Cars.com Inc. Selling and Marketing Expense in USD from 2015 to Q3 2025

Taxonomy & unit
us-gaap: USD
Description
The aggregate total amount of expenses directly related to the marketing or selling of products or services.
Summary
Cars.com Inc. quarterly/annual Selling and Marketing Expense history and growth rate from 2015 to Q3 2025.
  • Cars.com Inc. Selling and Marketing Expense for the quarter ending September 30, 2025 was $59.3M, a 1.8% increase year-over-year.
  • Cars.com Inc. Selling and Marketing Expense for the twelve months ending September 30, 2025 was $231M, a 2.26% decline year-over-year.
  • Cars.com Inc. annual Selling and Marketing Expense for 2024 was $232M, a 1.69% decline from 2023.
  • Cars.com Inc. annual Selling and Marketing Expense for 2023 was $235M, a 6.13% increase from 2022.
  • Cars.com Inc. annual Selling and Marketing Expense for 2022 was $222M, a 6.5% increase from 2021.
Selling and Marketing Expense, Trailing 12 Months (USD)
Selling and Marketing Expense, Quarterly (USD)
Selling and Marketing Expense, YoY Quarterly Growth (%)
Selling and Marketing Expense, Annual (USD)
Selling and Marketing Expense, YoY Annual Growth (%)

Cars.com Inc. Quarterly Selling and Marketing Expense (USD)

Period TTM Value Value YoY Chg Change % Start Date End Date Report Filed
Q3 2025 $231M $59.3M +$1.05M +1.8% Jul 1, 2025 Sep 30, 2025 10-Q 2025-11-06
Q2 2025 $230M $57.8M -$2.46M -4.08% Apr 1, 2025 Jun 30, 2025 10-Q 2025-08-07
Q1 2025 $233M $60.2M +$1.06M +1.8% Jan 1, 2025 Mar 31, 2025 10-Q 2025-05-08
Q4 2024 $232M $53.8M -$5M -8.49% Oct 1, 2024 Dec 31, 2024 10-K 2025-02-27
Q3 2024 $236M $58.3M -$1.9M -3.15% Jul 1, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 10-Q 2025-11-06
Q2 2024 $238M $60.2M +$2.06M +3.54% Apr 1, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 10-Q 2025-08-07
Q1 2024 $236M $59.2M +$866K +1.49% Jan 1, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 10-Q 2025-05-08
Q4 2023 $235M $58.8M +$2.32M +4.11% Oct 1, 2023 Dec 31, 2023 10-K 2025-02-27
Q3 2023 $233M $60.2M +$6.57M +12.3% Jul 1, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 10-Q 2024-11-07
Q2 2023 $227M $58.2M +$3.5M +6.4% Apr 1, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 10-Q 2024-08-08
Q1 2023 $223M $58.3M +$1.2M +2.11% Jan 1, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 10-Q 2024-05-09
Q4 2022 $222M $56.5M +$4.65M +8.96% Oct 1, 2022 Dec 31, 2022 10-K 2025-02-27
Q3 2022 $217M $53.6M +$1.67M +3.21% Jul 1, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 10-Q 2023-11-02
Q2 2022 $216M $54.7M +$3.35M +6.52% Apr 1, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 10-Q 2023-08-03
Q1 2022 $212M $57.1M +$3.88M +7.3% Jan 1, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 10-Q 2023-05-04
Q4 2021 $208M $51.9M +$1.15M +2.27% Oct 1, 2021 Dec 31, 2021 10-K 2024-02-22
Q3 2021 $207M $51.9M +$6.17M +13.5% Jul 1, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 10-Q 2022-11-03
Q2 2021 $201M $51.3M +$19.3M +60.2% Apr 1, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 10-Q 2022-08-03
Q1 2021 $182M $53.2M -$1.71M -3.12% Jan 1, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 10-Q 2022-05-06
Q4 2020 $183M $50.7M -$1.85M -3.51% Oct 1, 2020 Dec 31, 2020 10-K 2023-02-23
Q3 2020 $185M $45.8M -$5.01M -9.87% Jul 1, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 10-Q 2021-11-04
Q2 2020 $190M $32M -$21.7M -40.4% Apr 1, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 10-Q 2021-08-05
Q1 2020 $212M $54.9M -$5.42M -8.98% Jan 1, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 10-Q 2021-05-06
Q4 2019 $217M $52.6M +$5.99M +12.9% Oct 1, 2019 Dec 31, 2019 10-K 2022-02-25
Q3 2019 $211M $50.8M -$5.04M -9.02% Jul 1, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 10-Q 2020-11-09
Q2 2019 $216M $53.7M -$5.2M -8.82% Apr 1, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 10-Q 2020-07-30
Q1 2019 $222M $60.3M -$5.06M -7.74% Jan 1, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 10-Q 2020-05-06
Q4 2018 $227M $46.6M -$3M -6.04% Oct 1, 2018 Dec 31, 2018 10-K 2021-02-25
Q3 2018 $230M $55.8M +$5.09M +10% Jul 1, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 10-Q 2019-11-06
Q2 2018 $225M $58.9M +$8.42M +16.7% Apr 1, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 10-Q 2019-08-05
Q1 2018 $216M $65.4M +$6.41M +10.9% Jan 1, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 10-Q 2019-05-10
Q4 2017 $210M $49.6M -$1.19M -2.35% Oct 1, 2017 Dec 31, 2017 10-K 2020-02-26
Q3 2017 $211M $50.7M +$2.06M +4.24% Jul 1, 2017 Sep 30, 2017 10-Q 2018-11-07
Q2 2017 $209M $50.5M -$2.75M -5.17% Apr 1, 2017 Jun 30, 2017 10-Q 2018-08-08
Q1 2017 $212M $59M +$659K +1.13% Jan 1, 2017 Mar 31, 2017 10-Q 2018-05-09
Q4 2016 $211M $50.8M Oct 1, 2016 Dec 31, 2016 10-K 2019-02-28
Q3 2016 $48.7M Jul 1, 2016 Sep 30, 2016 10-Q 2017-11-08
Q2 2016 $53.3M Apr 1, 2016 Jun 30, 2016 10-Q 2017-08-09
Q1 2016 $58.3M Jan 1, 2016 Mar 31, 2016 10-Q 2017-06-20

Cars.com Inc. Annual Selling and Marketing Expense (USD)

Period Value YoY Chg Change % Start Date End Date Report Filed
2024 $232M -$3.97M -1.69% Jan 1, 2024 Dec 31, 2024 10-K 2025-02-27
2023 $235M +$13.6M +6.13% Jan 1, 2023 Dec 31, 2023 10-K 2025-02-27
2022 $222M +$13.5M +6.5% Jan 1, 2022 Dec 31, 2022 10-K 2025-02-27
2021 $208M +$24.9M +13.6% Jan 1, 2021 Dec 31, 2021 10-K 2024-02-22
2020 $183M -$34M -15.6% Jan 1, 2020 Dec 31, 2020 10-K 2023-02-23
2019 $217M -$9.31M -4.11% Jan 1, 2019 Dec 31, 2019 10-K 2022-02-25
2018 $227M +$16.9M +8.07% Jan 1, 2018 Dec 31, 2018 10-K 2021-02-25
2017 $210M -$1.22M -0.58% Jan 1, 2017 Dec 31, 2017 10-K 2020-02-26
2016 $211M -$747K -0.35% Jan 1, 2016 Dec 31, 2016 10-K 2019-02-28
2015 $212M Jan 1, 2015 Dec 31, 2015 10-K 2018-03-06
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the value indicates that the value is likely invalid.