Body Shops in Monterey County, California: 388 Current, 87 Delinquent BAR Registrations (2026)
Monterey County has 388 current and 87 delinquent auto repair dealer registrations on the California Bureau of Automotive Repair register (95 collision/body classified).
388 of California's 35251 current BAR registrations, 1.1 percent, are in Monterey County. Among the 57 California counties on that register, Monterey County ranks 20th.
Monterey 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.
Monterey County by the numbers
| Measure | Count |
|---|---|
| Current BAR registrations | 388 |
| Delinquent registrations | 87 |
| Collision / body-shop classified (all) | 95 |
| Current registrations expiring within 6 months | 165 |
The busiest cities for registered repair work in Monterey County: Salinas (196), Seaside (52), Monterey (28), Greenfield (19), King City (15).
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 Monterey 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. Monterey County currently shows 87 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 Monterey County
Every registered Monterey County shop appears in our California directory with its public record attached. The registry re-checks the Monterey 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 Monterey County compares with the rest of California
Directly above Monterey County on the California ranking by current registration count is Placer County with 403 current registrations, and directly below it is Santa Barbara County with 362. Collision or body-shop classification covers 20.0 percent of Monterey County's 475 BAR records against 15.2 percent statewide, and delinquent registrations are 18.3 percent of them against 18.9 percent statewide. Salinas carries 196 of the county's 388 current registrations, 50.5 percent, and the register names 17 cities in Monterey County. Of those 388 current registrations, 165 fall due for renewal within six months of 2026-07-30, 42.5 percent against 41.6 percent statewide.
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