CarMax
Sign in to saveCarMax, Inc. is a used vehicle retailer based in the United States. It operates two business segments: CarMax Sales Operations and CarMax Auto Finance. The company began as a side business of Circuit City Corporation, Inc., opening its first location in September 1993 in Richmond, Virginia. CarMax operates 253 locations.
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CarMax, Inc. is an operating entity established in 1993. It is incorporated in Virginia and maintains its legal jurisdiction in Delaware. The company is headquartered in Richmond, United States. It operates within the retail sector, specifically classified under auto dealers and gasoline stations.
CarMax is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KMX. Its fiscal year ends on February 28. The organization is recognized as part of the S&P 500 collection. Its current legal status is active.
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Company
KMX- Industry
- Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations
- Exchange
- NYSE
- State of incorporation
- VA
- Entity type
- operating
- Fiscal year end
- Feb 28
- Latest filing
- SCHEDULE 13G/A · 2026-05-14
- Jurisdiction
- US-DE
- Headquarters
- Richmond, US
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- public company
- Part of
- S&P 500
- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- Goochland County
- Stock exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Official website
- www.carmax.com
- Image
- 2008-11-11 CarMax in Raleigh.jpg
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- inception
- 1993-01-01
- Commons category
- CarMax
- different from
- Carfax
- social media followers
- 37655
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CarMax, Inc. is a used vehicle retailer based in the United States. It operates two business segments: CarMax Sales Operations and CarMax Auto Finance. The company began as a side business of Circuit City Corporation, Inc., opening its first location in September 1993 in Richmond, Virginia. CarMax operates 253 locations.
While CarMax stores focus on marketing used vehicles, the company acquired its first new car franchise with Chrysler Corporation in 1996. By 1999, it added new vehicle franchises for Mitsubishi Motors, Toyota, and Nissan. In late 2021, CarMax sold its last new vehicle dealership, located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to the Rydell Company.
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