Body Shops in Lake County, California: 78 Current, 22 Delinquent BAR Registrations (2026)
Lake County has 78 current and 22 delinquent auto repair dealer registrations on the California Bureau of Automotive Repair register (12 collision/body classified).
78 of California's 35251 current BAR registrations, 0.2 percent, are in Lake County. Among the 57 California counties on that register, Lake County ranks 39th.
Lake 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.
Lake County by the numbers
| Measure | Count |
|---|---|
| Current BAR registrations | 78 |
| Delinquent registrations | 22 |
| Collision / body-shop classified (all) | 12 |
| Current registrations expiring within 6 months | 27 |
The busiest cities for registered repair work in Lake County: Lakeport (33), Clearlake (18), Middletown (7), Kelseyville (7), Lower Lake (5).
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 Lake 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. Lake County currently shows 22 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 Lake County
Every registered Lake County shop appears in our California directory with its public record attached. The registry re-checks the Lake 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 Lake County compares with the rest of California
Directly above Lake County on the California ranking by current registration count is Napa County with 97 current registrations, and directly below it is Tuolumne County with 60. Collision or body-shop classification covers 12.0 percent of Lake County's 100 BAR records against 15.2 percent statewide, and delinquent registrations are 22.0 percent of them against 18.9 percent statewide. Lakeport carries 33 of the county's 78 current registrations, 42.3 percent, and the register names 9 cities in Lake County. Of those 78 current registrations, 27 fall due for renewal within six months of 2026-07-30, 34.6 percent against 41.6 percent statewide.
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