Body Shops in Jefferson County, New York: 151 DMV-Registered, 57 Expired (2026)
Jefferson County has 151 DMV-registered motor vehicle repair shops (20 collision/body classified) and 57 expired registrations on the state register.
151 of New York's 14956 active DMV repair-shop registrations, 1.0 percent, are in Jefferson County. Among the 62 New York counties on that register, Jefferson County ranks 25th.
Jefferson 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.
Jefferson County by the numbers
| Measure | Count |
|---|---|
| Active DMV-registered repair shops | 151 |
| Collision / body-shop classified | 20 |
| Registered in the last 12 months | 8 |
| Registrations expiring within 6 months | 28 |
| Expired registrations on the register | 57 |
The busiest cities for registered repair work in Jefferson County: Watertown (77), Carthage (10), Adams Center (6), Theresa (6), Lafargeville (5).
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 Jefferson County numbers above; the register is the fourteen states that license body shops.
Check before you book
Jefferson County's register currently shows 57 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 Jefferson County
Every registered Jefferson County shop appears in our New York directory with its public record attached. The registry re-checks the Jefferson 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 Jefferson County compares with the rest of New York
Directly above Jefferson County on the New York ranking by active registration count is Rensselaer County with 156 active registrations, and directly below it is Steuben County with 151. Collision or body-shop classification covers 13.2 percent of Jefferson County's active shops against 18.7 percent statewide, and expired registrations are 27.4 percent of its active-plus-expired records against 29.0 percent statewide. Watertown carries 77 of the county's 151 active registrations, 51.0 percent, and the register names 28 cities in Jefferson County. Of those 151 active registrations, 28 fall due for renewal within six months of 2026-08-23, 18.5 percent against 23.7 percent statewide, and 8 were issued in the previous twelve months, 5.3 percent against 3.5 percent statewide.
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