Body Shops in Rensselaer County, New York: 156 DMV-Registered, 82 Expired (2026)
Rensselaer County has 156 DMV-registered motor vehicle repair shops (20 collision/body classified) and 82 expired registrations on the state register.
156 of New York's 14956 active DMV repair-shop registrations, 1.0 percent, are in Rensselaer County. Among the 62 New York counties on that register, Rensselaer County ranks 24th.
Rensselaer 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.
Rensselaer County by the numbers
| Measure | Count |
|---|---|
| Active DMV-registered repair shops | 156 |
| Collision / body-shop classified | 20 |
| Registered in the last 12 months | 6 |
| Registrations expiring within 6 months | 31 |
| Expired registrations on the register | 82 |
The busiest cities for registered repair work in Rensselaer County: Troy (55), Rensselaer (22), East Greenbush (15), Hoosick Falls (7), Castleton (7).
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 Rensselaer County numbers above; the register is the fourteen states that license body shops.
Check before you book
Rensselaer County's register currently shows 82 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 Rensselaer County
Every registered Rensselaer County shop appears in our New York directory with its public record attached. The registry re-checks the Rensselaer 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 Rensselaer County compares with the rest of New York
Directly above Rensselaer County on the New York ranking by active registration count is St Lawrence County with 163 active registrations, and directly below it is Jefferson County with 151. Collision or body-shop classification covers 12.8 percent of Rensselaer County's active shops against 18.7 percent statewide, and expired registrations are 34.5 percent of its active-plus-expired records against 29.0 percent statewide. Troy carries 55 of the county's 156 active registrations, 35.3 percent, and the register names 32 cities in Rensselaer County. Of those 156 active registrations, 31 fall due for renewal within six months of 2026-08-23, 19.9 percent against 23.7 percent statewide, and 6 were issued in the previous twelve months, 3.8 percent against 3.5 percent statewide.
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