List of Secondhand Car Dealers in the USA

Last updated 3 November 2026

There are 98,071 secondhand car dealers in the USA, one in every 651 US companies. Most of them are small: nine in ten have one to four people, and only 280 firms employ 50 people or more. One in nineteen used car dealerships is based in Houston, Miami, Dallas, Phoenix and San Antonio. Below you find the largest used car dealerships in the USA, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our US company database or through the Company Data API.

98,071 companies indexed · Data counted on 3 November 2026

Companies98,0711 in651 US companiesCities8,711Largest cityHouston 2,007Sole traders14%Employees1-4 (90%)Revenue$100-500K (67%)Email30%Phone65%Website45%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Carmax, INC.	USA	Richmond	12800 Tuckahoe Creek Pkwy	Richmond City	23238-1124	*****.com	1993	$25,881,131,000	27,796	Corporation	206	04730818
2	Carvana CO.	USA	Tempe	300 E Rio Salado Pkwy	Maricopa	85281-0800	*****.com	2012	$20,322,000,000	17,410	Corporation	56	6232702
3	Drivetime Automotive Group, INC.	USA	Tempe	1720 W Rio Salado Pkwy	Maricopa	85281-6590	*****.com	1992	$2,655,034,000	2,591	Corporation	162	2617002
4	America's Car-Mart, INC.	USA	Rogers	1805 N 2nd St Ste 401	Benton	72756-2423	*****.com	1981	$1,281,502,000	2,300	Corporation	106	0112454700
5	Carmax Auto Superstores, INC.	USA	Richmond	12800 Tuckahoe Creek Pkwy	Richmond City	23238-1124	*****.com	1993	$448,958,770	7,800	Corporation	206	540649949
6	Carlotz, INC.	USA	San Francisco	290 Division St Ste 400	San Francisco	94103	N/A	2022	$258,534,000	175	Corporation	29	7137492
7	Autotrader.com, INC.	USA	Atlanta	6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd	Fulton	30328-4524	*****.com	1997	$128,391,841	3,100	Corporation	699	3205363
8	Drivetime Car Sales Company LLC	USA	Tempe	1720 W Rio Salado Pkwy	Maricopa	85281-6590	*****.com	2009	$109,494,575	2,000	Corporation	162	N/A
9	Off Lease Only LLC	USA	West Palm Beach	1200 S Congress Ave	Palm Beach	33406-5117	*****.com	2019	$48,751,581	687	Corporation	7	201407345
10	Arrow Truck Sales Incorporated	USA	Warsaw	15800 Pomme Dr	Benton	65355-6589	*****.com	1950	$46,770,625	313	Corporation	936	00078474
11	Byrider Franchising, LLC	USA	Carmel	12802 Hamilton Crossing Blvd	Hamilton	46032-5424	*****.com	1989	$32,055,177	182	Corporation	39	1989010965
12	Driveline Auto Group INC	USA	Hammond	6908 Calumet Ave	Lake	46324-2010	*****.com	2017	$32,000,000	3	Corporation	N/A	201712111227559
13	Horatio Alger Association Of Distinguished Americans, INC.	USA	Alexandria	99 Canal Center Plz Ste 320	Alexandria	22314	*****.com	1947	$30,407,277	13	Corporation	N/A	131669975
14	Empire Exotic Motors	USA	Carrollton	1011 S Main St Apt 4745	Dallas	75006	*****.com	2012	$30,165,968	4	Corporation	N/A	N/A
15	Frazer Computing, LLC	USA	Canton	6196 Us Highway 11	St. Lawrence	13617-3967	*****.biz	2021	$28,700,000	82	Corporation	10	5819068
16	Duval Motor Company INC	USA	Jacksonville	1616 Cassat Ave	Duval	32210-1600	*****.com	1980	$28,328,774	300	Corporation	15	N/A
17	Craig & Landreth, INC.	USA	Louisville	4156 Shelbyville Rd	Jefferson	40207-3234	*****.com	1996	$24,869,527	100	Corporation	7	1996041262
18	Truckworx, INC.	USA	Birmingham	2224 24th Ave N	Jefferson	35234-1115	*****.com	2013	$24,703,423	82	Corporation	7	000-277-545
19	Carmax Business Services, LLC	USA	Richmond	12800 Tuckahoe Creek Pkwy	Richmond City	23238-1124	*****.com	2004	$24,518,525	140	Corporation	206	3794203
20	Tocars INC	USA	Bayamón	Road 2 Km 16.6	Bayamón	00956	*****.com	1990	$24,443,170	5	Corporation	N/A	N/A
21	Superior Auto, INC.	USA	Fort Wayne	6642 Saint Joe Rd Ste 200	Allen	46835-1933	*****.com	1987	$24,344,024	100	Corporation	64	198701-949
22	R & B Auto Center, INC.	USA	Fontana	16020 Foothill Blvd	San Bernardino	92335-8051	*****.com	1984	$23,000,000	15	Corporation	N/A	1812856
23	Rally Finance INC	USA	Dallas	3090 N Stemmons Fwy	Dallas	75247-6105	*****.com	2016	$22,675,807	15	Corporation	N/A	0802566096
24	Pag Pennsylvania Cs, LLC	USA	Chester Springs	21 Pottstown Pike	Chester	19425-9517	*****.com	2017	$22,270,360	65	Corporation	1245	6020569
25	Sabmd, LLC	USA	Sterling	22705 Commerce Center Ct	Loudoun	20166-2036	*****.com	2003	$17,842,753	200	Corporation	6	W07370935

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Used car dealerships in Houston

Houston has 2,007 secondhand car dealers and used car dealerships, 0.2% of all 881,247 Houston companies and 48% above the national share. Nine in ten Houston firms have fewer than five people; 7 have 50 or more. 33 new firms were entered in 2026, 101 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 1,818 · 91%
5-9: 144 · 7%
10-19: 27 · 1%
20-49: 11 · 0.5%
50+: 7 · 0.3%

Legal form

Sole traders: 551 · 27%
Partnerships: 47 · 2%
Corporations and LLCs: 675 · 34%
Other or none: 734 · 37%

Of the US total: 2.0%
Of all Houston companies: 0.2%
Against the national share: 1.5×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 33
Entered 2025: 50
Of USA's 2026 entries: 1.1%

Old

Before 1990: 101 · 5%
1990 or later: 1,906 · 95%
Of USA's pre-1990 firms: 0.8%

Reachable

Email: 451 · 22%
Phone: 1,207 · 60%
Website: 720 · 36%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 564 · 29%
$100K-$500K: 1,347 · 69%
$500K-$1M: 25 · 1%
$1M and more: 12 · 0.6%

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Where in the USA?

Houston has the most secondhand car dealers in the USA (2,007), ahead of Miami (953), Dallas (905), Phoenix (661) and San Antonio (642). Together the five hold one in nineteen of them. Relative to their size, Missoula, Kalispell and Marietta have the most: 3.0 to 3.4 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

8,711 US cities have at least one used car dealership; 1,903 have ten or more; 2,753 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Used car dealerships per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.15. Missoula has 3.4 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

By county 1,678 counties

County	Firms	%
Harris	2,432	2%
Los Angeles	2,234	2%
Orange	1,676	2%
Dallas	1,626	2%
Miami-Dade	1,574	2%
Maricopa	1,522	2%
Jefferson	1,199	1%
Broward	1,042	1%
Tarrant	990	1%
Montgomery	897	0.9%

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How many secondhand car dealers are there in the USA?

Secondhand car dealers and used car dealerships in the USA

98,071

3 November 2026

There are 98,071 secondhand car dealers and used car dealerships in the USA in our data (3 November 2026). That is one in every 651 US companies. About 13 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (2,914 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 93,697 96%
Head offices: 1,637
Branch offices: 2,737

Classification

Our platform filter is SIC 5521.

54,774 of the 98,071 are corporations and LLCs (56%); 13,752 are sole traders. They come from the state business registers and our US register data, through the Company Data API.

Firm sizes in the USA

Of the 97,968 US used car dealerships with a known headcount, 87,686 (90%) have one to four people, 8,003 have five to nine, 1,999 have ten to 49 and 280 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (63,565, 67%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all US companies

Micro under 1095,689 98%
Small 10 to 491,999 2%
Medium 50 to 249265 0.3%
Large 250+15 <0.1%

Grey line: the share among all US companies (96% have under ten staff).

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 35 more than $10 million.

2,914

firms were entered in 2026.

Largest used car dealerships in the USA

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Houston, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Carmax is the largest used car dealership in the USA by headcount. 280 firms employ 50 people or more; 184 employ 100 or more.

1Richmond27,796 staff
2Tempe17,410 staff
3Atlanta3,100 staff
4Tempe2,591 staff
5Austin410 staff
6Houston379 staff
7Portage290 staff
8Englewood273 staff
9Fort Lauderdale260 staff
10Noblesville250 staff

By employee size · 97,968 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	87,686	90%
5-9	8,003	8%
10-19	1,482	2%
20-49	517	0.5%
50-99	96	<0.1%
100-199	120	0.1%
200-499	49	<0.1%
500-999	12	<0.1%
1,000+	3	<0.1%

90% have 1 to 4 people; 517 have 20 to 49; 280 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	29,684	31%
$100K-$500K	63,565	67%
$500K-$1M	1,442	2%
$1M-$5M	477	0.5%
$5M-$10M	52	<0.1%
$10M-$50M	27	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	4	<0.1%
$500M+	4	<0.1%

67% between $100,000 and $500,000; 477 between $1M and $5M; 87 above $5M.

Newcomers in the USA in 2026

2,914 used car dealerships were entered in the US register so far in 2026, about 13 a working day, after 4,374 in 2025. The USA as a whole saw 2,970,531 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes <0.1% of the inflow.

2,5102022
2,9962023
3,4962024
4,3742025
2,9142026 so far

2,901 of this year's 2,914 are corporations and LLCs.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Austin142 staff
2Scottsdale5 staff
3Texarkana5 staff
4New Castle3 staff
5Saint Louis3 staff

The oldest firms in the USA

Our data holds 2 US used car dealerships from before 1900, 313 from before 1950 and 11,907 from before 1990.

1908
1. Wilkes-Barre
1913
1. Kinsman
1916
1. Provo
1917
1. Makoti
1919
1. Salisbury
1921
1. Newark

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11,907

US used car dealerships date from before 1990

1,031

were entered in 1990

How reachable are they?

Used car dealerships are easier to reach than the average US company: 65% list a phone number and 45% a website.

Email29,091 30%
Phone63,551 65%
Website43,883 45%

Grey line: all US companies (email 15%, phone 42%, website 24%).

The full list with these fields is in our US company database.

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 8 trucking companies for every used car dealership in the USA.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Trucking Companies	769,333	10%	92%
Secondhand Car Dealers	98,071	45%	89%
Taxi Companies	33,160	21%	95%
Towing Services Companies	22,160	68%	83%
Railway Companies	7,327	39%	68%
Trucks and Industrial Vehicle Dealers	3,072	95%	46%

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Sole traders or corporations: how they are organised

One in seven US used car dealerships work as sole traders, against 5% of all US companies. Three in five are corporations and LLCs.

Sole traders13,75214%
Partnerships1,6072%
Corporations and LLCs54,77456%
No form on record or other27,93828%

Single-site: 96%
Head offices: 1,637
Branches: 2,737

All US companies: 5% sole traders, 1% partnerships, 68% corporations and LLCs.

Frequently asked questions

How many secondhand car dealers are there in the USA?

There are 98,071 secondhand car dealers and used car dealerships in the USA in our data, counted on 3 November 2026. That is one in every 651 US companies.

Which is the largest used car dealership in the USA?

Carmax in Richmond, with 27,796 staff.

Which US city has the most secondhand car dealers?

Houston, with 2,007, ahead of Miami (953), Dallas (905), Phoenix (661) and San Antonio (642). Relative to its size, Missoula has the most: 3.4 times the national share.

How many used car dealerships are there in Houston?

2,007, which is 0.2% of all 881,247 Houston companies and 48% above the national share.

How big is a typical used car dealership?

Small. 90% of the 97,968 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 280 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are US secondhand car dealers sole traders or companies?

One in seven (13,752) are sole traders, 2% are partnerships and 56% (54,774) are corporations and LLCs.

How many used car dealerships started in 2026?

2,914 were entered in the US register so far in 2026, after 4,374 in 2025. 2,901 of them are corporations and LLCs.

What is the oldest used car dealership in the USA?

Frank Martz Company in Wilkes-Barre, 1908, followed by The A G Birrell in Kinsman (1913) and Naylor Auto in Provo (1916). 2 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers secondhand car dealers?

Our platform filters them on SIC 5521 (motor vehicle dealers, used only).

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 98,071 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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