Body Shops in Butte County, California: 259 Current, 37 Delinquent BAR Registrations (2026)
Butte County has 259 current and 37 delinquent auto repair dealer registrations on the California Bureau of Automotive Repair register (24 collision/body classified).
259 of California's 35251 current BAR registrations, 0.7 percent, are in Butte County. Among the 57 California counties on that register, Butte County ranks 23rd.
Butte 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.
Butte County by the numbers
| Measure | Count |
|---|---|
| Current BAR registrations | 259 |
| Delinquent registrations | 37 |
| Collision / body-shop classified (all) | 24 |
| Current registrations expiring within 6 months | 98 |
The busiest cities for registered repair work in Butte County: Chico (160), Oroville (47), Paradise (23), Gridley (21), Magalia (3).
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 Butte 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. Butte County currently shows 37 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 Butte County
Every registered Butte County shop appears in our California directory with its public record attached. The registry re-checks the Butte 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 Butte County compares with the rest of California
Directly above Butte County on the California ranking by current registration count is San Francisco County with 334 current registrations, and directly below it is San Luis Obispo County with 256. Collision or body-shop classification covers 8.1 percent of Butte County's 296 BAR records against 15.2 percent statewide, and delinquent registrations are 12.5 percent of them against 18.9 percent statewide. Chico carries 160 of the county's 259 current registrations, 61.8 percent, and the register names 9 cities in Butte County. Of those 259 current registrations, 98 fall due for renewal within six months of 2026-07-30, 37.8 percent against 41.6 percent statewide.
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