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export API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEYVehicle Data APIs
The Automotive Market,
One API Away
Live listings, vehicle history, build specs, and market intelligence, production-ready for the US and Canada.
Why MarketCheck
Production-Ready Data That Scales With You
One key unlocks MarketCheck’s full
North American automotive dataset.
Live listings, vehicle history, build data, and market signals ship from the same normalized layer, with flexible delivery and transparent usage-based pricing.
View API Docs →Real-Time and Historical Listings
VIN Decoding and Build Data
Market Insights and Pricing Signals
Flexible API and Bulk Delivery
The Product
Simple API Quick Start
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Search, VIN decode, history, pricing, and market-insight endpoints for cars, motorcycles, RVs, and heavy equipment.
## Endpoint families search · VIN decode · history pricing · market insights Coverage: cars, motorcycles, RVs, heavy equipmentMake Your First Request
A single GET request returns live market data as JSON.
## Search live inventory in one call GET /v2/search/car/active?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY &year=2021&make=ford&model=f-150 &rows=10&facets=trim&stats=price Host: api.marketcheck.com · Accept: application/json
In Practice
What Teams Build with the APIs
Bring vehicle intelligence directly into your organization’s systems.
Power Real-Time Vehicle Search and Listings
Build fast, reliable vehicle search experiences backed by live market data.
Ideal for:Build Pricing, Valuation, and Appraisal Tools
Support accurate vehicle pricing with real-world market evidence.
Ideal for:Monitor Market Trends and Competitive Movement
Track how prices, inventory, and demand change across regions and time.
Ideal for:Fuel Data Science, Forecasting, and ML Models
Train and validate models using high-quality automotive datasets.
Ideal for:Integrate Data Into Internal Tools and Workflows
Bring vehicle intelligence directly into your organization’s systems.
Ideal for:Automate Vehicle Lifecycle Tracking and Alerts
Detect changes in vehicle status, pricing, and availability automatically.
Ideal for:
Start building on the data layer
Mentions
Cited Across the Industry
Marketcheck, which collects used vehicle data in Britain, said that sales of used Teslas hit a record in July…”
Reuters - Sept 2025
Figures from MarketCheck, which tracks the inventories of more than 75,000 dealerships…”
The Economist - April 2025
In this report, we calculate residual values of electric and internal combustion engine (ICE) cars in the US using data from MarketCheck…”
Bloomberg - BloombergNEF, US EV Residual Values Report
We used vehicle listings provided by marketcheck.com as the primary source for odometer readings.”
Joule (Cell Press) - 2023
In this study, we gathered nationwide vehicle listings data from marketcheck.com…”
Alliance for Automotive Innovation - Presented at EVS36 by UC Davis, GWU, and the AAI
Automotive data firm MarketCheck crunched the figures for the last two years…”
EV Fleet World - Jul 2025
The data in Recurrent’s quarterly reports comes from our partner, Marketcheck.”
Recurrent Auto - Recurrent Used EV Market Report, 2024
We use vehicle listing data licensed from marketcheck.com, a market research firm that collects vehicle listing data…”
IOP Science - Environmental Research Letters, 2024
Statistics supplied by automotive intelligence provider Marketcheck UK shows that used EV stock has boomed by 149 per cent…”
This Is Money - Aug 2025
Marketcheck UK found that sales of used Teslas increased for the fourth consecutive month in February 2025…”
Daily Express - 2025
In the seven days following Jaguar’s ‘Copy Nothing’ rebrand on November 19, only 133 used Jaguars were sold on average each day, according to data from Marketcheck UK.”
GB News - Dec 2024
Marketcheck data reveals the average used EV price has dropped by £5,214…”
Cox Automotive - Q3 2025
April was a landmark month for the used electric van market. For the first time, more than 1,000 units were sold in a single month…”
Motor Trader - Alastair Campbell, MarketCheck UK · Jun 2026
Data from MarketCheck shows 41,136 used hybrids were sold during the month…”
AM Online - Mar 2026
FAQs
Your Questions, Answered
The Cars API provides access to MarketCheck's full North American automotive dataset, including real-time listings, historical inventory, VIN data, market analytics, dealer information, and OEM incentives. It's used by marketplaces, pricing tools, dealership platforms, fintechs, and analytics teams.
Dealers use our data to monitor competitor pricing, track days-on-lot trends, identify underpriced vehicles, and understand supply levels in their local or regional markets. This supports smarter acquisition decisions, more competitive pricing, and faster stock turnover.
Yes. Limits vary by subscription plan and are designed to ensure reliable performance at different scales, from testing and analytics through to high-volume production applications. Your account manager can help define appropriate thresholds based on your expected query volumes.
Data is updated daily to reflect changes in the live vehicle market across the US and Canada.
Yes. You can trial the API to test how MarketCheck data integrates with your systems before committing. Trials include limited request volumes and access to real vehicle listing data across the US and Canada. Your exact trial scope will be confirmed when you sign up.
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