Company Directory / Automotive
PrivateFor profitAutomotiveEl Segundo, CA, United States
CarsDirect.com
CarsDirect.com is an online platform allowing users to buy, sell and insure new and used vehicles.
- Founded
- 1998 28 years ago
- Staff
- 251-500 98 on LinkedIn
- Followers
- 7k on LinkedIn
- Funding
- $297M as listed, USD
CarsDirect.com has been in the business of helping people buy cars for over 12 years now. As a leader in the online automotive space, we partner with dealers to provide them access to the customers within our Automotive Network. CarsDirect.com originally began as an online car buying company (150,000 vehicles sold nationwide) and expanded into dealer referral and advertising due to an expanding client base. As a result we are a 4 time Dealer’s Choice Diamond Award winner for New Car Lead provider as voted on… Read all
CarsDirect.com has been in the business of helping people buy cars for over 12 years now. As a leader in the online automotive space, we partner with dealers to provide them access to the customers within our Automotive Network. CarsDirect.com originally began as an online car buying company (150,000 vehicles sold nationwide) and expanded into dealer referral and advertising due to an expanding client base. As a result we are a 4 time Dealer’s Choice Diamond Award winner for New Car Lead provider as voted on by the readers of Auto Dealer Monthly (with back to back wins in 2009 and 2010). During this period we also managed to receive national recognition for our used vehicle advertising and Dealer Branding abilities.
Set against six million companies
Size
251-500 people: larger than 92% of companies with a size listed. 98 people list it on LinkedIn.
Age
28 years old.
Reach
Website ranked #42,739 in the world for traffic, about 1.5M visits a month. 6,551 followers on LinkedIn.
What it does
AutomotiveE-CommerceShoppingNew Car AdvertisingNew Car AdvertisingAutomotive AdvertisingOnline Car Buying
Funding, as listed
$297M raised in total
- Rounds2
- LatestSeries unknown, May 2000
- Latest amountUSD 17,000,000
- Investors13, 2 leading
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Every detail we hold
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The company
- Name
- CarsDirect.com
- Type
- For profit
- Status
- Private
- Founded
- 1998
- Founders
- Scott Painter, William T Gross
- Industry
- Automotive
- Categories
- Automotive, E-Commerce, Shopping
- Specialities
- New Car Advertising, New Car Advertising, Automotive Advertising, Online Car Buying
Where
- City
- El Segundo
- Region
- CA
- Country
- United States
- Markets
- Greater Los Angeles Area, West Coast, Western US
Size and reach
- Staff band
- 251-500
- People on LinkedIn
- 98
- LinkedIn followers
- 6,551
- Web traffic rank
- #42,739
- Monthly web visits
- 1,470,947
Funding, as listed
- Total
- $297,000,000 USD
- Rounds
- 2
- Latest round
- Series unknown
- Latest round date
- May 2000
- Latest amount
- 17,000,000 USD
- Investors
- 13
- Lead investors
- 2
- Listing status
- private
About this record
- Sources
- Crunchbase, LinkedIn
- Last imported
- Sept 2026
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