Vehicle Inspection Stations in California

The largest concentration is in Los Angeles: 247 of 5974 (4%). Other cities covered include San Diego (186), San Jose (172), Sacramento (128), Fresno (100), Riverside (84), and 582 more.

By county, the 5974 entries fall across 54 counties; the largest are Los Angeles (1338), San Diego (545), Orange (452), San Bernardino (385).

Of the 5974 entries here whose register publishes license dates, 5960 have a license that has not expired and 14 have one that has lapsed. That split is computed from the expiry date each register publishes, rather than taken from any status the register may print.

A lapsed record is kept on the page rather than hidden, because a reader ringing round is better served knowing which is which. Every card says plainly which state it is in.

Across the 5973 entries with a recorded first-issue date, the median has held a license for 10 years. The longest-standing is George Chevrolet, first licensed in January 1972, 54 years ago.

The license classes represented here are Smog Station - Test & Repair (3942), Smog Station - Test Only (1963), Vehicle Safety Systems Inspection Station (49), Smog Station - Repair Only (20). The class is the source's own wording, not a label applied here.

This list publishes no phone numbers, so no listing drawn from it shows one. That is how the source publishes it, not a gap in this record.

The map positions were derived from the published street address through the US Census Bureau geocoder. No distance claim is made anywhere in this text; the "nearest to me" list computes straight-line distances in your own browser from your own location.

292 of the 5974 entries could not be placed on a map: the register gives a PO box, a bare route number or a road junction rather than a street address, and 292 of those are currently on the register. They are listed and searchable here by name, city and county, and left out of the map and the "nearest to me" results. Guessing a plausible position for a PO box would be worse than admitting there is not one.

California ranks 3rd of the 27 states covered in this category, holding 9% of the listings, ahead of 24 others.

For a wider choice, the largest states in this category are Pennsylvania (32354), New York (10438), North Carolina (5880). They are ordered by how many entries each holds, not by how close they are.

Every record on this page comes from Public licensee list (Automotive Repair), published by California Bureau of Automotive Repair on dca.ca.gov as dataset AutomotiveRepair_1310. Each card carries the date the record was last re-checked.