aid: carfax
name: CARFAX
description: CARFAX is a vehicle history reporting company that provides VIN-based history reports, dealer inventory solutions, QuickVIN license plate decoding, and used car valuations based on service records, accident history, ownership history, and title data. APIs are available to dealers, lenders, insurers, and service shops through enterprise partnership agreements.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carfax/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: 2026-06-13
modified: 2026-06-13
specificationVersion: "0.19"
tags:
  - Vehicle History
  - VIN Lookup
  - Automotive
  - Used Cars
  - Dealer Tools
  - Insurance
  - Lending
  - QuickVIN
  - Service History
apis:
  - aid: carfax:vehicle-history-report-api
    name: CARFAX Vehicle History Report API
    description: Enterprise API for retrieving CARFAX Vehicle History Reports (VHR) by VIN. Provides accident and damage history, service records, ownership history, title problems, lemon history, and recall information. Requires a CARFAX Service Data Transfer Facilitation Agreement; not publicly subscribable.
    humanURL: https://www.carfax.com/vehicle-history-reports/
    baseURL: https://www.carfax.com
    tags:
      - Vehicle History
      - VIN
      - Accident History
      - Service Records
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.carfax.com/company/partners
      - type: Partners
        url: https://www.carfax.com/company/partners
  - aid: carfax:quickvin-api
    name: CARFAX QuickVIN API
    description: Converts a license plate number and state into a VIN with full vehicle decode (year, make, model, trim). Each QuickVIN lookup includes access to a CARFAX Vehicle History Report. Available to lenders, dealers, and insurance companies through enterprise agreements.
    humanURL: https://www.carfaxforlenders.com/products/quickvin/
    baseURL: https://www.carfaxforlenders.com
    tags:
      - License Plate Lookup
      - VIN Decode
      - QuickVIN
      - Lenders
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.carfaxforlenders.com/products/quickvin/
  - aid: carfax:service-history-reporting-api
    name: CARFAX Service History Reporting API
    description: Enables automotive repair shops and DMS/SMS providers to submit vehicle service and repair records to CARFAX. Data is transmitted via FTP batch upload. Integration requires a CARFAX Service Data Transfer Facilitation Agreement.
    humanURL: https://www.carfaxserviceshops.com/
    baseURL: https://www.carfaxserviceshops.com
    tags:
      - Service History
      - Repair Shops
      - DMS Integration
      - FTP
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.carfaxserviceshops.com/
  - aid: carfax:vehicle-valuation-api
    name: CARFAX Vehicle Valuation API
    description: Provides Market-Based and History-Based vehicle valuations for lenders, insurers, and government entities. Market-Based values use machine learning on year, make, model, trim, odometer, location, and daily market data. History-Based values adjust for accident and damage history, service records, and ownership history. Available via CARFAX Canada for enterprise customers.
    humanURL: https://go.carfax.ca/en-ca/big/solutions
    baseURL: https://apireference.carfax.ca
    tags:
      - Vehicle Valuation
      - Pricing
      - Lenders
      - Insurance
      - Canada
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://apireference.carfax.ca/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://apireference.carfax.ca/
  - aid: carfax:vin-scan-detail-api
    name: CARFAX VIN Scan Detail API
    description: Delivers comprehensive VIN-level data in ten groupings including vehicle description, demographic information, activity logs, problem indicators, damage assessment, ownership history, and fraud detection. Available via API or bulk sFTP upload for Canadian enterprise customers.
    humanURL: https://go.carfax.ca/en-ca/big/solutions
    baseURL: https://apireference.carfax.ca
    tags:
      - VIN Data
      - Fraud Detection
      - Damage Assessment
      - Bulk Data
      - Canada
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://apireference.carfax.ca/
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.carfax.com
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.carfax.com/company/partners
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/CARFAX
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/carfax
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.carfax.com/press
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.carfax.com/vehicle-history-reports/
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://support.carfax.com/
  - type: X
    url: https://x.com/carfaxinc
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/carfax-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/carfax-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/carfax-finops.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com