On the Record · Carvana
Carvana competitors, on the record
The companies Carvana names as competitors in its annual reports, 2023 to 2025, and the companies that name Carvana, each with the sentence and the filing.
Who Carvana names
| Company | Named in |
|---|---|
| CarMax | 2025 |
| DriveTime | 2025 |
In its own words
CarMax
Word for word“Our current and future competitors include: • traditional used vehicle dealerships such as CarMax; • internet and online automotive sites, such as Amazon, Autobytel, AutoTrader, Cars, Carfax, CarGurus, eBay Motors, Edmunds, Google, KBB, and TrueCar; • providers of offline, membership-based car-buying services such as the Costco Auto Program; • new and used vehicle dealers or marketplaces with e-commerce business or online platforms; • marketplaces that could compete with our wholesale marketplace program; • automobile manufacturers such as Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Volkswagen, Tesla, Rivian, and Lucid; and • privately negotiated transactions.” 10-K for 2025
DriveTime
Word for word“Additionally, there can be no assurance we will not experience competition from DriveTime, the company from which we were spun off and with which we currently have certain business relationships.” 10-K for 2025
Who names Carvana
Companies whose own annual reports name Carvana as a competitor.
Word for word“(iv) companies with a primarily internet-based business model, such as Carvana, and used vehicle brokers that sell used vehicles to consumers;” 10-K for 2025
Word for word“The largest national or regional vehicle auctioneers in the U.S. include RB Global (including its subsidiary Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc.), Carvana, Openlane, Manheim, Inc. and ACV Auctions Inc.” 10-K for 2026
Word for word“In addition, used car retailers, such as CarMax and Carvana, have developed proprietary platforms for selling vehicles to other dealers, and some dealers still utilize independent wholesalers to buy and sell used vehicles.” 10-K for 2025
Word for word“The automotive retail industry is experiencing competition in the used vehicle market from companies with a primarily online business model, including companies such as Carvana and others.” 10-K for 2025
Read from Carvana’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-18. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.