Body Shops in Chemung County, New York: 97 DMV-Registered, 33 Expired (2026)
Chemung County has 97 DMV-registered motor vehicle repair shops (17 collision/body classified) and 33 expired registrations on the state register.
97 of New York's 14956 active DMV repair-shop registrations, 0.6 percent, are in Chemung County. Among the 62 New York counties on that register, Chemung County ranks 37th.
Chemung County's figures below are computed from the New York DMV's published register of licensed motor vehicle repair facilities, re-verified nightly and read on 2026-08-23.
Chemung County by the numbers
| Measure | Count |
|---|---|
| Active DMV-registered repair shops | 97 |
| Collision / body-shop classified | 17 |
| Registered in the last 12 months | 4 |
| Registrations expiring within 6 months | 26 |
| Expired registrations on the register | 33 |
The busiest cities for registered repair work in Chemung County: Elmira (50), Horseheads (23), Elmira Heights (5), Wellsburg (3), Van Etten (2).
New York requires a repair shop to hold a state licence or registration: the Department of Motor Vehicles issues it under N.Y. Veh. & Traf. Law § 398-c, and it is not collision-specific: the same credential covers general repair. That is the state credential behind the Chemung County numbers above; the register is the fourteen states that license body shops.
Check before you book
Chemung County's register currently shows 33 expired repair-shop registrations. Verify any shop against the state's own records via the DMV facilities dataset, or follow our guide to verifying a New York body shop license.
Find a verified shop in Chemung County
Every registered Chemung County shop appears in our New York directory with its public record attached. The registry re-checks the Chemung County records against state and federal sources nightly; here's how the data is built.
Statewide context and every other county: see New York body shops by county.
How Chemung County compares with the rest of New York
Directly above Chemung County on the New York ranking by active registration count is Putnam County with 98 active registrations, and directly below it is New York County with 93. Collision or body-shop classification covers 17.5 percent of Chemung County's active shops against 18.7 percent statewide, and expired registrations are 25.4 percent of its active-plus-expired records against 29.0 percent statewide. Elmira carries 50 of the county's 97 active registrations, 51.5 percent, and the register names 16 cities in Chemung County. Of those 97 active registrations, 26 fall due for renewal within six months of 2026-08-23, 26.8 percent against 23.7 percent statewide, and 4 were issued in the previous twelve months, 4.1 percent against 3.5 percent statewide.
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