Cars.com: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Cars.com (NYSE: CARS) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Chicago, United States that owns 6 consumer brands across 2 categories.[1]
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.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Cars.com Inc.
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇺🇸 Chicago, United States
- Tickers
- NYSE: CARS
- SEC CIK
- 0001683606
- Website
- www.carscommerce.inc
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Cars.com in numbers
- Cars.com owns 6 consumer brands tracked here across 2 top-level categories; the largest is technology with 4 brands.[1]
- 1 of its brands originated outside United States.
Cars.com financial history
Headline figures from Cars.com's annual reports filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, in USD as reported, fiscal years ending 2020–2025. Revenue moved from $547.5m to $723.2m, an average of 5.7% a year (calculated).
| Fiscal year ended | Revenue | Operating income | Operating margin | Net income | Total assets | Long-term debt | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $723.2m | $60.3m | 8.3% | $20.1m | $1.06bn | $451.5m | 10-K | |
| $719.2m | $53.5m | 7.4% | $48.2m | $1.11bn | $455.3m | 10-K | |
| $689.2m | $54.1m | 7.9% | $118.4m | $1.17bn | $460.1m | 10-K | |
| $653.9m | $66m | 10.1% | $17.2m | $1.02bn | $458.2m | 10-K | |
| $623.7m | $48.3m | 7.8% | $10.8m | $1.01bn | $457.4m | 10-K | |
| $547.5m | $-887,327,000 | -162.1% | $-789,106,000 | $1.08bn | $576.1m | 10-K |
Source: SEC XBRL company facts. A dash means the company did not report that line in a form we could read. Figures for a year can be restated in a later filing; the latest filing's number is shown.
Everything Cars.com owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
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Cars.com in the global legal-entity registry
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.
- Legal entity identifier (LEI)
- 5493002G6J07LNGX4M98
- Registered name
- CARS.COM INC. (US)
- Registration status
- Lapsed · record updated 2 April 2025
- Parent
- None named: it reports that no person or entity controls it.
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
Cars.com SEC filings
The documents behind the figures on this page, as listed in the SEC's EDGAR index. Each links to the filing itself.
Annual reports
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
Proxy statements
- Proxy statement, filed (DEF 14A)
- Proxy statement, filed (DEF 14A)
- Proxy statement, filed (DEF 14A)
Recent current and quarterly reports
| Filed | Form | What it declares |
|---|---|---|
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers; Regulation FD disclosure | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Results of a shareholder vote | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition; Costs of exit or disposal activities | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers; Regulation FD disclosure | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers |
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Cars.com own?
Cars.com owns 6 consumer brands tracked here, including Cars.com, AccuTrade, Dealer Inspire, DealerClub, D2C Media and CreditIQ.
Is Cars.com an American company?
Yes. Cars.com is headquartered in Chicago, United States.
Who owns Cars.com?
Cars.com is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as CARS on the NYSE.
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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