Body Shops in Contra Costa County, California: 837 Current, 180 Delinquent BAR Registrations (2026)
Contra Costa County has 837 current and 180 delinquent auto repair dealer registrations on the California Bureau of Automotive Repair register (127 collision/body classified).
837 of California's 35251 current BAR registrations, 2.4 percent, are in Contra Costa County. Among the 57 California counties on that register, Contra Costa County ranks 11th.
Contra Costa 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.
Contra Costa County by the numbers
| Measure | Count |
|---|---|
| Current BAR registrations | 837 |
| Delinquent registrations | 180 |
| Collision / body-shop classified (all) | 127 |
| Current registrations expiring within 6 months | 352 |
The busiest cities for registered repair work in Contra Costa County: Concord (189), Richmond (87), Walnut Creek (85), Antioch (66), Pittsburg (57).
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 Contra Costa 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. Contra Costa County currently shows 180 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 Contra Costa County
Every registered Contra Costa County shop appears in our California directory with its public record attached. The registry re-checks the Contra Costa 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 Contra Costa County compares with the rest of California
Directly above Contra Costa County on the California ranking by current registration count is Kern County with 944 current registrations, and directly below it is Ventura County with 748. Collision or body-shop classification covers 12.5 percent of Contra Costa County's 1017 BAR records against 15.2 percent statewide, and delinquent registrations are 17.7 percent of them against 18.9 percent statewide. Concord carries 189 of the county's 837 current registrations, 22.6 percent, and the register names 27 cities in Contra Costa County. Of those 837 current registrations, 352 fall due for renewal within six months of 2026-07-30, 42.1 percent against 41.6 percent statewide.
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