Copart Hall of Fame
A Global Leader in Exceptional People and Operations
Copart is not only a global leader in online auto auctions but also a leader in exceptional people and operations. Every day we strive, achieve and succeed again and again. “Celebrate our people” is one of the core values that guide our business. The Copart Hall of Fame recognizes our people and their exceptional service and dedication to Copart and their communities.
2021 - Communitas Awards - Winner
Communitas Awards recognizes exceptional businesses, organizations and individuals who are unselfishly giving of themselves and their resources, and those that are changing how they do business to benefit their communities. Copart received an Excellence in Community Service award from Communitas for being a top-tier event sponsor for the annual Day 1 Dallas event sponsored by Vogel Alcove.
2021- Graphic Design USA - Inhouse Design Awards
This year’s showcase reflects the many ways in which inhouse creatives advance the mission of and build value for their companies, institutions, brands, products, and services. Copart received an Inhouse Design Award for the 2021 Rebuild Challenge.
2020 - Office of the Secretary of Defense Employer Support of The Guard and Reserve - Patriot Award
Don Purdy, Copart Inc.
The Patriot Award reflects the efforts made to support citizen warriors through a wide range of measures including flexible schedules, time off prior to and after deployment, caring for families, and granting leaves of absence if needed. Regional Manager of the Carolinas Don Purdy was recognized for his longtime support of Copart Lumberton General Manager Anthony Morris who enlisted in the North Carolina National Guard just one year into his seven-year career at Copart.
2020 – Talkwalker – World’s Most Loved Brand List
Copart, Inc.
Copart was named in Talkwalkers' 2020 World’s Most Loved Brands list among other companies who build strong brand awareness, boost the customer experience, engage with social media and fandoms, have strong Corporate Social Responsibility and more. This honor is made possible by Copart’s longstanding values of excellent service and the continued support of a loyal customer base.
2020 – FORTUNE 1000 – Top Performing U.S. Companies
Copart, Inc.
Copart was added to the 2020 FORTUNE 1000 list among top large companies in the U.S. Companies are ranked annually across multiple sectors and industries, earning a spot based on total revenue for their respective fiscal year. Receiving a ranking on this list is a prestigious honor for the Copart Family.
2020 – American Business Awards - Silver Stevie Winner
Marketing Department of the Year
The American Business Awards are the nation’s premier business awards program and were nicknamed the “Stevies” for the Greek word meaning, “crowned.” Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Copart’s Marketing Team was named “Marketing Department of the Year” for 2020.
2020 – Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award – Nomination
Copart, Inc.
The U.S. Army Reserve Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program (YRRP) and the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) partnered to recognize Copart for its nomination for the Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. The honor is the highest recognition given by the U.S. Government to employers for their outstanding support of employees serving in the Guard and Reserve.
Additionally, Copart actively supports and hires U.S. military veterans. Learn more ›
2019, 2020 – LiveHelpNow Challenge – Winner
Best Customer Service
Copart was selected for The LiveHelpNow Challenge list of top companies providing exceptional customer service, measured by LiveHelpNow’s customer service metric score out of 10,000 participating companies. The achievement reflects professionalism and service demonstrated by organizations who strive to provide the best customer experience in their field. Copart was honored with the LiveHelpNow Challenge award for August 2019, September 2019 and January 2020.
2019 - Good Neighbor Awards – Private Sector Leadership Award
Jay Adair, Copart CEO
The United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce recognized Copart CEO Jay Adair in Washington D.C. during their prestigious Good Neighbor Awards dinner and gala. Jay was awarded the “Private Sector Leadership Award” for his longstanding support of the organization’s mission to increase trade and investment between the U.S. and Mexico.
2019 - Content Marketing Awards - Best Marketing Automation in Content Marketing Finalist
Global Onboarding Campaign
The Content Marketing Awards are presented and owned by the Content Marketing Institute to recognize and award the best content marketing projects, agencies and marketers in the industry each year. Copart was named a finalist for Best Marketing Automation in Content Marketing for it’s 2019 Global Onboarding Campaign.
2019 - MarCom Awards - Gold Winner
Global Newsletter - Issue 1
MarCom Awards honors excellence in marketing and communication while recognizing the creativity, hard work and generosity of industry professionals. Copart was a honored as a Gold Winner for the first issue of its Global Newsletter which circulates to all Copart locations around the world. By keeping employees connected, the newsletter strives to recognize each region for their hard work and contributions to the company.
2019 - Videographer Awards - Award Of Distinction
Veteran Video Dedication
The Videographer Awards is one of the oldest and most respected awards programs in the industry. Copart received the Award Of Distinction in the video production category for Operation Finally Home Dedication - Major Eric King.
2019 - Communicator Awards – Award Of Distinction
Copart Catastrophe Brochure
The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program recognizing big ideas in marketing and communications. Copart received an Award Of Distinction for New Copart Catastrophe (CAT) Brochure.
2019 – Graphic Design USA - American Graphic Design Awards
Copart Connect Print Newsletter
This year’s showcase reflects the increasingly expansive ways in which graphic design shapes business and society, products and services, commerce and culture. Copart received an American Graphic Design Award for the Copart Connect Print Newsletter.
2019 - Innovator of the Year Award - Winner
Innovator of the Year
Presented by Consolidated Asset Recovery Systems, the Innovator of the Year Award recognizes efforts in creating lasting solutions that benefit an entire customer base. This award distinguishes Copart as a leader in innovation for redefining the industry with its VB3 technology. By remaining at the forefront of new and emerging technologies, Copart is constantly enriching the user experience by setting a global standard for overall customer satisfaction.
2019 - AVA Digital Awards - Gold Winner
Project Sapphire Homepage Relaunch
AVA Digital Awards is an international competition that recognizes excellence by creative professionals responsible for the planning, concept, direction, design and production of digital communication. Copart received the award for the Project Sapphire Homepage Relaunch.
2018 - Gold Stevie – Online Marketing Campaign of the Year
2018 Rebuild Challenge
The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are the world's premier business awards for female entrepreneurs, executives, employees and the organizations they run. Copart won the Gold Stevie for the Copart 2018 Rebuild Challenge.
2018 – Graphic Design USA - American Graphic Design Awards
Catastrophe Brochure
This year’s showcase reflects the increasingly expansive ways in which graphic design shapes business and society, products and services, commerce and culture. Copart received an American Graphic Design Award for New Copart Catastrophe Response Team Brochure.
2018 - MarCom Awards - Honorable Mention
2018 Copart Rebuild Challenge
MarCom Awards honors excellence in marketing and communication while recognizing the creativity, hard work and generosity of industry professionals. Copart received Honorable Mention for its efforts in the 2018 Copart Rebuild Challenge which encourages friendly competition in the vehicle rebuilding community. Winners are selected based on votes from judges of a special panel.
2018 - MarCom Awards - Platinum Winner
Catastrophe Rebranding
MarCom Awards honors excellence in marketing and communication while recognizing the creativity, hard work and generosity of industry professionals. Copart received a Platinum Award for the rebranding of it Catastrophe Team who focuses on the recovery and sales of vehicles following natural disaster.
2018 – AVA Digital Awards – Platinum Winner
Digital Creation of a Motion Graphics Video
Established in 1994, The AVA Digital Awards program honors the evolution of technology and the role digital arts play in the sharing of information. This international competition recognizes creative professionals for their planning, concept, design and production of digital communications such as digital marketing, digital video creation, video/video production, and pro bono work. Copart was chosen for the creativity, design and production of our 2017 Rebuild Challenge informational video.
2018 – 15th Annual International Business Awards – Bronze Stevie Winner
Information Technology Department of the Year
Known as the “International Stevies,” the IBAs are open to all organizations across the world. In 2018, the competition attracted more than 3,900 nominees from organizations in 74 nations. This award commemorates all the passion and dedication that this team dedicates to Copart. BY completing over 200 projects, this team had proven their commitment to the IT Department’s mission to Copart.
2018 – Communitas Awards – Winner
Excellence in Community Service
Communitas Awards recognizes exceptional businesses, organizations and individuals that are unselfishly giving of themselves and their resources, and those that are changing how they do business to benefit their communities. Started in 2010, the Communitas Awards was created as an outgrowth of the pro bono recognition program of the American Marketing and Communication Professionals. Communitas winners are awarded for volunteerism, philanthropy and ethical, sustainable business practices.
2017 and 2018 – American Business Awards – Silver Stevie Award Winner
Veteran-Owned Business of the Year
The American Business Awards are the nation’s premier business awards program and were nicknamed the “Stevies” for the Greek word meaning, “crowned”. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 10,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 60 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. In 2017 and 2018, Copart was recognized as the Silver Winner for Veteran-Owned Business of the Year following a bronze win in 2016. Copart founder, Willis Johnson, was drafted by the United States Army in 1966 to serve in Vietnam. He received a Purple Heart and Medal of Merit for Heroism.
2016, 2017 and 2018 – LiveHelpNow Challenge – Winner
Best Customer Service
Each month, the LiveHelpNow Challenge ranks the top 100 providers of superior customer service. The rankings are data-driven and based on metrics provided daily to client dashboards. The achievement reflects professionalism, and skill demonstrated by organizations who strive to provide the best customer service in their field. Copart was honored with the LiveHelpNow Challenge award in December 2016, January 2017, April to November 2017, May 2018, July 2018 and October 2018.
2017 – SimilarWeb Momentum Awards – Digital Growth and Excellence Winner
US Car Buying Category
SimilarWeb Momentum Awards recognize the websites that demonstrated exceptional improvement in their online category, based on the SimilarWeb Ranking. The SimilarWeb Ranking is an algorithmic score which sorts over 80 million global sites by their total traffic and engagement metrics. Copart boasts very high brand recognition with almost 60% of all traffic to Copart.com arriving directly to the site. 2017 brought higher traffic to the site, increased time spent on the site, more pages viewed per visit and an improved SimilarWeb Rank, resulting in a 2017 Momentum Award.
2017 – The Golden Bridge Awards – Gold Executive of the Year
Jay Adair, CEO
The coveted annual Golden Bridge Awards program recognizes and honors the world's best in organizational performance, products and services, innovations, executives and management teams and more from every major industry in the world. Copart's CEO, Jay Adair, won the Gold Executive of the Year in the Automotive, Transportation, Storage and Logistics category.
2017 – Dallas CIO of the Year® Awards – Global Finalist
Rama Prasad, CTO
The Dallas CIO of the Year® Awards honor excellence in technology leadership and management for Dallas-area Chief Information Officers. Nominees are evaluated based on leadership ability, innovation in technology, business value creation and community involvement. Prasad has served as Copart’s CTO and SVP of Technology since August 2014. He has nearly 25 years of information technology experience, including several years at high-profile corporations. At Copart, Prasad leads a team of more than 300 employees who manage, facilitate and innovate Copart’s VB3 technology.
2017 – The CMO Awards – Customer Experience Award Winner
Michelle Hoffman, Vice President of Marketing
The 2017 CMO Customer Experience Award is presented to marketing executives who have displayed leadership in creating high impact customer experiences.
2017 – Marcom Awards – Gold Award Winner
Strategic Communications - Marketing/Promotion Campaign Category
Copart recognized as double Gold Winner in the Strategic Communications - Marketing/Promotion Campaign category for The Rebuild Challenge Campaign, which is Copart’s annual competition to award the best and boldest rebuilds submitted. Copart also won for The CrashedToys Arctic Cat Blowout Sale Event Campaign, which promoted large inventory of minimally damaged Arctic Cats at Copart’s CrashedToys Dallas location.
2017 – Marcom Awards – Gold Award Winner
Promotions Category
Copart was recognized by MarCom Awards for a Promotional campaign video about CrashedToys Dallas. The production of the video perfectly embodied the CrashedToys brand, and demonstrated the extensive inventory available to customers. By combining edgy music, creative videography and compelling verbatim, the CrashedToys Event Spot Commercial proved to be wildly successful.
2017 – Marcom Awards – Gold Award Winner
Creative Flyer Category
Copart was recognized by MarCom Awards for employing traditional marketing efforts via a designed flyer/mailer that was used to market the CrashedToys Dallas ClubHouse event space. Through including a free “ClubHouse” coupon, recipients of the mailer were encouraged to gain free entry and visit CrashedToys Dallas to find amazing deals on all of the best brands and to bid on hundreds of used and repairable bikes available at auction.
2017 – Marcom Awards – Gold Award Winner
Blog Category
Copart was recognized by MarCom Awards for strategic blog content that was used to give a deeper understanding into the incredible work and sacrifice the Copart Catastrophe Response Team makes to aid in disaster relief year-round. This content piece communicated that
2017 – 21st Annual Videographer Awards – Award of Distinction
Best Video Production: Recruitment
The Videographer Awards is one of the oldest and most respected awards programs in the industry. Copart received the Award of Distinction for Best Video Production category in the Recruitment subcategory for our 2017 Marketing Internship Program (Spring 2017) video.
2017 – Middle East Insurance Industry Awards – Finalist
Service Provider Category
Copart MEA was one of three finalists for this award. Launched in 2014, the Middle East Insurance Industry Awards recognize companies and leaders that have demonstrated excellence, commitment and professionalism in the MENA insurance industry. Finalists were chosen by a Panel of 16 Judges which comprise local, regional and international leaders in the market.
2016 – American Business Awards – Bronze Stevie Winner
Veteran-owned Business of the Year
Developed in 2002, the Stevie Awards are premier business awards that honor and generate public recognition for the achievements and positive influence of companies, organizations and professionals worldwide. The American Business Awards are open to all organizations with operations in the United Sates. Copart was recognized as the Bronze Winner for Veteran-owned Business of the Year. Copart founder, Willis Johnson, was drafted by the United States Army in 1966 to serve in Vietnam. He received a Purple Heart and Medal of Merit for Heroism.
2016 – Marcom Awards – Platinum Award Winner
Corporate Social Responsibility
Copart was recognized by MarCom Awards, a creative awards competition that recognizes any individual or company involved in the concept, writing and design of print, visual, audio and web materials and programs. This award has honored some of the most strategic business and communications firms in the world. Copart was honored as a Platinum Award Winner for Corporate Social Responsibility. Copart was chosen for the outstanding marketing efforts that were implemented to help showcase and communicate the ongoing disaster relief efforts that the dedicated Copart Catastrophe Response Fleet delivers in times of need.
2016 – The Golden Bridge Awards – Gold Winner
Motivational Video of the Year
The Golden Bridge Business Awards program honors outstanding achievements in every industry, and recognizes the world’s best organizational performance, products and services, innovations, executive and management teams and women in business—just to name a few. Copart was honored at a Gold Winner for Motivational Video of the Year.
2014, 2015 and 2016 – Confirmit ACE Awards – Winner
Achievement in Customer Excellence
The Confirmit ACE Awards program recognizes exceptional achievement in Voice of the Customer and customer experience. The Confirmit ACE Award recognizes the recipient’s rigorous application of customer experience processes, and its outstanding performance as a result and measure of those processes. Copart earned the Confirmit ACE Award based on its use of survey programs to make informed decisions that improve the buyer experience. This is Copart’s third consecutive year to be recognized for this award.
2015 – Deloitte’s Exceptional 100 List – #1 Overall
Top Performing US Companies
Copart topped "The Exceptional 100" list released by Deloitte on 1/14/2015. Performance and ranking for The Exceptional 100 were measured by Deloitte's new proprietary method that examines a company's overall economic performance including profitability, growth and shareholder value. A list of 100 U.S.-based, publicly traded companies were identified as top performers. Companies are chosen based on a holistic approach that measures their economic performance. According to Deloitte, the companies chosen “have beaten the odds over a period of time, and have consistently outperformed on multiple measures of simultaneously.”