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CARFAX for service shops

Drive more customers through your doors and increase repair order values for FREE.

CARFAX helps service shops attract more customers with free advertising and better serve customers with time saving tools including instant plate to VIN decoders and access to complete vehicle history information. Everything is integrated seamlessly into your KCS software. Get it all now at no cost to you!

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Over 65,000 service shops and 20 million consumers have already joined

Free
advertising

Instant plate
decoder

Increased ticket
averages

Brand
exposure

Free advertising in the CARFAX shop locator

Claim your free listing in the CARFAX Shop Locator with more than 65K shops already listed.

  • Help millions of CARFAX.com visitors and Car Care app users find you
  • Promote common services and vehicle types serviced
  • Showcase your verified ratings and reviews

Instantly convert license plates to VINs with CARFAX QuickVIN

Simply use the license plate and state to decode VINs using QuickVIN, and you’ll never type a 17-digit VIN again.

  • Save minutes on every vehicle check-in
  • Perform more accurate parts lookup
  • Reduce costly errors when ordering parts

Increase revenue with CARFAX service history check

Confidently upsell customers and increase repair order values using CARFAX Service History Check to access each vehicle’s complete service history; with over 5.3 billion service records, you’ll even have access to services that were not performed at your shop.

  • Make better service recommendations
  • Build customer confidence
  • Increase ticket averages

Get credit for your work on the CARFAX Report

Acquire new customers and gain brand exposure by showcasing your shop on the CARFAX Report, and with +450M reports run each year – that’s a lot of eyeballs!

  • Service records appear on the CARFAX Report
  • Your shop name and phone number will be displayed with each record
  • Your shop’s verified ratings and reviews are displayed with each record

Core Benefits

With CARFAX you can:

  • Reach new customers
  • Gain brand exposure
  • Save time and money
  • Increase ticket averages
  • Get it all for FREE!

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