Company overview

CarGurus was founded in 2006 in Cambridge, Massachusetts by Langley Steinert, co-founder of TripAdvisor, who saw an opportunity to create a better car-shopping experience using technology and data analytics. In just over a decade, CarGurus has become the most visited automotive shopping site in the US, with more car listings than any other major online automotive marketplace. CarGurus also operates sites in Canada and the UK. Interested in becoming a Guru? Make sure to view our dozens of open roles and positions!
Founded in 2006
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1.3K employees (86 in marketing)
79% recommend to a friend
71% positive business outlook

Salaries

Typical salary range

$74,000 – $92,000

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People

Hiring activity

Open marketing jobs over time

11 open now

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +11.1% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$1.8M

Last raise

Post IPO Secondary, 4 years ago

Funding history

Aug 2022

Post IPO Secondary CarGurus

Aug 2017

Series A CarGurus · $1.8M

Audience

Monthly website visitors
40.1M
Month over month-3.6%
Quarter over quarter-1.9%
Top sourceSearch (48.6%)
Ad budget per month$8.5M
Average search rank40.5
Traffic source mix
Search
48.6%
Direct
45.5%
Referral
3.7%
Paid referral
1.6%
Social
0.7%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

48.7K

12-mo growth

+16.9%

Monthly growth

+1.5%

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