EverQuote, Inc.

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

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NOTICE OF 2026 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

JUNE 4, 2026

Dear Stockholder:

You are invited to attend the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of EverQuote, Inc. (the “Annual Meeting”), a Delaware corporation, which will be held on Thursday, June 4, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time. The Annual Meeting will be a virtual meeting via a live webcast on the Internet. Stockholders may attend the Annual Meeting online, vote your shares during the online meeting and submit your questions during the virtual meeting by visitingwww.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/EVER2026. The Annual Meeting will be held for the following purposes:

The foregoing items of business are more fully described in the proxy statement accompanying this notice. In addition, stockholders may be asked to consider and vote upon any other matters that may be properly brought before the Annual Meeting and at any adjournments or postponements thereof. Any action may be taken on the foregoing matters at the Annual Meeting on the date specified above, or on any date or dates to which the Annual Meeting may be adjourned, or to which the Annual Meeting may be postponed.

Our Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on April 7, 2026 as the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting and at any adjournments or postponements thereof. All such stockholders are cordially invited to attend the meeting. However, to ensure your representation at the meeting, you are urged to vote by proxy prior to the meeting. If you attend the meeting, you may vote during the meeting even if you have voted by proxy.

We encourage you to access the virtual annual meeting before the start time of 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on June 4, 2026, to allow ample time for online access, which will begin at 9:45 a.m., Eastern Time.

A complete list of registered stockholders will be available for the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least 10 days prior to the Annual Meeting date, during ordinary business hours at EverQuote’s principal place of business located at 141 Portland Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139. The list of these stockholders will also be available on the bottom of your screen during the Annual Meeting. Please refer to instructions on how to vote your shares on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials you received in the mail, the section titled “Voting” beginning on page 1 of the attached Proxy Statement or, if you requested to receive printed proxy materials, your enclosed proxy card.

We make proxy materials available to our stockholders on the Internet. You can access proxy materials at www.proxyvote.com. In order to authorize your proxy via the Internet you must have the stockholder identification number that appears on the enclosed proxy card.

By Order of our Board of Directors,

Joseph Sanborn

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer

April 23, 2026