Body Shops in Alameda County, California: 1383 Current, 315 Delinquent BAR Registrations (2026)
Alameda County has 1383 current and 315 delinquent auto repair dealer registrations on the California Bureau of Automotive Repair register (290 collision/body classified).
1383 of California's 35251 current BAR registrations, 3.9 percent, are in Alameda County. Among the 57 California counties on that register, Alameda County ranks 8th.
Alameda County's figures below are computed from the California Bureau of Automotive Repair register, the state's own record of the auto repair dealers it registers, re-verified nightly and read on 2026-07-30.
Alameda County by the numbers
| Measure | Count |
|---|---|
| Current BAR registrations | 1383 |
| Delinquent registrations | 315 |
| Collision / body-shop classified (all) | 290 |
| Current registrations expiring within 6 months | 547 |
The busiest cities for registered repair work in Alameda County: Oakland (325), Hayward (259), Fremont (209), San Leandro (117), Berkeley (87).
California requires a repair shop to hold a state licence or registration: the Bureau of Automotive Repair issues it under Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 9884.6, and it is not collision-specific: the same credential covers general repair. That is the state credential behind the Alameda County numbers above; the register is the fourteen states that license body shops.
What a delinquent registration means
A delinquent status on the BAR register means the shop's registration renewal has lapsed in the state's records. Alameda County currently shows 315 of them. Before booking, check the shop yourself through the state's license search at the Department of Consumer Affairs, or follow our step-by-step guide to verifying a California body shop license.
Find a verified shop in Alameda County
Every registered Alameda County shop appears in our California directory with its public record attached. The registry re-checks the Alameda County records against state and federal sources nightly; here's how the data is built.
Statewide context and every other county: see California body shops by county.
How Alameda County compares with the rest of California
Directly above Alameda County on the California ranking by current registration count is Santa Clara County with 1433 current registrations, and directly below it is Fresno County with 1024. Collision or body-shop classification covers 17.1 percent of Alameda County's 1698 BAR records against 15.2 percent statewide, and delinquent registrations are 18.6 percent of them against 18.9 percent statewide. Oakland carries 325 of the county's 1383 current registrations, 23.5 percent, and the register names 15 cities in Alameda County. Of those 1383 current registrations, 547 fall due for renewal within six months of 2026-07-30, 39.6 percent against 41.6 percent statewide.
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