Marketcheck
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Marketcheck (Market Check Cars, Inc.) is an automotive data company that collects and normalizes vehicle inventory listings from dealerships across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The company scans more than 100,000 dealer websites daily and provides access to its database through APIs, CSV data feeds, reports, and pricing products.[1]
Its dataset covers new, used, certified, lease, auction, and private-seller listings at the VIN level, including installed options and features. The company cites a cumulative footprint of about 290 billion data points and 3.5 billion vehicle listings, with an average API response time of roughly 100 milliseconds.[1]
What It Does
MarketCheck aggregates every actively listed vehicle from dealer websites in North America and the UK into a normalized database updated daily. It contrasts this real-time coverage with traditional automotive registration data, which it notes typically lags by three months or more. Records include year, make, model, trim, VIN-specific options, packages, and features.[1]
Data And Methodology
Collection is performed through daily scanning of over 100,000 dealer websites, followed by normalization and cleaning so records are consistent and comparable across dealerships. Historical depth supports trend analysis and pricing models, with data available on demand or in bulk.[1]
Products
Offerings include subscription APIs for instant query access, tailored CSV data feeds, market and custom reports, MarketCheck Price for real-time vehicle pricing trends derived from millions of listings, NeoVIN for VIN-level build data, and a Chrome extension.[1]
Delivery And Pricing
APIs are sold by subscription with published pricing tiers, while feeds are customized to use case, format, and delivery schedule. The company states that API responses average around 100 milliseconds.[1]
Buyers And Use Cases
Customers range from startups to enterprises: car search portals, chatbots, inventory management tools, insurance claim analysis, appraisal tools, open-recall tracking, remarketing, and investment research. Named clients in testimonials include Dealerfront, MobileXperts, Recurrent, and Kinetic Advantage, and the company's data has been cited by The Economist in reporting on Tesla demand trends.[1][2]
History
The business operates as Market Check Cars, Inc., headquartered at 68 Jay Street in Brooklyn, New York.[1] Detailed founding dates are not published on its website.