "terms": {
          "durationMonths": 48,
          "contractLengthMonths": 49,
          "mileageAllowance": 10000,
          "apr": "10.9%"
        },
        "totals": {
          "totalAmountPayable": 44987.70,
          "totalInterestPayable": 9920.70,
          "totalCredit": 31560
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "dealer": {
    "name": "Marshall Volvo Milton Keynes",
    "type": "Trade",
    "segment": "Franchise",
    "rating": { "score": 4.5, "reviewCount": 150 },
    "location": {
      "town": "Milton Keynes",
      "county": "Buckinghamshire",
      "postcode": "MK10 0AT",
      "region": "South East",
      "country": "GB"
    },
    "contact": {
      "phone": "(01908) 942068",
      "website": "https://www.marshall.co.uk/"
    }
  },
  "history": {
    "condition": "Used",
    "manufacturerApproved": true,
    "franchiseApproved": true
  },
  "vehicleCheck": {
    "status": "5 checks passed",
    "passed": true,
    "title": "Basic history check"
  },
  "features": {
    "keyFeatures": ["SUV", "331 miles", "Automatic", "Electric", "5 doors", "5 seats"],
    "standardEquipment": [],
    "optionalExtras": []
  },
  "media": {
    "imageCount": 58,
    "hasVideo": true,
    "has360View": false,
    "videoUrl": "https://autotrader.aos.tv/iframe/..."
  },
  "services": {
    "homeDeliveryAvailable": true,
    "clickAndCollectAvailable": false,
    "partExchangeAvailable": false
  },
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-14T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Download results in JSON, CSV, Excel, or access via the Apify API.

Use cases

• 📊 Automotive market analysis — Track car prices, inventory levels, and market trends across the UK used car market
• 💰 Price benchmarking — Compare vehicle prices by make, model, year, and mileage to find undervalued stock
• 🏢 Dealer lead generation — Build databases of UK car dealers with contact phone numbers, ratings, and locations
• 🚗 Fleet sourcing — Find vehicles matching specific criteria (body type, fuel type, mileage range) at scale
• 📈 Finance product research — Compare PCP, HP, and CS finance quotes across dealers and vehicle types
• 🔍 Inventory monitoring — Schedule runs with Apify Schedules to track new listings and price changes
• 🤖 Data pipeline integration — Feed vehicle data into dashboards, Google Sheets, Slack, or CRM systems via Apify Integrations
• 🔬 Academic and research — Study automotive pricing patterns, dealer distribution, and EV adoption trends

How to use via API — Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("parsebird/autotrader-scraper").call(run_input={
    "startUrls": [
        {"url": "https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-search?make=BMW&postcode=SW1A+1AA&sort=relevance"}
    ],
    "maxItems": 50,
    "includeListingDetails": True,
})

for car in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(f"{car['make']} {car['model']} ({car['year']}) — {car['pricing']['mainPriceFormatted']} — {car['dealer']['name']}")

How to use via API — JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('parsebird/autotrader-scraper').call({
    startUrls: [
        { url: 'https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-search?make=BMW&postcode=SW1A+1AA&sort=relevance' }
    ],
    maxItems: 50,
    includeListingDetails: true,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach(car => {
    console.log(`${car.make} ${car.model} (${car.year}) — ${car.pricing.mainPriceFormatted} — ${car.dealer.name}`);
});

How much does it cost to scrape AutoTrader.co.uk?

AutoTrader.co.uk Scraper uses pay-per-event pricing with usage — you pay a fixed price per result plus the platform usage costs (compute and residential proxy).

How much does it cost to scrape 1,000 AutoTrader.co.uk listings?

$0.80 in result fees plus platform usage (compute + residential proxy). Residential proxy is required because AutoTrader.co.uk blocks datacenter IPs. New users get a free trial with $5 of platform credit.

How much does it cost to scrape 100 AutoTrader.co.uk listings?

$0.08 in result fees plus platform usage. A quick export covering one search query.

Pricing

Event	Price per event	Price per 1,000
listing-scraped	$0.0008	$0.80

Each vehicle listing pushed to the dataset counts as one result. Platform usage costs (compute and residential proxy) are billed separately to the user.

Typical result fees:

• 20 cars (quick test): ~$0.016
• 100 cars (one search): ~$0.08
• 500 cars (multi-page run): ~$0.40
• 1,000 cars (large dataset): ~$0.80

Is it legal to scrape AutoTrader.co.uk?

This Actor extracts publicly available data from AutoTrader.co.uk — the same vehicle listing data any browser user can see on search results and listing pages. No login or authentication is used. The scraper accesses only publicly visible car listings.

Web scraping of publicly available data is generally legal in the United States and the European Union, as established by the hiQ Labs v. LinkedIn ruling. For more information, see Apify's guide on the legality of web scraping.

Users are responsible for ensuring their use of extracted data complies with applicable laws and AutoTrader.co.uk's Terms of Service in their jurisdiction.

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FAQ

What URL formats does the scraper support? Two types: (1) search results pages — any autotrader.co.uk/car-search?... URL with filters for make, model, postcode, price range, etc., and (2) individual listing pages — autotrader.co.uk/car-details/{advertId} URLs for a specific vehicle.

What is the difference between search-only and detail scraping? With includeListingDetails: true (default), the scraper follows each search result to its detail page and extracts comprehensive data including finance quotes, dealer contact info, and full specifications. With includeListingDetails: false, it extracts only the basic listing card data from search results — faster but less detailed.

Why are residential proxies required? AutoTrader.co.uk blocks datacenter IP addresses. Residential proxies are required for reliable scraping. The default proxy configuration uses Apify's residential proxy pool. Proxy costs are billed as platform usage.

Can I search by postcode and radius? Yes. Use AutoTrader.co.uk's own search URL with postcode and radius parameters. For example: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-search?postcode=SW1A+1AA&radius=50&make=BMW&sort=relevance. The scraper respects all URL parameters.

How many cars can I collect per run? There is no hard limit. Set maxItems to control how many listings you extract. For large datasets, use multiple search URLs covering different makes, models, or postcodes.

Can I schedule recurring runs? Yes. Use Apify Schedules to run daily, weekly, or at any interval. Monitor inventory changes and price movements by comparing datasets between runs.

Can I access the data via API? Yes. Use the Apify API or the official Python and JavaScript client libraries to run the scraper and retrieve results programmatically.

What export formats are supported? JSON, CSV, Excel (XLSX), XML, HTML, and RSS. Download directly from the Apify Console or via the API.

Is there a free trial? Yes. New Apify users get $5 of free platform credit — enough to test the scraper with several hundred vehicle listings.

The scraper returns empty results or errors. What should I do? Ensure your URLs are valid AutoTrader.co.uk search or listing URLs. Check that residential proxies are enabled (the default configuration). If AutoTrader.co.uk is rate-limiting, reduce maxConcurrency to 2–3. Open an issue on the Issues tab for persistent problems.

I found an issue or have a feature request. Open an issue on the Issues tab or contact ParseBird via the Apify Console.