# ACV Auctions

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/acv-auctions/  
**Website:** https://www.acvauctions.com  
**APIs profiled:** 0

ACV Auctions is a digital wholesale marketplace for the automotive industry, operating the leading online platform for dealer-to-dealer used-vehicle auctions across the United States. Franchise and independent dealers source and sell inventory through daily online auctions backed by third-party vehicle inspections, detailed condition reports, and the company's data and analytics products. ACV also offers complementary services including vehicle transportation, dealer floor-plan financing through ACV Capital, and inventory-management and pricing tools. The company is publicly traded and headquartered in Buffalo, New York. It does not currently publish a public developer API or developer portal; this profile captures its public identity and security posture.

## Kin Score — 12.3 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 12.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 2.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 7.1 |
| Commercial Clarity | 27.6 |
| Access Clarity | 27.6 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Acv Auctions Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Vertical Software, Automotive, Marketplace, Auctions, Used Vehicles, Wholesale, Dealer Services

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/acv-auctions/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.