Body Shops in San Mateo County, California: 736 Current, 144 Delinquent BAR Registrations (2026)
San Mateo County has 736 current and 144 delinquent auto repair dealer registrations on the California Bureau of Automotive Repair register (187 collision/body classified).
736 of California's 35251 current BAR registrations, 2.1 percent, are in San Mateo County. Among the 57 California counties on that register, San Mateo County ranks 13th.
San Mateo 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.
San Mateo County by the numbers
| Measure | Count |
|---|---|
| Current BAR registrations | 736 |
| Delinquent registrations | 144 |
| Collision / body-shop classified (all) | 187 |
| Current registrations expiring within 6 months | 290 |
The busiest cities for registered repair work in San Mateo County: Redwood City (135), San Mateo (116), South San Francisco (94), San Bruno (78), Burlingame (64).
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 San Mateo 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. San Mateo County currently shows 144 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 San Mateo County
Every registered San Mateo County shop appears in our California directory with its public record attached. The registry re-checks the San Mateo 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 San Mateo County compares with the rest of California
Directly above San Mateo County on the California ranking by current registration count is Ventura County with 748 current registrations, and directly below it is San Joaquin County with 716. Collision or body-shop classification covers 21.2 percent of San Mateo County's 880 BAR records against 15.2 percent statewide, and delinquent registrations are 16.4 percent of them against 18.9 percent statewide. Redwood City carries 135 of the county's 736 current registrations, 18.3 percent, and the register names 21 cities in San Mateo County. Of those 736 current registrations, 290 fall due for renewal within six months of 2026-07-30, 39.4 percent against 41.6 percent statewide.
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