Body Shops in New York County, New York: 93 DMV-Registered, 45 Expired (2026)
New York County has 93 DMV-registered motor vehicle repair shops (15 collision/body classified) and 45 expired registrations on the state register.
93 of New York's 14956 active DMV repair-shop registrations, 0.6 percent, are in New York County. Among the 62 New York counties on that register, New York County ranks 38th.
New York 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.
New York County by the numbers
| Measure | Count |
|---|---|
| Active DMV-registered repair shops | 93 |
| Collision / body-shop classified | 15 |
| Registered in the last 12 months | 2 |
| Registrations expiring within 6 months | 24 |
| Expired registrations on the register | 45 |
The busiest cities for registered repair work in New York County: New York (76), Nyc Manhattan (11), Manhattan (1), Newyork (1), Bronx (1).
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 New York County numbers above; the register is the fourteen states that license body shops.
Check before you book
New York County's register currently shows 45 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 New York County
Every registered New York County shop appears in our New York directory with its public record attached. The registry re-checks the New York 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 New York County compares with the rest of New York
Directly above New York County on the New York ranking by active registration count is Chemung County with 97 active registrations, and directly below it is Madison County with 92. Collision or body-shop classification covers 16.1 percent of New York County's active shops against 18.7 percent statewide, and expired registrations are 32.6 percent of its active-plus-expired records against 29.0 percent statewide. New York carries 76 of the county's 93 active registrations, 81.7 percent, and the register names 8 cities in New York County. Of those 93 active registrations, 24 fall due for renewal within six months of 2026-08-23, 25.8 percent against 23.7 percent statewide, and 2 were issued in the previous twelve months, 2.2 percent against 3.5 percent statewide.
General consumer information: not legal, insurance, or financial advice. Requirements, coverage, and practices vary by state, policy, and manufacturer.