# Car-Part.com

> Car-Part.com builds marketplaces and software for the auto recycling industry. Its public search connects buyers with recycled-parts suppliers, while Car Part Pro and iPro serve repairers and insurers. Its recycler tools cover salvage buying, inventory, photography, pricing, sales and production.

- **Founded:** 1998
- **Headquarters:** Fort Wright, United States
- **Founders:** Jeff Schroder (Co-founder and founding CEO), Roger Schroder (Co-founder; vice president in the 2007 founder profile), Urban Schroder (Co-founder; corporate secretary in the 2007 founder profile), Janice Schroder (Co-founder; vice president of marketing in the 2007 founder profile)
- **Products:** Car-Part.com, Car Part Pro, Integrated Car Part Pro (iPro), Checkmate, Bidmate
- **Notable:** Public inventory search launched in May 1998., Acquired CCITRIAD’s Automotive Recycling Division in October 2003., CIECA Electronic Commerce Company of the Year recognition in 2019 and 2021.

## Products & services

- **Car-Part.com** — Public search marketplace connecting buyers with recycled-parts suppliers.
- **Car Part Pro** — Professional sourcing with quality, warranty, certification and delivery filters.
- **Integrated Car Part Pro (iPro)** — Connects alternative-parts sourcing to collision estimating workflows.
- **Checkmate** — Recycler management software covering buying, inventory, pricing, sales and production.
- **Bidmate** — Salvage auction buying tool using sales, inventory and marketplace demand data.
- **Partmate** — Portable inventory software with VIN decoding, grading and demand-informed part selection.
- **Photomate** — Mobile photos, inventory editing, barcode location audits and part movement.
- **Car-Part Interchange Plus** — Enhanced interchange coverage supplementing standard fitment data.
- **SmartVin** — Derives interchange information for many parts from the vehicle identification number.
- **Trading Partners** — Recycler-to-recycler parts locating.
- **Web Services** — Recycler website design, hosting and searchable inventory publishing.
- **Checkmate Insights** — Subscription reports package using Tableau for profitability, sales and customer analysis.
- **Ordermate** — Mobile work-order audits integrated with Checkmate and Order Trakker.

## Achievements

- Public inventory search launched in May 1998.
- Acquired CCITRIAD’s Automotive Recycling Division in October 2003.
- CIECA Electronic Commerce Company of the Year recognition in 2019 and 2021.
- Company LinkedIn reports Best Places to Work in Kentucky recognition for 2021-2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Bidmate and Partmate gained configurable highlighting of older Price Book prices and a verification action.
- **2026-08** — Checkmate Insights launched with nine interactive reports delivered using Tableau; subscription required.
- **2026-07** — Photomate added mobile inventory search and configurable vehicle descriptions generated from VIN data.
- **2026-03** — Ordermate introduced mobile work-order audits; included in Order Trakker subscriptions.

## Links

- Website: https://www.car-part.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/car-part.com
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/carpart
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carpartcom/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carpartcom

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Last updated: 2026-10-02