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ACV Auctions Inc.
Date: April 23, 2025 · CIK: 0001637873 · Accession: 0000000000-25-004332

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File numbers found in text: 001-40256

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April 23, 2025
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ACV Auctions Inc.

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Re: ACV Auctions Inc. Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023 File No. 001-40256 Dear William Zerella:

April 23, 2025

William Zerella Chief Financial Officer ACV Auctions Inc. 640 Ellicott Street, #321 Buffalo, NY 14203

We have limited our review of your filing to the financial statements and related disclosures and have the following comment(s).

Please respond to this letter within ten business days by providing the requested information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.

After reviewing your response to this letter, we may have additional comments.

Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2024 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Comparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 Revenue Marketplace and Service revenue, page 47

1. Please discuss the underlying business reasons for the changes in marketplace and service revenue. We note that increases were primarily volume driven and that buyer fee rates were higher for the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to the prior year, but the underlying reasons for this growth are not explained. Refer to Item 303(b)(2) of Regulation S-K and sections III.B.2 through III.B.4 of SEC Release 33- 8350. April 23, 2025 Page 2 Non-GAAP Financial Measures, page 50

2. We note that you exclude amortization of acquired intangible assets from the calculation of Non-GAAP Net income (loss). Please expand your disclosure to explain that although amortization of these acquired intangibles is being excluded, revenue generated from these assets is still included in the measure and that these assets contribute to revenue generation. Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Note 16. Acquisitions, page 84

3. Please tell us your consideration of disclosing the amount of revenues and earnings from the acquired entities since their acquisition dates included in the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2024, and supplemental pro forma financial information of the revenue and earnings of the combined entity as though the business combinations that were completed during fiscal 2024 had occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period. Refer to ASC 805-10-50-2(h)(1) and ASC 805-10-50-2(h)(3), respectively, and ASC 805-10- 50-3. Note 19. Segment Information, page 87

4. Please tell us your consideration for disclosing how your Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM) uses the segment measure of net income (loss) in assessing segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources pursuant to ASC 280-10-50- 29(f). Refer to the implementation guidance for a a single reportable segment entity in ASC 280-10-55-54c.

In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff.

Please contact Robert Shapiro at 202-551-3273 or Theresa Brillant at 202-551-3307 with any questions.

Sincerely,
Division of
Corporation Finance
Office of Trade &
Services

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 April 23, 2025

William Zerella
Chief Financial Officer
ACV Auctions Inc.
640 Ellicott Street, #321
Buffalo, NY 14203

 Re: ACV Auctions Inc.
 Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023
 File No. 001-40256
Dear William Zerella:

 We have limited our review of your filing to the financial statements
and related
disclosures and have the following comment(s).

 Please respond to this letter within ten business days by providing the
requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do
not believe a
comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your
response.

 After reviewing your response to this letter, we may have additional
comments.

Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2024
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
Comparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023
Revenue
Marketplace and Service revenue, page 47

1. Please discuss the underlying business reasons for the changes in
marketplace and
 service revenue. We note that increases were primarily volume driven and
that buyer
 fee rates were higher for the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared
to the prior
 year, but the underlying reasons for this growth are not explained.
Refer to Item
 303(b)(2) of Regulation S-K and sections III.B.2 through III.B.4 of SEC
Release 33-
 8350.
 April 23, 2025
Page 2
Non-GAAP Financial Measures, page 50

2. We note that you exclude amortization of acquired intangible assets from
the
 calculation of Non-GAAP Net income (loss). Please expand your disclosure
to explain
 that although amortization of these acquired intangibles is being
excluded, revenue
 generated from these assets is still included in the measure and that
these assets
 contribute to revenue generation.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 16. Acquisitions, page 84

3. Please tell us your consideration of disclosing the amount of revenues
and earnings
 from the acquired entities since their acquisition dates included in the
consolidated
 statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2024, and
supplemental pro
 forma financial information of the revenue and earnings of the combined
entity as
 though the business combinations that were completed during fiscal 2024
had
 occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting
period. Refer to
 ASC 805-10-50-2(h)(1) and ASC 805-10-50-2(h)(3), respectively, and ASC
805-10-
 50-3.
Note 19. Segment Information, page 87

4. Please tell us your consideration for disclosing how your Chief
Operating Decision
 Maker (CODM) uses the segment measure of net income (loss) in assessing
segment
 performance and deciding how to allocate resources pursuant to ASC
280-10-50-
 29(f). Refer to the implementation guidance for a a single reportable
segment entity in
 ASC 280-10-55-54c.

 In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are
responsible for
the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review,
comments,
action or absence of action by the staff.

 Please contact Robert Shapiro at 202-551-3273 or Theresa Brillant at
202-551-3307
with any questions.

 Sincerely,

 Division of
Corporation Finance
 Office of Trade &
Services
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