History
In 1984 Carfax was founded in Columbia, Missouri by a computer professional named Ewin Barnett III working with Robert Daniel Clark, an accountant from Huntingdon, PA. The company is now headquartered in Centreville, VA with a data center operation in Columbia. Barnett was initially trying to combat odometer fraud. By working closely with the Missouri Automobile Dealers Association, in 1986 he offered the early version Carfax vehicle history report to the dealer market. These reports were developed with a database of just 10,000 records and were distributed via fax machine. By the end of 1993, Carfax obtained title information from nearly all fifty states. In December 1996, the company's website was launched to offer consumers the same vehicle history reports already available to businesses. In the fall of 1999, Carfax became a wholly owned subsidiary of R.L. Polk & Co..
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