Body Shops in Sonoma County, California: 499 Current, 101 Delinquent BAR Registrations (2026)
Sonoma County has 499 current and 101 delinquent auto repair dealer registrations on the California Bureau of Automotive Repair register (69 collision/body classified).
499 of California's 35251 current BAR registrations, 1.4 percent, are in Sonoma County. Among the 57 California counties on that register, Sonoma County ranks 16th.
Sonoma 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.
Sonoma County by the numbers
| Measure | Count |
|---|---|
| Current BAR registrations | 499 |
| Delinquent registrations | 101 |
| Collision / body-shop classified (all) | 69 |
| Current registrations expiring within 6 months | 203 |
The busiest cities for registered repair work in Sonoma County: Santa Rosa (272), Petaluma (67), Rohnert Park (35), Sonoma (33), Cotati (17).
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 Sonoma 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. Sonoma County currently shows 101 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 Sonoma County
Every registered Sonoma County shop appears in our California directory with its public record attached. The registry re-checks the Sonoma 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 Sonoma County compares with the rest of California
Directly above Sonoma County on the California ranking by current registration count is Stanislaus County with 606 current registrations, and directly below it is Tulare County with 487. Collision or body-shop classification covers 11.5 percent of Sonoma County's 600 BAR records against 15.2 percent statewide, and delinquent registrations are 16.8 percent of them against 18.9 percent statewide. Santa Rosa carries 272 of the county's 499 current registrations, 54.5 percent, and the register names 20 cities in Sonoma County. Of those 499 current registrations, 203 fall due for renewal within six months of 2026-07-30, 40.7 percent against 41.6 percent statewide.
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