Body Shops in Tompkins County, New York: 77 DMV-Registered, 26 Expired (2026)
Tompkins County has 77 DMV-registered motor vehicle repair shops (7 collision/body classified) and 26 expired registrations on the state register.
77 of New York's 14956 active DMV repair-shop registrations, 0.5 percent, are in Tompkins County. Among the 62 New York counties on that register, Tompkins County ranks 46th.
Tompkins 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.
Tompkins County by the numbers
| Measure | Count |
|---|---|
| Active DMV-registered repair shops | 77 |
| Collision / body-shop classified | 7 |
| Registered in the last 12 months | 0 |
| Registrations expiring within 6 months | 12 |
| Expired registrations on the register | 26 |
The busiest cities for registered repair work in Tompkins County: Ithaca (42), Newfield (12), Groton (8), Freeville (6), Lansing (6).
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 Tompkins County numbers above; the register is the fourteen states that license body shops.
Check before you book
Tompkins County's register currently shows 26 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 Tompkins County
Every registered Tompkins County shop appears in our New York directory with its public record attached. The registry re-checks the Tompkins 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 Tompkins County compares with the rest of New York
Directly above Tompkins County on the New York ranking by active registration count is Delaware County with 82 active registrations, and directly below it is Allegany County with 75. Collision or body-shop classification covers 9.1 percent of Tompkins County's active shops against 18.7 percent statewide, and expired registrations are 25.2 percent of its active-plus-expired records against 29.0 percent statewide. Ithaca carries 42 of the county's 77 active registrations, 54.5 percent, and the register names 8 cities in Tompkins County. Of those 77 active registrations, 12 fall due for renewal within six months of 2026-08-23, 15.6 percent against 23.7 percent statewide, and 0 were issued in the previous twelve months, 0.0 percent against 3.5 percent statewide.
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