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How we check yards

1,578 yards in five states, built from public records and nothing we made up. Last checked Oct 29, 2026.

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Where yards come from

  • EPA ECHO facility records for auto salvage (SIC 5015, NAICS 423140): 1,221 yards.
  • State license lists: Texas DMV salvage dealers and Florida FLHSMV licensees, plus any public list in Tennessee, North Carolina and Colorado.
  • Chain location pages, which publish gate fees, tool rules and hours: 76 yards.
  • OpenStreetMap, for yards the other sources miss: 259 yards.

How records become one yard

The same yard can sit in four lists under four names. We match records by street address first, then by distance and name for records without one. Every source a yard came from is listed at the bottom of its page with the date we read it.

What earns a badge

A badge needs a record behind it: a current state license, a current EPA or state stormwater permit, a clean EPA compliance history, the earliest state business filing or first permit on record, posted Sunday hours, an online inventory or price list, or the yard saying on its own site that it buys cars. The page shows the record and its date next to the badge.

Which pages Google sees

A city or yard-type page goes in the sitemap only when it has 3 or more yards and is not a near copy of the page above it. A yard page goes in when at least one record says the yard is operating. Thinner pages stay up for visitors and carry a noindex tag.

How we make money

When you sell a car through a Peddle link on this site, Peddle pays us a commission. The links are marked sponsored. No yard pays to be listed, and no yard can pay to rank higher.

What we leave off

Phone numbers and map directions. Every yard page carries the facts you would call to ask about, with dates, so you can decide before you drive. The address is on every page.

Corrections

Own a yard or found a mistake? Email yards@junkyardsfinder.com with the yard's page and what changed. We fix records and date the change.

Credits

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License. Aerial photos: USDA National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP), served by USGS The National Map (public domain). Facility data: U.S. EPA ECHO. Stormwater permits: North Carolina DEQ and Colorado CDPHE. Business records: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and Colorado Secretary of State.