# Which New York inspection stations can inspect your car

> New York licenses three kinds of inspection station and only one may inspect a vehicle you bring in. 8,021 public inspection stations, 222 dealer stations, 181 fleet stations.

## The three kinds of inspection station

New York requires an annual safety and emissions inspection. Two of the three inspection licences the Department issues will not help you get one.

### The distinction, in one table

| Code | Licensed as | Current | Who it inspects |
|---|---|---|---|
| `ISP` | [Public Inspection Station](/type/public-inspection-station.md) | 8,021 | **The public.** Your vehicle. |
| `ISD` | [Dealer Inspection Station](/type/dealer-inspection-station.md) | 222 | The vehicles the dealer sells. |
| `ISF` | [Fleet Inspection Station](/type/fleet-inspection-station.md) | 181 | The operator’s own fleet. |

Nothing on a shopfront distinguishes them. The codes exist because the
Department licenses the *activity*, not the building: a dealership that
inspects the cars it sells is doing something narrower than a garage that
inspects whatever drives in, and the licence says which.

### The pairing that actually matters

**7,643** facilities in New York hold both a repair
shop licence and a public inspection station licence. Those are the places
that can inspect your car and, if it fails, fix it without sending you
somewhere else.

That combination is invisible in the Department’s own lookup, which
returns one licence at a time. It is visible here because every search groups
all the licences on a facility number.
[The facilities holding the most licences](/multi.md).

### How to check before you drive there

1. Get the facility number if you can — it is on the DMV record and
often on the certificate displayed inside.
2. Failing that, search the business name in the box above.
3. Read the licence table on the result. If `ISP` is there and
current, the station may inspect your vehicle.

**One caution, and it is real.**
The Department publishes this file annually and notes that « facilities expired less than 6 years are included in the data set ». A licence shown here as current was current when the file was published, not necessarily today. If the answer decides whether you drive across the county, ring
the station, or check
 the Department’s own
facility lookup , which is live.

### Where the public stations are

| County | All DMV licences | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [Suffolk](/county/suffolk/public-inspection-station.md) | 4,088 | 10.1% |
| [Nassau](/county/nassau/public-inspection-station.md) | 3,020 | 7.5% |
| [Erie](/county/erie/public-inspection-station.md) | 2,802 | 6.9% |
| [Queens](/county/queens/public-inspection-station.md) | 2,400 | 5.9% |
| [Westchester](/county/westchester/public-inspection-station.md) | 2,033 | 5.0% |
| [Monroe](/county/monroe/public-inspection-station.md) | 2,018 | 5.0% |
| [Kings](/county/kings/public-inspection-station.md) | 1,925 | 4.8% |
| [Onondaga](/county/onondaga/public-inspection-station.md) | 1,507 | 3.7% |
| [Orange](/county/orange/public-inspection-station.md) | 1,195 | 2.9% |
| [Bronx](/county/bronx/public-inspection-station.md) | 1,103 | 2.7% |
| [Oneida](/county/oneida/public-inspection-station.md) | 1,062 | 2.6% |
| [Albany](/county/albany/public-inspection-station.md) | 925 | 2.3% |
| [Niagara](/county/niagara/public-inspection-station.md) | 793 | 2.0% |
| [Dutchess](/county/dutchess/public-inspection-station.md) | 782 | 1.9% |
| [Broome](/county/broome/public-inspection-station.md) | 649 | 1.6% |
| [Richmond](/county/richmond/public-inspection-station.md) | 615 | 1.5% |
| [Rockland](/county/rockland/public-inspection-station.md) | 608 | 1.5% |
| [Saratoga](/county/saratoga/public-inspection-station.md) | 594 | 1.5% |
| [Chautauqua](/county/chautauqua/public-inspection-station.md) | 579 | 1.4% |
| [Ulster](/county/ulster/public-inspection-station.md) | 550 | 1.4% |

Counties by the size of their DMV register; the county page breaks out how many of each licence are held there. [All counties](/county.md).

### Need an inspection, or a shop that can do both?

Tell us where you are and what the vehicle needs. We pass the request to facilities holding a current licence — 8,021 public inspection stations across the state, 7,643 of which also repair.

We take no commission and we vouch for no garage. We have no arrangement with any facility today — we are collecting these requests in order to go and find them. [What we do with this](/privacy.md).

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Fonte: Facilities Licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles — New York State DMV
Recolha: 2026-08-21