Body Shops in Santa Clara County, California: 1433 Current, 330 Delinquent BAR Registrations (2026)
Santa Clara County has 1433 current and 330 delinquent auto repair dealer registrations on the California Bureau of Automotive Repair register (269 collision/body classified).
1433 of California's 35251 current BAR registrations, 4.1 percent, are in Santa Clara County. Among the 57 California counties on that register, Santa Clara County ranks 7th.
Santa Clara 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.
Santa Clara County by the numbers
| Measure | Count |
|---|---|
| Current BAR registrations | 1433 |
| Delinquent registrations | 330 |
| Collision / body-shop classified (all) | 269 |
| Current registrations expiring within 6 months | 603 |
The busiest cities for registered repair work in Santa Clara County: San Jose (711), Santa Clara (195), Sunnyvale (102), Campbell (96), Mountain View (74).
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 Santa Clara 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. Santa Clara County currently shows 330 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 Santa Clara County
Every registered Santa Clara County shop appears in our California directory with its public record attached. The registry re-checks the Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara County compares with the rest of California
Directly above Santa Clara County on the California ranking by current registration count is Sacramento County with 1728 current registrations, and directly below it is Alameda County with 1383. Collision or body-shop classification covers 15.3 percent of Santa Clara County's 1763 BAR records against 15.2 percent statewide, and delinquent registrations are 18.7 percent of them against 18.9 percent statewide. San Jose carries 711 of the county's 1433 current registrations, 49.6 percent, and the register names 14 cities in Santa Clara County. Of those 1433 current registrations, 603 fall due for renewal within six months of 2026-07-30, 42.1 percent against 41.6 percent statewide.
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