Auto repair & body shops in California

There are 3,216 registered repair dealers in California, and 639 of them have held their registration for twenty years or more. That second number is the one a buyer cares about. An auto shop's value is its bay count, its technicians, and the twenty years of customers who know where to go when the check-engine light comes on.

Shops in this trade sold for about 2.85x owner earnings over the last five years, with a median sale around $430K. A smog station license at the same premises adds a second revenue stream buyers pay for. Dealerships and chain lube units are listed here but aren't priced like independent shops.

Most pages in this trade show no range yet: the state registration says who, where, and since when, but not how many cars a month. Two numbers from the owner fixes that.