Body Shops in Ventura County, California: 748 Current, 159 Delinquent BAR Registrations (2026)
Ventura County has 748 current and 159 delinquent auto repair dealer registrations on the California Bureau of Automotive Repair register (131 collision/body classified).
748 of California's 35251 current BAR registrations, 2.1 percent, are in Ventura County. Among the 57 California counties on that register, Ventura County ranks 12th.
Ventura 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.
Ventura County by the numbers
| Measure | Count |
|---|---|
| Current BAR registrations | 748 |
| Delinquent registrations | 159 |
| Collision / body-shop classified (all) | 131 |
| Current registrations expiring within 6 months | 304 |
The busiest cities for registered repair work in Ventura County: Oxnard (209), Ventura (152), Simi Valley (109), Thousand Oaks (101), Camarillo (71).
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 Ventura 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. Ventura County currently shows 159 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 Ventura County
Every registered Ventura County shop appears in our California directory with its public record attached. The registry re-checks the Ventura 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 Ventura County compares with the rest of California
Directly above Ventura County on the California ranking by current registration count is Contra Costa County with 837 current registrations, and directly below it is San Mateo County with 736. Collision or body-shop classification covers 14.4 percent of Ventura County's 907 BAR records against 15.2 percent statewide, and delinquent registrations are 17.5 percent of them against 18.9 percent statewide. Oxnard carries 209 of the county's 748 current registrations, 27.9 percent, and the register names 14 cities in Ventura County. Of those 748 current registrations, 304 fall due for renewal within six months of 2026-07-30, 40.6 percent against 41.6 percent statewide.
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