La Centrale Data Parser & API
La Centrale is France’s #2 car portal — it facilitates roughly one third of all French used-car sales and is known for its valuation data — and Carapis can extract its full listing data through one REST API. In September 2025 Prosus / OLX agreed to acquire La Centrale for ~€1.1B / $1.3B, putting Prosus head-to-head with Adevinta in France, and Carapis can serve the platform’s listings and valuations without you building a scraper.
On request — not in the live feed today. We do not continuously crawl La Centrale right now. Activation takes 2–3 weeks of engineering and is quoted per source, because each one ships with dedicated proxies, anti-bot tuning and ongoing maintenance. Ask us to add it.
| Country | France |
|---|---|
| Type | Portal |
| Owner | Prosus / OLX |
| Vehicle types | used, new, dealer |
| Monthly visits | ~10M/mo (est.) |
| Active listings | large (~1/3 of FR used sales facilitated) |
| API access | No public API (parse-only) |
| Parse priority | ★★★★☆ |
| Official site | www.lacentrale.fr |
What is La Centrale?
La Centrale is a leading French car portal focused on dealer and new-car inventory, long recognised as the country’s reference for used-car valuation. It has facilitated around 1.6M vehicle sales — roughly one third of French used-car transactions — and draws an estimated ~10M visits/mo. In September 2025 it agreed to be acquired by Prosus / OLX for about €1.1B/$1.3B, a major consolidation move in the French auto market.
Market Position
La Centrale is France’s #2 auto portal behind Leboncoin, with an estimated ~10M visits/mo and a hand in roughly one third of national used-car sales. Its standout asset is valuation data — it has long served as a French price reference, comparable in role to L’Argus. The pending ~€1.1B Prosus/OLX acquisition (Sept 2025) signals how strategically the data is valued, and pits Prosus directly against Adevinta’s Leboncoin in France.
What the API returns
Response schema
Indicative — this is the shape, not a guarantee. Every source returns the same structure, so what you build against does not change when you add one. Which fields carry a value depends on the source and on the individual listing: a site that does not publish mileage returns null there, and La Centrale is no exception.
List — GET /apix/api/vehicles/ — returns 30 fields per vehicle:
idstringsource_codestringbrand_namestringbrand_slugstringmodel_namestringmodel_slugstringtrimstringyearintegerprice_usdintegermileageintegerfuel_typeFuelTypeEnumtransmissionTransmissionEnumbody_typeBodyTypeEnumcolorColorEnumseller_typeSellerTypeEnumregionstringsource_locationobjecthas_accidentbooleanis_new_vehiclebooleanis_verifiedbooleanstatusVehicleStatusEnumis_availablebooleanfirst_seen_atstringlast_seen_atstringthumbVehiclePhotophotosarrayphotos_countintegerhas_valuationbooleanhas_llm_analysisbooleananalysisobject
Detail — GET /apix/api/vehicles/{id}/ — adds 23 more:
generationstringprice_originalstringprice_original_currencystringoriginal_msrpstringengine_ccintegerseat_countintegerdrive_typeDriveTypeEnumhas_simple_repairbooleanhas_recallbooleanrecall_fulfilledbooleanwarranty_typestringinspection_passedbooleanowner_countintegeris_undervaluedbooleanvaluation_scorenumberfeaturesarraydescriptionstringlisting_urlstringlisting_idstringvinstringvehicle_nostringavailability_checked_atstringstatus_changed_atstring
Abbreviated example:
{
"id": "0193f2c1-...",
"source_code": "encar",
"brand_name": "BMW",
"model_name": "320i",
"trim": "M Sport",
"year": 2021,
"price_usd": 28400,
"price_original": "38900000",
"price_original_currency": "KRW",
"mileage": 45000,
"fuel_type": "gasoline",
"transmission": "automatic",
"has_accident": false,
"listing_url": "https://...",
"photos": [{ "url": "https://cdn.carapis.com/..." }],
"first_seen_at": "2026-09-28T11:04:22Z",
"is_available": true
}Which sources you can actually query is answered by GET /apix/api/sources/ with your API key — it is the list your account can pull today, and it is the one to trust over any page on this site.
The valuation layer is what makes La Centrale especially useful for pricing-intelligence buyers who need a French market price reference, not just asking prices.
API Quick Start
Python
import requests
resp = requests.get(
"https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings",
params={"source": "la-centrale", "limit": 20},
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
)
for car in resp.json()["results"]:
print(car["make"], car["model"], car["year"], car["price"])Get an API key at my.carapis.com and see the full API reference. Pricing is on the pricing page .
Use Cases
- Pricing intelligence — La Centrale’s valuation reference powers residual-value models for dealers.
- Market research — track the French dealer and new-car market. See market research.
- Import / export — price French vehicles against a recognised valuation benchmark. See import & export.