Body Shops in Marin County, California: 231 Current, 47 Delinquent BAR Registrations (2026)
Marin County has 231 current and 47 delinquent auto repair dealer registrations on the California Bureau of Automotive Repair register (28 collision/body classified).
231 of California's 35251 current BAR registrations, 0.7 percent, are in Marin County. Among the 57 California counties on that register, Marin County ranks 26th.
Marin 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.
Marin County by the numbers
| Measure | Count |
|---|---|
| Current BAR registrations | 231 |
| Delinquent registrations | 47 |
| Collision / body-shop classified (all) | 28 |
| Current registrations expiring within 6 months | 106 |
The busiest cities for registered repair work in Marin County: San Rafael (127), Novato (59), Mill Valley (14), Corte Madera (8), Greenbrae (6).
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 Marin 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. Marin County currently shows 47 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 Marin County
Every registered Marin County shop appears in our California directory with its public record attached. The registry re-checks the Marin 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 Marin County compares with the rest of California
Directly above Marin County on the California ranking by current registration count is Shasta County with 238 current registrations, and directly below it is Santa Cruz County with 228. Collision or body-shop classification covers 10.1 percent of Marin County's 278 BAR records against 15.2 percent statewide, and delinquent registrations are 16.9 percent of them against 18.9 percent statewide. San Rafael carries 127 of the county's 231 current registrations, 55.0 percent, and the register names 10 cities in Marin County. Of those 231 current registrations, 106 fall due for renewal within six months of 2026-07-30, 45.9 percent against 41.6 percent statewide.
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