Body Shops in Suffolk County, New York: 1499 DMV-Registered, 593 Expired (2026)
Suffolk County has 1499 DMV-registered motor vehicle repair shops (319 collision/body classified) and 593 expired registrations on the state register.
1499 of New York's 14956 active DMV repair-shop registrations, 10.0 percent, are in Suffolk County. Among the 62 New York counties on that register, Suffolk County ranks 1st.
Suffolk 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.
Suffolk County by the numbers
| Measure | Count |
|---|---|
| Active DMV-registered repair shops | 1499 |
| Collision / body-shop classified | 319 |
| Registered in the last 12 months | 43 |
| Registrations expiring within 6 months | 333 |
| Expired registrations on the register | 593 |
The busiest cities for registered repair work in Suffolk County: Deer Park (78), Lindenhurst (72), Huntington (57), Riverhead (55), Huntington Sta (52).
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 Suffolk County numbers above; the register is the fourteen states that license body shops.
Check before you book
Suffolk County's register currently shows 593 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 Suffolk County
Every registered Suffolk County shop appears in our New York directory with its public record attached. The registry re-checks the Suffolk 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 Suffolk County compares with the rest of New York
Directly below Suffolk County on the New York ranking by active registration count is Nassau County with 1156 active registrations. Collision or body-shop classification covers 21.3 percent of Suffolk County's active shops against 18.7 percent statewide, and expired registrations are 28.3 percent of its active-plus-expired records against 29.0 percent statewide. Deer Park carries 78 of the county's 1499 active registrations, 5.2 percent, and the register names 182 cities in Suffolk County. Of those 1499 active registrations, 333 fall due for renewal within six months of 2026-08-23, 22.2 percent against 23.7 percent statewide, and 43 were issued in the previous twelve months, 2.9 percent against 3.5 percent statewide.
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