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Generated 2026-07-26 · every figure computed from public records at generation time · methodology
Most US states do not license auto body shops at all. The registry currently holds body-shop licensing or registration rosters for 9 states: CA, CT, FL, MA, NJ, NV, NY, OH, RI. Everywhere else a shop cannot have a state license record: a pin without one usually means “state with no licensing regime,” not “unlicensed shop.” In those states, corroboration comes from other public records: corporate registrations, EPA/OSHA filings, and OEM certification programs.
| State | Roster records | Status breakdown (register's own words) |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 43,451 | current: 35,251 · delinquent: 8,200 |
| CT | 1,081 | Licensed: 1,081 |
| FL | 22,884 | Licensed: 22,884 |
| MA | 1,476 | Registered: 1,476 derived from AIB list, not a state register (D-038 resale HOLD) |
| NJ | 1,173 | Licensed: 1,173 |
| NV | 344 | Licensed: 344 |
| NY | 21,057 | Licensed: 15,404 · Expired: 5,653 |
| OH | 2,374 | Licensed: 1,263 · Inactive: 846 · Closed: 201 · In Review: 60 · Submitted: 4 |
| RI | 230 | Licensed: 230 |
Across the licensing states, 16,174 shop credentials are currently lapsed in some form. Each state's register uses its own status word (California's “delinquent” is not New York's “Expired” is not Ohio's “Inactive”), so we report them separately rather than pretending they are one thing. A consumer checking star ratings will see none of this; the state register shows all of it.
| State | Register status (verbatim) | Shops | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | delinquent | 8,200 | state register roster |
| NY | Expired | 5,653 | state register roster |
| OH | Closed | 201 | state register roster |
| OH | Inactive | 846 | state register roster |
| FL | Expired (separate expired-register file) | 1,274 | FDACS expired file |
Florida's FDACS register lists 1,274 body-shop registrations with status Expired right now. Top counties:
| County | Expired registrations |
|---|---|
| Miami-Dade | 206 |
| Broward | 125 |
| Hillsborough | 111 |
| Orange | 86 |
| Palm Beach | 76 |
| Duval | 65 |
| Polk | 54 |
| Lee | 47 |
| Pinellas | 41 |
| Brevard | 37 |
Full dataset published open-access: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21501840 (CC BY 4.0).
License-matched share is a fact about each state's regulatory regime as much as about the shops. OEM-certified counts reflect manufacturer programs matched so far and understate the true footprint.
| State | Registry records | License-matched | % | OEM-certified | MSO/chain | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 46,170 | 42,624 | 92.3% | 1,059 | 504 | 1.1% |
| FL | 24,684 | 22,178 | 89.8% | 513 | 288 | 1.2% |
| NY | 22,283 | 20,669 | 92.8% | 14 | 123 | 0.6% |
| TX | 8,351 | 4 | 0% | 0 | 440 | 5.3% |
| OH | 4,165 | 2,293 | 55.1% | 0 | 141 | 3.4% |
| PA | 3,969 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 151 | 3.8% |
| IL | 3,796 | 4 | 0.1% | 0 | 272 | 7.2% |
| GA | 2,808 | 0 | 0% | 6 | 195 | 6.9% |
| MI | 2,766 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 132 | 4.8% |
| NJ | 2,577 | 1,110 | 43.1% | 0 | 44 | 1.7% |
| NC | 2,463 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 197 | 8% |
| MA | 2,447 | 1,395 | 57% | 5 | 7 | 0.3% |
| MO | 2,046 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 103 | 5% |
| VA | 1,927 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 136 | 7.1% |
| MD | 1,823 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 106 | 5.8% |
| MN | 1,816 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 81 | 4.5% |
| LA | 1,743 | 3 | 0.2% | 0 | 45 | 2.6% |
| WA | 1,698 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 178 | 10.5% |
| CT | 1,686 | 1,082 | 64.2% | 76 | 14 | 0.8% |
| TN | 1,672 | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 125 | 7.5% |
| CO | 1,651 | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 163 | 9.9% |
| IN | 1,651 | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 102 | 6.2% |
| WI | 1,571 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 124 | 7.9% |
| AZ | 1,347 | 0 | 0% | 11 | 99 | 7.3% |
| AL | 1,295 | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 94 | 7.3% |
| IA | 1,258 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 22 | 1.7% |
| SC | 1,244 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 107 | 8.6% |
| KY | 1,222 | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 42 | 3.4% |
| OK | 1,078 | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 64 | 5.9% |
| OR | 1,034 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 71 | 6.9% |
| KS | 849 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 42 | 4.9% |
| AR | 847 | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 49 | 5.8% |
| NV | 829 | 445 | 53.7% | 68 | 46 | 5.5% |
| NH | 655 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 4 | 0.6% |
| UT | 630 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 38 | 6% |
| MS | 624 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 33 | 5.3% |
| NE | 566 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 23 | 4.1% |
| WV | 521 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 7 | 1.3% |
| ID | 460 | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 32 | 7% |
| RI | 438 | 228 | 52.1% | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| NM | 412 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 17 | 4.1% |
| MT | 380 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 22 | 5.8% |
| ME | 373 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| SD | 293 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 2 | 0.7% |
| ND | 266 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| DE | 217 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 16 | 7.4% |
| VT | 204 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| WY | 162 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 7 | 4.3% |
| AK | 132 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 10 | 7.6% |
| HI | 90 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| DC | 53 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 3 | 5.7% |
A registry of shops says nothing about the people inside them, so this edition adds the labour side from a second public source: the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS estimates for SOC 49-3021, Automotive Body and Related Repairers (May 2025). Across 52 jurisdictions BLS estimates 149,960 body repairers employed, and the median of the jurisdiction medians is $52,030 a year.
These are BLS estimates of workers; every other figure in this report counts records. We publish them side by side and never divide one by the other: a “technicians per shop” number built that way would be an invention, not a measurement.
| Area | Median | Mean | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | $72,490 | $66,140 | 800 |
| California | $66,860 | $69,280 | 14,050 |
| District of Columbia | $62,640 | $67,990 | 30 |
| New Jersey | $62,400 | $65,980 | 3,720 |
| Alaska | $61,680 | $64,240 | 270 |
| Minnesota | $60,970 | $65,530 | 2,910 |
| Hawaii | $60,540 | $61,460 | 450 |
| Missouri | $60,540 | $61,550 | 4,350 |
| Nevada | $60,520 | $72,530 | 1,020 |
| Oregon | $60,000 | $64,350 | 1,660 |
| Area | Median | Mean | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rico | $30,260 | $37,280 | 650 |
| Kentucky | $46,080 | $50,890 | 1,680 |
| West Virginia | $47,090 | $50,600 | 670 |
| Louisiana | $47,150 | $54,210 | 1,660 |
| Tennessee | $47,460 | $51,200 | 3,970 |
| New York | $47,670 | $55,500 | 8,530 |
| New Mexico | $48,260 | $53,940 | 810 |
| Florida | $48,600 | $56,410 | 9,220 |
| Delaware | $48,780 | $54,340 | 340 |
| Oklahoma | $48,810 | $51,430 | 2,330 |
The states that license or register body shops, ranked by what the work pays there.
| State | Median | Mean | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | $72,490 | $66,140 | 800 |
| California | $66,860 | $69,280 | 14,050 |
| New Jersey | $62,400 | $65,980 | 3,720 |
| Nevada | $60,520 | $72,530 | 1,020 |
| Massachusetts | $59,300 | $59,290 | 3,060 |
| Connecticut | $58,220 | $59,750 | 1,850 |
| Ohio | $49,080 | $56,640 | 5,950 |
| Florida | $48,600 | $56,410 | 9,220 |
| New York | $47,670 | $55,500 | 8,530 |
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025 · US federal public domain (BLS) · retrieved 2026-07-23.
All figures computed at generation time from the live registry union (mergeShops over licensed+national+curated, state via ZIP3) plus data/licensed/*.json rosters, data/expired/fl.json, and BLS OEWS wage estimates in data/econ/. No hand-entered numbers.
Reconciliation against the live consumer map at generation time: raw union 163,449 records; the map's canonical cross-tier dedupe serves 155,625; delta 7,824 = duplicate records merged on the map. Live site totals at generation: 155,625 business records, 93,597 license-matched, 64,846 collision-classified (strict segment).
The Autobody Directory (Quorum Industries LLC), “State of Collision Repair 2026-Q3,” 2026-07-26. https://theautobodydirectory.com/reports/state-of-collision-repair-2026-q3.html. Data compiled entirely from public records; free to cite with attribution. Press & data cuts: contact@theautobodydirectory.com
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