Craigslist (stylized as craigslist) is an American classified advertisements website with sections devoted to jobs, housing, for sale, items wanted, services, community service, gigs, résumés, and discussion forums. Craig Newmark began the service in 1995 as an email distribution list to friends, featuring local events in the San Francisco Bay Area. It became a web-based service in 1996 and expanded into other classified categories. It started expanding to other U.S. and Canadian cities in 2000, and now covers 70 countries. In March 2008, Spanish, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese became the first non-English languages Craigslist supported. Craigslist sites for some large cities, such as Los Angeles, also include the ability for the user to focus on a specific area of a city (such as central Los Angeles).
| Website | http://www.craigslist.org |
| Revenue | $219.6 million |
| Funding | $13.5 million |
| Employees | View employees |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Address | 1381 9th Ave, San Francisco, California 94122, US |
| Phone | +1 415-566-6394 |
| Industry | Information Collection & Delivery, Information Services (B2C), Media & Internet, Social/Platform Software |
| Competitors | Meta, Sparsh Org Group, Nextdoor, Mercari, Inc., OfferUp, Classified Ads, Locanto, GULF & BASCO ACQUISITION LLC, eBay Classifieds +38 more (view full list) |
| SIC | SIC Code 7375 Companies, SIC Code 737 Companies, SIC Code 73 Companies |
| NAICS | NAICS Code 7121 Companies, NAICS Code 45 Companies, NAICS Code 541 Companies, NAICS Code 54 Companies, NAICS Code 71 Companies, NAICS Code 712 Companies |
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The Craigslist annual revenue was $219.6 million in 2026.
Craigslist is based in San Francisco, California.
The NAICS codes for Craigslist are [7121, 45, 541, 54, 71, 712].
The SIC codes for Craigslist are [7375, 737, 73].
