Awards

CarMax is widely recognized as one of the best automotive retailers in the United States. Check out the most recent awards we've won!

  • 2008 Winner, BBB International Torch Award for Marketplace Excellence (recognizing our ethical business practices)
  • 2008 Gallup Great Workplace Award
  • 2008 Companies That Care - Honor Roll
  • 2008 "Best Adoption Friendly Workplaces"
  • One of FORTUNE®'s "100 Best Companies to Work For" in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008
  • The "Most Admired Company in Automotive Retailing, Services" FORTUNE®, 2006 and 2008
  • One of FORTUNE®'s "Most Diverse Companies" of the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work for in America, 2007 and 2008
  • Named by IDG’s Computerworld Magazine as one of the 100 Best Places to Work in Information Technology (IT) in 2008.
  • Training Magazine 2008, Top 125 Companies
  • FORTUNE® 500 Company no. 333 in 2008
  • 2007 American Business "Stevie" Award for Best Overall Company
  • 2007 BBB Torch Award for Business Ethics:
  • Metro Atlanta, Athens, and Northeast Georgia
  • Central Ohio
  • Chicago and Northern Illinois
  • Greater Houston and South Texas
  • Greater Maryland
  • Louisville, Southern Indiana, and Western Kentucky
  • The Houston Pinnacle Award for Excellence, 2007
  • Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces for 2007, Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
  • The Maryland Workplace Excellence Seal of Approval for the fourth year, 2008
  • A "Best Managed Companies" retailer, Forbes, 2006
  • Finalist in the Copernican Award by Creative Good (companies that succeed by putting their customer at the center of their "business universe"), 2006 and 2007
  • The Green Innovation Award for Best Commercial Project by the Virginia Sustainable Building Network, 2006
  • Best Used Car Dealer by local newspapers in the cities of Roseville, California; Memphis, Tennessee; Columbia, South Carolina; Greenville, South Carolina; and San Antonio, Texas

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In early 2007, CarMax was awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council for our energy-efficient and environmentally responsible Home Office.

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