Who owns DealerClub?
DealerClub is owned by Cars.com (the United States, NYSE: CARS), which has owned the brand since 23 January 2025.[1]
Evidence: Cars.com Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-26, SEC EDGAR, 26 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Cars.com Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Chicago
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Internet & digital › Online commerce › Marketplaces
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: CARS
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About DealerClub
DealerClub is a dealer-to-dealer digital wholesale auction for used vehicles that Cars.com Inc. acquired on 23 January 2025. The 10-K calls it the first reputation-based dealer auction, with transparent pricing and buyer and seller reviews, and says dealers who appraise a trade-in with AccuTrade can send it there as a wholesale exit.
How often Cars.com names DealerClub in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of DealerClub
Where DealerClub sits in Cars.com
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Cars.com
Cars.com controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in marketplaces, and who owns them
The 57 brands in marketplaces on Brandtree belong to 26 owners. The largest is Alibaba, with 7; Cars.com has 2.
About the owner: Cars.com
Cars.com is a publicly listed company headquartered in Chicago, United States. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: CARS.
Cars.com Inc. is a Delaware company based in Chicago that runs an automotive marketplace and a set of tools for car dealerships. Its 10-K for the year to 31 December 2025 describes about 19,500 franchise and independent dealer customers in the United States and Canada, 26 million average monthly shoppers, and four product groups: marketplace, digital experience, media solutions, and trade and appraisal.
🇺🇸 DealerClub and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; DealerClub is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of DealerClub?
The parent company of DealerClub is Cars.com, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is DealerClub American?
Yes. DealerClub originated in the United States and its owner, Cars.com, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Cars.com owned DealerClub?
Cars.com has owned DealerClub since 23 January 2025.
Is DealerClub still owned by Cars.com?
Yes. As of 18 October 2026, DealerClub is still owned by Cars.com. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Cars.com Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-26 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 26 February 2026; retrieved 18 October 2026.
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