Who We Are
Classified Ventures, LLC ("CV") owns and operates three leading businesses in the online classified advertising space: Apartments.com, Cars.com, and HomeGain.com. CV also works with its affiliate partner, HomeFinder.com. With 10 years experience, offices in Chicago, IL, Emeryville, CA, Santa Monica, CA and Austin, TX, and over 1,100 employees in 37 states, we are a rapidly growing company with employees dedicated to serving the needs of our consumers and advertisers.
Consumers count on our sites to deliver a comprehensive set of local and national automotive, rental and home listings wherever they are – at home or at work, through our national websites or one of our 150+ online media partners. In addition to our listings, our sites offer detailed listing information, photo galleries, videos, home values, editorial content, blogs, and online calculators to help our consumers make an informed decision.
We know our advertisers turn to us to help them grow their businesses by providing local and national exposure for their brand, and to drive traffic and leads to their listings. We count on our teams to provide top notch customer service and our products to deliver targeted solutions that bring value and return on investment.
Classified Ventures is owned by five leading media companies, including: A.H. Belo Corp., Gannett Co. Inc., Tribune Company, The McClatchy Company and The Washington Post Company.
Our Values
Classified Ventures strives to incorporate our values into every aspect of our business:
- Excellence
- We strive to exceed our own expectations while delivering the highest quality products and results to our customers.
- Integrity
- We strive to do what is right by adhering to the highest ethical considerations.
- Candor
- We communicate with honesty and sincerity in an open and respectful way.
- Teamwork
- We enjoy working together and seek ways to make our work as fun and rewarding as possible.
- Passion
- We care about our customers, our colleagues and our results.
- Empowerment
- We encourage an environment which fosters ownership and accountability while promoting personal development and innovation.