niche · 1.1 market industry

VIN Decoding

Score 18.6 / 100 10 providers +3 via APIs 11 APIs Search apis.io →
Variants seen in the corpus: VIN DecoderVIN Decoding

Providers using this tag (10)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
PartsTechCompanyAutomotiveAuto PartsParts Procurement1 API57.1
Developing 2 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Vehicles.devAutomotiveVehicle DataVehicle Valuation1 API45.2Cox AutomotiveCox AutomotiveAutomotiveVehicle DataVehicle Valuations5 APIs53.2
Thin 6 Limited public surface area
Car API (carapi.app)AutomobilesAutomotive DataCarsLicense Plate Decoder1 API35.9Auto.devAutomotiveVehicle DataVehicle Listings1 API29.0LicensePlateDataVehiclesLicense PlatesVINAutomotive1 API28.6MarketCheckAutomotiveVehicle DataCar Inventory1 API26.8Window Sticker VIN APIAutomotiveVehicle DataMonroney1 API31.3VincarioVINVehicle DataAutomotive1 API31.1
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
VINauditVehicle HistoryAutomotiveNMVTIS4 APIs25.2

APIs with this tag (11)

Ranked by the provider's API Evangelist rating — the Kin Score is scored per provider, not per API, so every API of a provider shares its band. How the rating works →

Exemplar 3 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
CarsXE International VIN Decoder APIVIN decoding for non-US vehicles, returning make, model, year, and market-specific trim/spec data for inter...76.8CarsXE Specifications APIVIN decoding for North American and international vehicles — 2 operations (getVehicleSpecs, getInternationa...76.8CarsXE Vehicle Specifications APIVIN decoding and comprehensive vehicle specification lookup. Returns year, make, model, trim, engine, drive...76.8
Developing 1 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
carstat-app VIN Decoding APIDecode a VIN into its manufacturer, model, model year, origin and build plant. It answers for vehicle class...43.4
Thin 5 Limited public surface area
Car API (carapi.app) Vin Decoder APIThe Vin Decoder API from Car API (carapi.app) — 1 operation(s) for vin decoder.35.9CarAPI VIN Decoder APIThe CarAPI VIN Decoder API decodes Vehicle Identification Numbers into structured vehicle attributes includ...35.9Vincario VIN Decoder APIDecode a VIN into a vehicle specification (VIN Decode) and list which fields can be decoded for a VIN (VIN ...31.1Auto.dev VIN Decoding APIThe VIN Decoding API from Auto.dev — 2 operation(s) for vin decoding.29.0MarketCheck VIN Decoder APIVIN decoding and vehicle specifications26.8
Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented
VINaudit Vehicle Specifications APIRetrieve standardized vehicle specifications by VIN or year/make/model/trim including engine details, trans...25.2National Highway Traffic Safety Administration VIN Decoding APIEndpoints for decoding Vehicle Identification Numbers21.9

Companies reaching this through an API (3)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “VIN Decoding” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

carstat-app CarsXE National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Score breakdown

Frequency
37.6
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.1
spread across providers
Quality lift
43.5
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
2.7
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Market Value 5 co-occurrences Vehicle Specifications 5 co-occurrences VIN 7 co-occurrences Vehicle Data 8 co-occurrences Vehicles 7 co-occurrences Automotive 11 co-occurrences

Where this tag comes from

Provider tag10
Api tag12
Openapi tag6
Openapi op tag15

Work with this as data

Every tag here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.

MCP server

One button, every client — Claude, Cursor, VS Code and the rest.

https://apis.io/mcp

Tools for tags

7 MCP tools reach this
  • find_tagsBrowse and filter every tag in the catalog.
  • get_cohortThis tag as a scored cohort — every provider carrying it, with scores.
  • cohort_statsPRO — the distribution across this tag: mean, median, band split, adoption rates.
  • cohort_rankingsPRO — the leaderboard, on composite AND agent-readiness axes.
  • apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
  • resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
  • find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
All 92 tools →

Call it yourself

curl for this page
This tag 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/tags/vin-decoding"
All tags 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/tags?limit=25"
As a scored cohort (paid plan)
The distribution (Pro)

Calls without X-API-Key need no key. Calls with it need a paid plan — get a key.

Get an API key

Free tier, no form to fill in. Signing in shares your email address with us — we store it to create your key and to recognise you if you sign in with another provider. See our Privacy Policy and Terms.

GitHub Google LinkedIn

A second provider on the same verified email joins the account you already have.