# Cars.com Dealer Scraper — Leads, Phone, Website, Ratings (`scrapersdelight/cars-com-dealer-scraper`) Actor

Scrape US car dealers from Cars.com as clean leads: dealership name, full address, phone, website, star rating & review count, live inventory count, brands carried & price range, plus sample listings. One row per dealer (deduped), targeted by ZIP. Export to CSV/JSON. No login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapersdelight/cars-com-dealer-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapers Delight](https://apify.com/scrapersdelight) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Agents
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$5.00 / 1,000 per dealer lead returneds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

## 🚗 Cars.com Dealer Leads Scraper — Phone, Website & Ratings

**Turn any US ZIP into a clean list of *car dealers* from Cars.com — dealership name, full address, phone, website, star rating + review count, live inventory size, the brands they carry, and their price range. One row per dealer (deduped), not one row per car. No login, no API key.**

> 🕒 Last updated: 2026-07-12 · 🏢 One row per dealer · 🇺🇸 Any US metro by ZIP · ⭐ Rating + review count · 📦 Inventory size + brands + price range · 🚫 No login or API key · 🔌 Straight from Cars.com's own page data

Most Cars.com scrapers hand you a wall of individual car listings and leave you to figure out who's actually selling them. **This one flips it around and gives you the dealer.** Point it at a ZIP, and it walks Cars.com's dealer directory (nearest metro first), then opens each dealer's own Cars.com profile + inventory pages to pull the details that make a real B2B lead: the **website**, the direct **phone**, the **star rating** and **review count**, how many cars they have live, and which **brands + price band** they play in. The result is a ready-to-use dealer prospect list for automotive SaaS, DMS/CRM, financing, insurance, marketing, and wholesale outreach.

---

### What it does

- 🏢 **One clean row per dealer** — deduped by Cars.com dealer id, so a 400-car franchise becomes a single lead, not 400 near-duplicates.
- 🌐 **The fields others skip** — the dealer's own `website`, direct `phone`, `rating`, `reviewCount`, and precise `lat` / `lng` pulled from the dealer's Cars.com profile.
- 📦 **Business context on every dealer** — `inventoryCount` (how many cars they have live), `brands[]` they carry, and `priceMin` / `priceMax` so you can segment by size and price tier.
- 🚘 **Sample inventory** — a `sampleListings[]` snapshot (year / model / price / stock type / URL) for each dealer.
- 📍 **Target any US metro** — center on a ZIP and get dealers sorted by distance from it.
- 🇺🇸 **Built for the anti-bot** — runs on Apify US **residential** proxies with a session warm-up, request pacing, and automatic IP rotation, so pages come back populated, not challenged.

### 📊 Output — dealer + contact + ratings + inventory in one flat record

Every dealer comes back as a flat JSON record. The fields that matter:

| Field | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 🏢 `companyName` | text | `Phillips Chevrolet` |
| 📞 `phone` | text | `(888) 612-2923` |
| 🌐 `website` | link | `https://www.phillipschevy.org` |
| 📍 `street` / `city` / `state` / `zip` | text | `9700 W Lincoln Hwy` · `Frankfort` · `IL` · `60423` |
| ⭐ `rating` / `reviewCount` | number | `5.0` / `14868` |
| 📦 `inventoryCount` | number | `428` |
| 🚘 `brands` | array | `["Chevrolet", "Cadillac", "Jeep", "Buick", "GMC"]` |
| 💵 `priceMin` / `priceMax` | number | `17817` / `93880` |
| 🔗 `dealerUrl` | link | `https://www.cars.com/dealers/466/phillips-chevrolet/` |

Plus `dealerId`, `phones[]`, `lat` / `lng`, `distanceMiles`, `sampleListings[]` (year / model / price / stockType / url), `source`, and `scrapedAt`.

<details><summary>🚗 Sample record</summary>

```json
{
  "source": "Cars.com",
  "dealerId": "466",
  "companyName": "Phillips Chevrolet",
  "dealerUrl": "https://www.cars.com/dealers/466/phillips-chevrolet/",
  "website": "https://www.phillipschevy.org",
  "phone": "(888) 612-2923",
  "phones": ["(888) 612-2923", "(888) 612-2925", "(888) 370-4508"],
  "street": "9700 W Lincoln Hwy",
  "city": "Frankfort",
  "state": "IL",
  "zip": "60423",
  "lat": 41.50699,
  "lng": -87.85054,
  "rating": 5.0,
  "reviewCount": 14868,
  "inventoryCount": 428,
  "brands": ["Chevrolet", "Cadillac", "Jeep", "Buick", "GMC", "Chrysler", "Subaru", "Volkswagen", "Nissan"],
  "priceMin": 17817,
  "priceMax": 93880,
  "sampleListings": [
    { "year": 2024, "model": "Silverado 1500", "price": 42097, "stockType": "Used", "url": "https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/..." }
  ],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-12T00:00:00.000Z"
}
````

</details>

> 💡 `website`, precise `rating` / `reviewCount`, `brands`, and `priceMin` / `priceMax` come from the dealer's own Cars.com profile + inventory pages. Turn **enrich** off to skip those per-dealer pages for a faster, cheaper pull (name, address, phone, rating & inventory count from the directory only).

***

### Who it's for

- 🚀 **Automotive SaaS & DMS/CRM sales** — build territory lists of active dealers by metro.
- 💳 **Dealer financing, floor-plan, insurance & warranty** — target dealers with a live buying signal (open inventory).
- 🔧 **Parts, wholesale & remarketing** — source dealers by the brands and price tier they actually stock.
- 📣 **Dealer-marketing agencies** — prospect dealers by rating, review volume, and inventory size.
- 📈 **Market research** — dealer density, brand mix, and price bands across US metros.

### How to use it

1. Click **Try for free**.
2. Enter a **ZIP code** (e.g. `90210`) to target a metro.
3. Set **Max dealers**, leave **enrich** on, and click **Start**.
4. Export from the **Dataset** tab (JSON, CSV, Excel, Google Sheets) or via API.

#### Examples

100 dealers near Beverly Hills, fully enriched:

```json
{ "zip": "90210", "maxDealers": 100, "enrich": true }
```

Fast, cheaper pull near Miami (directory fields only):

```json
{ "zip": "33139", "maxDealers": 200, "enrich": false }
```

***

### ❓ FAQ

**What contact details do I actually get?** Per dealer: company name, the phone shown on Cars.com, the dealer's own website, the full address (street, city, state, ZIP), geo-coordinates, star rating + review count, live inventory count, brands carried, price range, and sample listings.

**Why is it one row per dealer instead of per car?** Because you're prospecting dealers, not cars. Cars.com's dealer directory is already one entry per dealer; the Actor aggregates each dealer's inventory (count, brands, price range, sample listings) onto a single lead.

**How do I target a location?** Enter a US ZIP. Cars.com returns dealers sorted by distance from that ZIP (nearest metro first). Leave it blank to use the proxy's own location.

**Do I get email addresses?** No — Cars.com doesn't publish dealer emails. You get the dealer's website and phone, which is what its profile exposes. (For dealer emails, pair this with an email-finder on the returned website domains.)

**Do I need a login or API key?** No. It reads Cars.com's public dealer directory and profile pages — no account, no key.

**Why residential proxies?** Cars.com is US-only and fronts Cloudflare. The Actor defaults to Apify **US residential** with a session warm-up, request pacing, and IP rotation so pages return populated data.

**Can I export to Excel or Google Sheets?** Yes — the dataset exports to JSON, CSV, Excel, or Google Sheets, or via API.

**How much does it cost?** Pay-per-result — you only pay for the dealers returned. It's free to try.

### Notes & fair use

You are responsible for complying with Cars.com's Terms of Service and all applicable laws, including anti-spam and telemarketing rules (CAN-SPAM / TCPA) when you contact dealers. This Actor reads publicly available business-directory data (the same dealer contact Cars.com shows on each dealer page). Use the contact data responsibly and respect opt-outs.

# Actor input Schema

## `zip` (type: `string`):

5-digit US ZIP code to center the search on. Cars.com returns dealers sorted by distance from this ZIP (nearest metro first). Leave blank to use the proxy's own location.

## `maxDealers` (type: `integer`):

Cap on the number of unique dealers returned this run (cost/speed guard). Dealers are deduped by their Cars.com dealer id. Default 100; set 0 to pull the whole area (up to a safety cap).

## `enrich` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch each dealer's Cars.com profile + inventory pages to add its website, geo-coordinates, precise star rating & review count, brands carried, price range and sample listings. Turn off for a faster, cheaper pull (name, address, phone, rating & inventory count from the directory only).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. Cars.com is US-only and fronts Cloudflare, so US RESIDENTIAL is the default and strongly recommended for reliable results.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "zip": "90210",
  "maxDealers": 3,
  "enrich": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `records` (type: `string`):

The dataset of unique Cars.com car dealers (one item per dealer, with contact, ratings + inventory).

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "zip": "90210",
    "maxDealers": 3,
    "enrich": true,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapersdelight/cars-com-dealer-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "zip": "90210",
    "maxDealers": 3,
    "enrich": True,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "US",
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapersdelight/cars-com-dealer-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "zip": "90210",
  "maxDealers": 3,
  "enrich": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}' |
apify call scrapersdelight/cars-com-dealer-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapersdelight/cars-com-dealer-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Cars.com Dealer Scraper — Leads, Phone, Website, Ratings",
        "description": "Scrape US car dealers from Cars.com as clean leads: dealership name, full address, phone, website, star rating & review count, live inventory count, brands carried & price range, plus sample listings. One row per dealer (deduped), targeted by ZIP. Export to CSV/JSON. No login.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "D7Rxlhf0wOeh7AsFQ"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/scrapersdelight~cars-com-dealer-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-scrapersdelight-cars-com-dealer-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapersdelight~cars-com-dealer-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-scrapersdelight-cars-com-dealer-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapersdelight~cars-com-dealer-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-scrapersdelight-cars-com-dealer-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "zip": {
                        "title": "ZIP code (location to target)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "5-digit US ZIP code to center the search on. Cars.com returns dealers sorted by distance from this ZIP (nearest metro first). Leave blank to use the proxy's own location.",
                        "default": "90210"
                    },
                    "maxDealers": {
                        "title": "Max dealers",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Cap on the number of unique dealers returned this run (cost/speed guard). Dealers are deduped by their Cars.com dealer id. Default 100; set 0 to pull the whole area (up to a safety cap).",
                        "default": 100
                    },
                    "enrich": {
                        "title": "Enrich each dealer (website, ratings, brands & prices)",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Fetch each dealer's Cars.com profile + inventory pages to add its website, geo-coordinates, precise star rating & review count, brands carried, price range and sample listings. Turn off for a faster, cheaper pull (name, address, phone, rating & inventory count from the directory only).",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Proxy settings. Cars.com is US-only and fronts Cloudflare, so US RESIDENTIAL is the default and strongly recommended for reliable results.",
                        "default": {
                            "useApifyProxy": true,
                            "apifyProxyGroups": [
                                "RESIDENTIAL"
                            ],
                            "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
                        }
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```