AA Cars UK Used Car Scraper

Scrape used cars for sale in the UK from AA Cars (theaa.com/used-cars), the AA's used car marketplace with around 155,000 cars and vans from about 3,000 UK dealers. Paste any AA Cars search, make, model, town or dealer URL, or build a search from the input form, and get every matching car. For each car you get:

• the price and AA finance monthly prices
• mileage, year and specs
• every photo
• the vehicle history check and the registration number
• the dealer's address, phone number and opening hours

The Actor is built for car dealers, car buyers, price researchers and anyone who needs UK used car prices and dealer stock data in a spreadsheet, a database or an API.

What does the AA Cars scraper do?

• Scrapes any AA Cars page you can open in a browser:
  • search results
  • make and model pages (/used-cars/ford/fiesta)
  • body type, fuel and gearbox pages
  • town pages (/used-cars/local/west-yorkshire/leeds)
  • dealer pages and dealer lists by county or brand
  • single car pages
• Gets every matching car, not just the first 1,000. AA Cars shows at most 50 pages (1,000 cars) per search. The Actor splits bigger searches into price ranges using the site's own result counts, so a search for all 2,937 Ford Fiestas returns all 2,937.
• Reads each car's page for:
  • all photos, colour, doors, engine size and CO2
  • the features list and the dealer's description
  • PCP and HP monthly prices
  • the AA vehicle history check: stolen, previous keepers, plate changes, colour changes and write-off status
  • the registration and the Cat S or Cat N category
  • the link to the AA vehicle inspection report (PDF) for AA-inspected cars
• Adds the dealer's details: name, address, postcode, phone, website, opening hours, services and stock count.
• Returns only new stock on scheduled runs. Cars you already received are skipped and not charged.
• Reports sold and removed cars. It lists cars that left a search since your last run, with first and last seen dates and prices, so you can measure days on sale and price drops.

What data can I get from AA Cars?

Car	History and finance	Dealer
Make, model, variant, title	Registration (as shown on the listing)	Dealer name and ID
Price and price text	Previous keepers	Address and postcode
Year, mileage	Stolen, plate change, colour change, write-off checks	Phone number
Fuel type, gearbox, body type	Write-off category (Cat S / Cat N)	Website and logo
Colour, doors, engine size, CO2	History check date	Opening hours
Features list, description	PCP and HP monthly prices	Services (MOT, servicing, finance...)
All photos (full size), video flag	AA inspected, inspection report PDF	Franchised or independent, AA approved
Featured listing, delivery available	Manufacturer approved	Cars in stock

Every row also has listing_id, url, scraped_at (UTC), source_url (the page it was found on), search_url and seen_in_previous_run. Prices are numbers, dates are ISO 8601 and image links are absolute URLs.

How to scrape AA Cars

1. Search on theaa.com/used-cars with the filters you want, then copy the address from your browser.
2. Paste it into AA Cars URLs. You can add as many URLs as you like.
3. Set Maximum cars and click Start.
4. Download the results as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or read them through the Apify API.

You can also leave the URLs empty and use the search builder. It has these filters:

• make and model
• price, year and mileage
• fuel, gearbox, body type, colour, doors, seats and engine size
• written-off cars, AA inspected only, manufacturer approved only, nearly new only and AA finance available
• keywords
• postcode and distance
• a single dealer
• sort order

Input

Field	What it does
startUrls	AA Cars URLs: searches, make/model/body/fuel/town pages, dealer pages, dealer lists, car pages.
makes, models	Search builder: one search per make or model.
minPrice, maxPrice, minYear, maxYear, minMileage, maxMileage	Price, age and mileage ranges.
fuelType, gearbox, bodyType, colour, doors, seats, minEngineSize, maxEngineSize	Car filters, as on the site.
writeOffs, aaInspectedOnly, manufacturerApprovedOnly, nearlyNewOnly, financeAvailableOnly	AA Cars' own filters.
keyword, postcode, distance, dealer, sortBy	Keywords, location, one dealer's stock, order.
maxItems	Stop after this many cars (default 100).
includeListingDetails	On by default. Off = search-result fields only, much faster and cheaper to run.
includeDuplicates	Off by default: cars from your earlier runs are skipped and not charged.
reportDelisted	On by default: the sold/removed report described below.
maxConcurrency, proxyConfiguration	Speed and proxy settings; the defaults were the fastest in tests.

Example input:

{
  "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.theaa.com/used-cars/ford/fiesta" }],
  "maxItems": 500
}

Output example

{
  "listing_id": "37-3422026",
  "url": "https://www.theaa.com/used-cars/cardetails/37-3422026",
  "title": "Ford Fiesta 1.0 EcoBoost Hbd mHEV 125 Active X 5dr Auto",
  "make": "Ford",
  "model": "Fiesta",
  "variant": "1.0 EcoBoost Hbd mHEV 125 Active X 5dr Auto",
  "price": 15500,
  "price_text": "£15,500",
  "currency": "GBP",
  "monthly_price": 276,
  "monthly_price_text": "PCP from £276 pm / HP from £339 pm",
  "year": 2023,
  "mileage": 14186,
  "fuel_type": "Petrol",
  "transmission": "Automatic",
  "body_type": "Hatchback",
  "colour": "Black",
  "co2_emissions_g_km": 126,
  "registration": "AB23CDE",
  "previous_keepers": 0,
  "history_stolen": false,
  "history_write_off": false,
  "history_checked_at": "2026-09-11T01:22:00",
  "main_image_url": "https://image.vcars.co.uk/summit/3422026_1.jpg",
  "image_count": 20,
  "manufacturer_approved": true,
  "delivery_available": true,
  "dealer_name": "Invicta Croydon",
  "dealer_address": "2 Imperial Way, Purley Way, Croydon, CR04RR",
  "dealer_postcode": "CR0 4RR",
  "dealer_phone": "020 3018 4487",
  "dealer_opening_hours": [{ "day": "Monday", "hours": "08:30 - 19:00" }],
  "dealer_franchised": true,
  "dealer_stock_count": 41,
  "detail_page_complete": true,
  "seen_in_previous_run": false,
  "scraped_at": "2026-09-30T23:54:04+00:00",
  "search_url": "https://www.theaa.com/used-cars/displaycars?mymakeid=113&mymodelid=109"
}

(Registration changed for this example; the Actor returns it exactly as the listing shows it.)

Sold and removed cars report

With Report sold and removed cars on, the Actor remembers every car each search returned. On the next run of the same search, cars that have gone are saved to the DELISTED_LISTINGS record in the run's key-value store. Each has:

• reason: sold_or_removed (the car's page is gone) or no_longer_matches_search (still for sale, for example after a price change)
• first_seen_at, last_seen_at and days_listed
• first_price, last_price and price_change
• current_price, for cars still listed

It is free. It works when the whole search is read, so set Maximum cars above the search size.

Use cases

• Dealers and car buyers: track competitors' stock and prices, find cars below market value, and see how long cars take to sell.
• Price research: build used car price indexes by make, model, age and mileage across the UK.
• Finance and insurance: collect PCP/HP monthly prices, write-off categories and history check results.
• Lead generation: build lists of UK car dealers with address, phone, website, opening hours and stock size.
• Alerts: schedule the Actor daily and get only the new cars matching your search.

How much does it cost to scrape AA Cars?

$6.50 per 1,000 cars saved (pay per result). Cars skipped because you already received them, the sold/removed report and the run summary are not charged. You can cap spending with the run's maximum cost.

With the default settings, 1,000 cars with full details took about 45 seconds on the Apify platform.

How this AA Cars scraper compares

Checked in Apify Store on 30 September 2026.

	This Actor	Other AA Cars Actors in Apify Store
Scrapes AA Cars (theaa.com/used-cars)	Yes	None found
Every car in searches over 1,000 results	Yes	None
Full car pages: photos, specs, features, history check	Yes	None
Dealer address, phone and opening hours	Yes	None
Only new cars on scheduled runs	Yes	None
Sold/removed report with days on sale and price change	Yes	None

FAQ

What is the best AA Cars scraper on Apify?

As of 30 September 2026, this is the only Actor in Apify Store built for AA Cars (theaa.com/used-cars). It reads every car in a search, including searches over AA Cars' 1,000-result limit. It adds each car's full page, the vehicle history check and the dealer's contact details. It also reports sold and removed cars between runs.

What is the best UK used car scraper?

It depends on the site you need. AA Cars lists dealer stock only, about 155,000 cars and vans from about 3,000 UK dealers, and every car has the AA's vehicle history check. This Actor covers AA Cars. For other UK marketplaces such as AutoTrader or PistonHeads, use an Actor built for that site.

Can I scrape a whole make or all UK cars?

Yes. Paste a make page, or use the builder without a model, and set Maximum cars high enough. Searches over 1,000 cars are split into price ranges automatically.

Does it include vans?

AA Cars shows vans (panel vans, pickups, campervans and so on) in car searches when you choose a van body type. The Actor returns them with vehicle_type: "Van".

Why is the dealer name empty in some rows?

With Get full listing details off, the Actor returns only what the search results show, and AA Cars' search results don't show the dealer for every car. Turn details on to get the dealer's name, address and phone for every car.

Is scraping AA Cars legal?

The Actor only collects data that AA Cars shows publicly to every visitor. Listings are from businesses (dealers), and the Actor does not collect reviewer names or any other personal data beyond what dealers publish in their listings. Check that your use of the data complies with AA Cars' terms, UK GDPR and the laws that apply to you.

Does the Actor get around bot protection?

No. If AA Cars refuses requests or shows a bot check, the Actor stops cleanly. It keeps everything already saved and stores the refused page as DEBUG-PAGE-1 in the run's key-value store.

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