AutoTrader UK Car Scraper — Extract Used Car Data from AutoTrader.co.uk

Get structured car listing data from AutoTrader.co.uk — the UK's largest used car marketplace with over 450,000 live listings. AutoTrader UK Car Scraper delivers price, make, model, year, mileage, seller type, and location for every listing that matches your search, exported to JSON, CSV, or Excel in minutes.

🚀 Try it free — your first $5 of usage is on Apify. No credit card required.

📌 What is AutoTrader UK Car Scraper?

AutoTrader UK Car Scraper gives you programmatic access to the UK's most comprehensive used car market — without writing a line of code or managing a single API key.

AutoTrader lists more cars than any other UK platform, but it offers no official data export. Whether you need daily pricing feeds, a one-off market snapshot, or a continuous stream of new inventory, AutoTrader UK Car Scraper handles the data collection so your team can focus on analysis.

Use it to:

• 💰 Monitor pricing in real time — track asking prices by make, model, trim, year, and region to stay ahead of market shifts
• 📊 Build competitive intelligence — benchmark your inventory or pricing against thousands of dealerships across the UK
• 🔎 Analyse market supply — see which models and specs are most available, where inventory is concentrated, and how quickly it moves
• 📋 Power valuation tools — feed live transaction data into pricing engines, appraisal tools, or automated valuations
• 🔄 Automate inventory monitoring — schedule recurring runs with Incremental Mode to capture only new listings since your last export, with zero duplicates

📋 What data does AutoTrader UK Car Scraper extract?

Every listing comes back as a clean, structured record with these fields:

Field	Description
🆔 id	Unique AutoTrader listing ID
📝 title	Listing headline (make + model)
📄 subtitle	Trim level, engine spec, and variant
🚘 make	Manufacturer (BMW, Ford, Toyota, etc.)
🚗 model	Model name (3 Series, Focus, Corolla, etc.)
📅 year	Registration year
📏 km	Mileage converted to kilometres
💷 price	Asking price in GBP
🏷️ condition	New or used
🏪 seller_type	Trade (dealership) or Private seller
📍 city	Seller's town or city
🔗 url	Direct link to the listing page
🖼️ img_url	Main listing photo
🕐 scraped_at	Timestamp of extraction

💡 All data is sourced directly from AutoTrader's public search results. No login, subscription, or API key required on your end.

🚀 How to use AutoTrader UK Car Scraper

Extracting your first dataset takes under two minutes:

1. Create a free Apify account at apify.com — you get $5 of free credit to start
2. Open AutoTrader UK Car Scraper and click Try for free
3. Define your search — either paste an AutoTrader.co.uk search URL directly, or use the input form to set make, model, postcode, price range, year range, mileage, and more
4. Set your output size — use Max Results to cap the total (e.g. 500 listings) or Max Pages to limit by search pages
5. Click Save & Start — results start arriving within seconds
6. Download your data as JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML — or connect via the Apify API for automated workflows

⚙️ Input parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
startUrls	—	Paste any AutoTrader search URL. Overrides all filter fields when set.
postcode	SW1A 1AA	UK postcode used as the search centre
radius	Nationwide	Distance from the postcode (1–200 miles, or Nationwide)
make	—	Manufacturer filter (BMW, Ford, Tesla…)
model	—	Model filter within the chosen make
body_type	—	Hatchback, Saloon, Estate, SUV, Coupe, Convertible…
fuel_type	—	Petrol, Diesel, Electric, Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid…
gearbox	—	Manual or Automatic
seller_type	—	Trade (dealerships) or Private sellers
year_from / year_to	—	Registration year range
price_from / price_to	—	Price range in GBP
max_mileage	—	Maximum mileage in miles
sort_by	Relevance	Price, year, mileage, or newest listings first
max_results	0 (unlimited)	Hard cap on total results. 0 = use Max Pages
max_pages	3	Pages to scrape (26 listings each). Ignored when Max Results > 0
enableIncrementalMode	false	Only collect listings newer than the previous run
proxyConfiguration	RESIDENTIAL	Pre-configured — no changes needed

📤 Output example

{
  "id": "202608044802408",
  "title": "BMW 3 Series",
  "subtitle": "320i M Sport Auto Euro 6 (s/s) 4dr",
  "make": "BMW",
  "model": "3 Series",
  "year": 2022,
  "km": 28968,
  "price": 24995,
  "currency": "GBP",
  "condition": "used",
  "seller_type": "TRADE",
  "city": "Sheffield",
  "url": "https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202608044802408",
  "img_url": "https://m.atcdn.co.uk/a/media/w800/60be665a8693494a9538f78a2aca99f1.jpg",
  "source": "autotrader.co.uk",
  "scraped_at": "2026-08-19T13:15:00.000000+00:00"
}

⚡ Incremental Mode — for scheduled monitoring

AutoTrader UK Car Scraper supports Incremental Mode, which makes it ideal for teams that need to monitor the market continuously without paying to re-collect listings they already have.

When Incremental Mode is on:

• Results are automatically sorted newest first
• The actor stops the moment it reaches a listing already captured in the previous run
• Only genuinely new listings are saved to your dataset

Set up a scheduled run in the Apify Console (every few hours, daily, or weekly) and your dataset grows automatically — always current, never with duplicates.

💰 How much does it cost to use AutoTrader UK Car Scraper?

AutoTrader UK Car Scraper runs on Apify's standard Compute Unit pricing — you pay for what you use, with no monthly commitment required.

What you need	Approx. cost
Quick test (20–50 listings)	< $0.01
Single model export (500 listings)	~$0.05
Full search export (2,000 listings)	~$0.20
Nationwide bulk export (10,000 listings)	~$1.00

On the Free plan, your $5 of starting credit covers thousands of listings for testing. On the Starter plan ($49/month) you get 500 CUs — enough for tens of thousands of listings per month.

💡 Tip: Enable Incremental Mode on scheduled runs and you only pay for new listings — making recurring monitoring extremely cost-efficient.

🔗 Related Actors

AutoTrader UK Car Scraper is part of the Rastriq automotive data portfolio. If you need coverage beyond the UK:

• AutoScout24 Scraper — pan-European marketplace covering Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, and more
• Mobile.de Scraper — Germany's largest car platform with 1.4M+ listings
• Coches.net Scraper — Spain's dedicated automotive marketplace
• Wallapop Cars Scraper — Spain's classifieds platform, private sellers focus
• Mascus Scraper — commercial vehicles and heavy equipment across Europe

❓ FAQ

Do I need an AutoTrader account or API access? No. AutoTrader UK Car Scraper works entirely with publicly visible listing data — the same information any visitor to AutoTrader.co.uk can see in their browser. No account, login, or paid subscription is needed on your end.

How many listings can I get in one run? AutoTrader lists 450,000+ cars at any given time. You can access all of them — set Max Results to 0 and increase Max Pages up to 500 to run large exports. A full 10,000-listing run typically completes in 25–30 minutes.

Can I filter by multiple criteria at once? Yes — all filter fields can be combined freely. You can search for, for example, automatic diesel SUVs registered between 2019 and 2023, priced under £20,000, within 50 miles of Birmingham.

Can I use my own AutoTrader search URL? Absolutely. Set up your search on AutoTrader.co.uk using any filters you like, copy the URL from your browser, and paste it into the Start URLs field. The actor will scrape exactly those results.

Is scraping AutoTrader UK legal? AutoTrader UK Car Scraper collects only publicly available data — car listings that anyone can view without a login. No personal data (names, emails, phone numbers) is extracted. As with any data collection activity, you are responsible for ensuring your specific use case complies with AutoTrader's terms of service and applicable regulations.

Why is a proxy required? AutoTrader.co.uk, like most large marketplaces, restricts automated access from cloud server IP ranges. The pre-configured residential proxy setting handles this automatically — you don't need to configure anything, just leave the proxy setting as-is.