Cars.com Inc

Cars.com, Inc. engages in the provision of an automotive marketplace platform and digital solutions that connect car shoppers with sellers. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and currently employs 1,700 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2017-05-18. Its Cars.com marketplace connects consumers to dealerships across the United States, powering the car buying experience with artificial intelligence (AI) shopping tools and vehicle reviews and content. Its interconnected ecosystem of products enables dealers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to sell more cars by leveraging its marketplace, dealer websites, trade and appraisal tools and in-market media solutions. Its platform provides local dealers, OEMs, dealer groups and auto-adjacent companies with a variety of digital and media solutions to improve marketing and operations. The company enables dealers and OEMs to professionally merchandise inventory to shoppers. The company offers dealers with packages that include reputation management technology and digital financing tools, with additional functionality like media solutions for upper-tier packages.